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The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum is a wax museum in Baltimore, Maryland featuring prominent African-American historical figures. It was established in 1983.
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About
The National Great Blacks in Wax museum is Baltimore's first wax museum and the first wax museum of African American history in the nation. It is the brainchild of Dr's Elmer and Joanne Martin. The museum is currently located on 1601 East North Avenue in Baltimore, MD. The renovated firehouse, a Victorian Mansion, and two former apartment dwellings provide nearly 30,000 square feet (3,000 m2) of exhibit and office space. The National Great Blacks in Wax museum features over 100 wax figures and scenes, a full model slave ship exhibit which portrays the 400 year history of the Atlantic Slave Trade, an exhibit on the role of youth in making history, a Maryland room highlighting the contributions of outstanding Marylanders to African American history, a gift shop, and a mini auditorium for lectures, films, and dramatic presentations.
People featured in museum
The following people have been depicted at the museum:
- Akhenaton
- Bishop Richard Allen
- Willard Allen
- Askia the Great
- Benjamin Banneker
- Ota Benga
- Bilal
- Rev. Andrew Bryan
- Henry "Box" Brown
- John Brown
- Cripple Caesar
- Bessie Coleman
- General Benjamin O. Davis
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Harlow Fullwood
- Thomas Garrett
- Jocko Graves
- Prince Hall
- Hannibal
- General Daniel "Chappie" James
- Toussaint L'Ouverture
- Mother Mary E. Lange
- Reginald F. Lewis
- Makeda, Queen of Sheba
- Queen Anne Njinga
- Osborne Payne
- General Colin Powell
- Howard Rollins
- Robert Samuel
- Emmett Till
- Harriet Tubman
- Nat Turner
- Madam C.J. Walker
- Carter G. Woodson
Events featured in exhibits
- Ancestors' worst nightmare
- Bombing in Birmingham
- Boy on the Woodpile
- Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner
- I AM NOT AFRAID
- Scottsboro Boys
- Youth of the chain gang
- Voting rights struggle
See also
External links
Categories:- Museums established in 1983
- Museums in Baltimore, Maryland
- African American museums in Maryland
- Wax museums in the United States
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