California African American Museum
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area California African American Museum (California) California African American Museum (the United States) | |
| Established | 1981 |
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| Location | Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34.015806°N 118.283465°W |
| Type | Museum |
| Director | Cameron Shaw (Executive) |
| Curator | Mar Hollingsworth (Visual Arts), Taylor Renee Aldridge (Visual Arts), Susan D. Anderson (History), Taylor Bythewood-Porter (Assistant Curator) |
| Public transit access | Expo Park/USC |
| Website | caamuseum |
The California African American Museum (CAAM) is a museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, United States. The museum focuses on enrichment and education on the cultural heritage and history of African Americans with a focus on California and western United States. Admission is free to all visitors. Their mission statement is "to research, collect, preserve, and interpret for public enrichment the history, art and culture of African Americans with an emphasis on California and the western United States."
CAAM hosts independent and collaborative educational programs both on and off site of lectures, workshops, innovative programs, and hands-on activities that serve public and private school students, museum patrons and community visitors.