Hampton University Museum

Founded in 1868 on the campus of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, Hampton University Museum is recognized as both the oldest African-American museum in the United States and the oldest museum in Virginia. Established by Gen. Samuel C. Armstrong as the “Curiosity Room,” it grew into the first institutional collection of work by African-American artists, giving it an important place in American museum history and Black cultural preservation. Its holdings now include more than 9,000 objects from cultures around the world, and it is especially noted for the South’s largest collection of ethnic art, including African and American Indian art and artifacts.

Hampton, Virginia · United States