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FIRST FLOOR

New Exhibits:

Reconstruction:  Black Politicians of the Reconstruction Period 18th Century Heroes of African Ancestry

The first phase of the museum opened on February 1, 2000 and the second phase opened on June 1, 2000.  The museum has ten  major exhibits.

EXHIBITS

Coming to America Room
This exhibit and commentary of African's being brought to America as slaves.

African Village
This exhibits of an African village is set in West Africa, along with African artifacts.

Black Inventors Archives
This display exhibits inventions by African-Americans.

William E. Warfield Room and Store

Mr. Warfield, a leading citizen of the community, published the first Black Newspaper in the city called Fort Wayne Weekly Vindicator.  He named the Indian Village Addition  (west of Brooklyn Avenue).  He kept diaries for 27 years.  The museum has the complete set of these diaries, which contain accurate information of the day to day account of local events, from 1909 to 1936.  In the gift store there are a variety of items for sale.

There are items such as Authentic West African Garb, jewelry, books, Tee shirts, sweat shirts, and mugs.