DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center
Location within the Chicago metropolitan area. | |
Former name | Ebony Museum of Negro History and Art</ref> |
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| Established | February 16, 1961 (current location since 1973) |
| Location | 740 East 56th Place Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S. |
| Coordinates | 41°47′32″N 087°36′26″W / 41.79222°N 87.60722°W |
| Type | History museum, Art museum |
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| President | Perri L. Irmer |
| Website | www.dusablemuseum.org |
The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, formerly the DuSable Museum of African American History, is a museum in Chicago that is dedicated to the study and conservation of African-American history, culture, and art named after Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. It was founded in 1961 by Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, her husband Charles Burroughs, Gerard Lew, Eugene Feldman, Bernard Goss, Marian M. Hadley, and others. They established the museum to celebrate black culture, at the time overlooked by most museums and academic establishments. The museum has an affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution.