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Banneker-Douglass Museum The Banneker-Douglass Museum, named for Benjamin Banneker and Frederick Douglass, is dedicated to preserving Maryland’s African American heritage and serves as the state’s official repository of African American material culture. The museum was dedicated on February 24, 1984. The original museum was housed within the former Mount Moriah African Methodist Episcopal Church in the heart of historic Annapolis. The Victorian-Gothic structure was included in the Annapolis Historic District in 1971 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The recently completed BDM addition is a four-story addition which uses the nineteenth-century brick of the church’s north façade as its interior lobby wall. The Banneker-Douglass Museum celebrated its 25th Anniversary on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Mission Statement The Banneker-Douglass Museum, named for Benjamin Banneker and Frederick Douglass, is dedicated to preserving Maryland's African American heritage, and serves as the state's official repository of African American material culture. The museum annually sponsors and hosts a variety of preservation, arts, and cultural lectures, workshops, performances, and other programs.  Hours and Fees New Summer Hours! Beginning Monday, June 1, 2009 and running through Sunday, September 6, 2009 the Banneker-Douglass Museum will operate on summer hours. Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday CLOSED Tuesday CLOSED Wednesday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Friday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The Banneker-Douglass Museum will be closed from Friday, July 3, 2009 through Sunday, July 5, 2009. Admission to the museum is free. Scheduled guided tours and site rentals are available for a fee. How to Reach Us The Banneker-Douglass Museum is located in the old Mount Moriah A.M.E. Church at 84 Franklin Street in Annapolis (off Church Circle in the Annapolis historic district). Parking is available by shuttle from the Naval Academy Stadium parking lot, and there are nearby commercial parking garages and limited on-street parking. For more information, contact the museum by telephone at (410) 216-6180, fax at (410) 974-2553, or email at BDMPrograms@goci.state.md.us. Staff |