Agency history, 2015-
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- Collier, Shauna
- Smithsonian Libraries National Museum of African American History and Culture Library
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives National Museum of African American History and Culture Library
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
Category
Agency History
Notes
- This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Library, https://library.si.edu/libraries/african-american-history-and-culture, accessed April 14, 2023
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Library, via Wayback Machine, https://web.archive.org/web/20140430201553/https://library.si.edu/libraries/african-american-history-and-culture, accessed April 14, 2023
- Email, "Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Executive Leadership Team Updates," September 23, 2022.
- The National Museum of African American History and Culture Library Research Center supports both staff at the National Museum of African American History and Culture and independent researchers. Its devoted to collecting and providing access to resources that support scholarship in African American history, culture, and the African Diaspora. The library research center also supports research in genealogy and family history.
- The library was part of Smithsonian Libraries at the time of its creation. In 2020, after the merger of Smithsonian Institution Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives, it became part of Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
- The library opened in 2015 as part of the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Shauna Collier served as its first librarian (2015- ).
- For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Date
- 2015
- 2015-
Topic
- African diaspora
- Museum libraries
- Genealogy
- Historical museums
- Libraries
- Museums
- History
- Libraries and museums
- African Americans--History
Form/Genre
Mixed archival materials
Local number
SIA AH00461