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The DuSable Museum of African-American History is a Smithsonian-affiliated museum in Chicago's South Side that is dedicated to the preservation and study of African-American culture and history. The museum was originally founded in 1961 as the Ebony Museum of Negro History and Art, intended by founders Margaret Taylor-Burroughs and Charles Burroughs to correct the lack of study of African-American culture by leading educational institutions. Since then, the museum has served as a model for similar African-American museums around the country, showcasing a collection of more than 13,000 artifacts related to 19th and 20th-century African-American culture and luminaries, including Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, and Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Chicago's first non-indigenous settler. Each Tuesday, the museum is open for free to all visitors. Limited free parking is offered in the museum's lot, with CTA and METRA stops offered nearby.
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637, Phone: 773-947-0600
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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