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Washington DC - NMAAHC: Making a Way - Hope School
Washington DC - NMAAHC: Making a Way - Hope School

This sign, desks and pot-bellied stove once belonged to the Hope School, ca. 1925. African Americans managed to obtain education for their children by pooling their own resources with philanthropic support. This two-room school in Pomaria, South Carolina, was one of thousands of schools built in the rural South with aid from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. The Hope School operated from 1925 until 1954 when it closed efforts. In 2009, a grassroots preservation campaign led to the renovation and reopening of the historic schoolhouse as a community center.

The Making a Way Out of No Way exhibit, part of the Community Galleries on the third floor of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, tells the stories of how African Americans crafted possibilities in a world that denied them opportunities.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, was established in December 2003 and opened its permanent home in September 2016. The 350,000-square-foot, 10-story (five above and five below ground) was built to the postmodern design of Phil Freelon's Freelon Group, Sir David Adjaye's Adjaye Associates and Davis Brody Bond. The above ground floors feature an inverted step pyramid surrounded by a bronze architectural scrim, which reflects a crown used in Yoruba culture. With more than 40,000 objects in its collection, although only about 3,500 items are on display, the NMAAHC is the world's largest museum dedicated to African-American history and culture.

The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.

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Taken on: April 18, 2022
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