Reginald F Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture
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Reginald F Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture is a museum in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. National Historic Seaport runs past it. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture is a resource in Baltimore, Maryland, for information about the lives and history of African American Marylanders. Its collections comprise 400 years of Maryland history and include more than 11,000 objects, artifacts, documents and photographs. The museum opened in 2005 and is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. Funds for construction of the museum came in steps. A government appropriation of $31 million was approved on the condition that $1.5 million be raised from outside sources first. Baltimore Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos donated the entire $1.5 million. Subsequently, large companies pledged additional funding, the most significant pledge coming from the Reginald F. Lewis Foundation. This gift of $5 million was earmarked for educational programming and prompted the museum's founder, George L. Russell Jr., and its board of directors to name the museum after Lewis. Reginald F. Lewis was the first African American to build a billion-dollar company, TLC Beatrice International Holdings. Starting from humble beginnings in Baltimore, Lewis in 1991 was listed among the 400 richest Americans by Forbes, with a net worth estimated at $340 million. The five-story, 82,000 square foot museum, designed by architects Phil Freelon and Gary Bowden, greets visitors with the vibrant colors of the Maryland state flag, which begin on the outside of the building and circle around to the inside. Reflecting on the use of the flag's colors in the museum design, Bowden said, "We saw the museum's site was next to the [Star Spangled Banner] Flag House, and that's where we got the idea of re-interpreting the Maryland Flag--we Afrocentrized it." Facilities in the museum include an oral history recording and listening studio, a special exhibition gallery, a 200-seat theater auditorium, a classroom, and resource center. Permanent exhibits explore Maryland's African American history through the themes of family and community, labor, and art and intellect. Past exhibitions include "A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie", the work of artists Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence, and "Make Good Trouble: Marching for Change", which featured rapid response collecting of artifacts during the COVID 19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement. The museum's executive director is Terri Freeman. She has held the post since 2021.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2005.
Wikidata Q7308685, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the National Historic Seaport
- 0.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 0.6 mi off the Baltimore's Historic Charles Street, National
- 1.7 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- Elephant Overlook · 3 mi
- Quarry Overlook · 7 mi
- Abandoned Quarry · 7 mi
- Old Transmission Tower · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum: 0.0 mi
- Port Discovery Children's Museum: 0.2 mi
- USCGC Taney: 0.2 mi
- Jewish Museum of Maryland: 0.2 mi
- Baltimore Civil War Museum: 0.3 mi
- President & Pratt St Park: 0.0 mi
- Thomas J. D'Alesandro Jr. Park: 0.1 mi
- Columbus Piazza: 0.1 mi
- Pierce’s Park: 0.2 mi
- Shot Tower Metro Park: 0.2 mi
- Baltimore Passage: 0.1 mi
- Christopher Columbus: 0.1 mi
- Homophone: 0.2 mi
- Amanogawa: 0.2 mi
- Under Sky/One Family: 0.3 mi
- Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Memorial: 0.2 mi
- The Flame: 0.2 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 0.2 mi
- 9/11 Fallen Memorial: 0.3 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Church Hospital: 0.7 mi
- Fountain at Charles Center: 0.7 mi
- Fountain at Charles Plaza: 0.7 mi
- Shield of Baltimore City: 0.7 mi
- Fountain and Garden at Charles Center: 0.7 mi
- Upper Fell’s Point Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden: 0.8 mi
- Frank M. Houck Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- 500 North Duncan Street Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Audubon Wetland Garden for Native Plants: 1.2 mi
- Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership: 2.9 mi
- Rosemont Park: 3.4 mi
- African Journey: 3.4 mi
- Burnside Park: 6.5 mi
- Fort Carroll Sanctuary: 6.8 mi
- Federal Hill: 0.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.7 mi
- Tank Hill: 4.1 mi
- Bend Hill: 4.3 mi
- German Hill: 4.7 mi
- Etting Park: Hope Garden: 2.0 mi
- Glen Artney Area: 7.6 mi
- Avalon Area: 7.7 mi
- Hilton Shelters: 8.1 mi
- Orange Grove Area: 8.5 mi
- Miami Beach: 12.6 mi
- Dog Beach: 15.1 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 16.6 mi
- Gibson Island Beach: 17.1 mi
- Lake Claire Beach: 18.3 mi
- Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 9.7 mi
- Old Quarry: 9.7 mi
- Quarry (former): 9.9 mi
- Quarry (former): 10.0 mi
- Quarry (former): 10.1 mi
- Round Falls: 2.7 mi
- failed mill dam: 3.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.6 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 15.8 mi
- Crises Spring: 3.3 mi
- Mountain Pass Spring: 3.4 mi
- Marble Springs: 9.8 mi
- Sandy Spring: 24.5 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 6.7 mi
- Daniels: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Reginald F Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spook Hill | NNW 346° | 233 m | 24.8 mi |
| Ivy Hill | NNW 343° | 200 m | 12.4 mi |
| Oregon Ridge | NNW 342° | 191 m | 14.5 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | W 273° | 169 m | 10.3 mi |
| The Bunker | NW 308° | 157 m | 19.1 mi |
| Abell Ridge | N 350° | 155 m | 8.7 mi |
| Satyr Hill | NNE 22° | 151 m | 8.7 mi |
| Cherry Hill | NNE 33° | 149 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 61 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryland SCI CTR, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Baltimore · 0 mi
- Baltimore/Inner Harbor · 0 mi
- Central Maryland · 0 mi
- Baltimore/Downtown · 1 mi
- Baltimore/East Baltimore · 1 mi
- Baltimore/Fells Point · 1 mi
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