Black World History Museum - St. Louis, Missouri

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Black World History Museum - St. Louis, Missouri The Museum tells the stories of famous and not-so-famous African-American Missourians including George Washington Carver, Dred and Harriett Scott, musician Clark Terry, Clara Brown, Hiram Young and others.

The Museum depicts the lives and contributions of African-Americans in this country — from the earliest days of slavery through the 20th century. Exhibits document the history and brutality of slavery and give vivid depictions of daily life for African-Americans from pre-Civil War through the years that followed. It does an especially good job, through real-life accounts, of focusing on what life was like for blacks living in Missouri. The St. Louis Black World History Museum is one of only two of its kind in the county. The other is in Baltimore, MD.

A replica of quarters on the ships which brought African slaves to America.

A display of artifacts from archaeological excavations at a slave’s cabin near Jonesboro, Missouri.

Displays depicting the lives of African-Americans during and after the Civil War.

An exhibit on Dr. Martin Luther King’s life.

Location: 2505 St. Louis Avenue, St. Louis, MO

Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Admission: $5, adults; $4, youth 13-17; $3.50, seniors 60 and older; $2.50, children 12 and under.

Directions: From downtown, take Market Street west about a mile and a half to Jefferson, turn right. Follow Jefferson about 1.5 miles (bear slightly right where it becomes Parnell) to St. Louis Avenue. Turn right on St. Louis. Go about one block to 2505 St. Louis Avenue. The museum is on the left.

Phone: 314-241-7057