Anacostia Community Museum

The Anacostia Community Museum is a Smithsonian Institution museum in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, opened in 1967. Its focus is the national history and culture of African Americans, for presentation to scholars and to all visitors—domestic and international.

The mission of the Anacostia Community Museum is to challenge perceptions, broaden perspectives, generate new knowledge, and deepen understanding about the ever-changing concepts and realities of ‘community’ while maintaining its strong ties to Anacostia and the D.C. Metropolitan region. Founded on September 15, 1967, ACM has been a leader in providing a myriad of formal programs including exhibitions, research, tours, lectures, performances, and demonstrations, the Museum has afforded unique learning opportunities through its Museum Academy Program, which offers after-school and summer cultural enrichment programs, career awareness days, and internship components for children in the District of Columbia. ACM is committed to providing the catalysts for critical thought about issues that impact people; to further developing collections, exhibitions, programs, and research that examine the development of communities and provide provocative insights on future possibilities; to employing cutting-edge approaches in the museum and through outreach activities to present social and cultural issues that impact communities; and to be the convener of stakeholders and collaborations around shared community issues.

Other venues

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Smithsonian Institution

1000 Jefferson Drive, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Freer Gallery of Art / Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

1050 Independence Avenue, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Independence Avenue at Seventh Street, Washington, D. C., United States of America

National Air and Space Museum

Independence Ave at 6th St, SW, Washington, D. C., United States of America

National Museum of African Art

950 Independence Avenue, Washington, D. C., United States of America

National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center

14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D. C., United States of America

National Portrait Gallery

Eighth and F Street, Washington, D. C., United States of America

National Postal Museum

2 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Renwick Gallery

1661 Pennsylvania Avenue , Washington, D. C., United States of America

Smithsonian American Art Museum

750 9th Street, Washington, D. C., United States of America