AAMP Launches Lens Legacy Program

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Trailblazers to Freedom: A Traveling Trunk Educational Experience

The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) will join forces with Comcast to provide students in the School District of Philadelphia with a ground-breaking new classroom learning tool.

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The African American Museum in Philadelphia Announces New Positions

AAMP is proud to announce that Patricia Wilson Aden was hired as the Vice President of Operations.  Aden comes to AAMP from the Rhythm and Blues foundation, where she served as Executive Director.  Additionally, Ivan Henderson was promoted to the position of Curator of Education and Public Programming. He previously served as Project Coordinator for Pennsylvania’s Initiative on Black History, Community Education and Neighborhood Revitalization at AAMP.

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AAMP Awarded "Save America's Treasures" Grant

The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) has been awarded a $150,000 grant from Save America’s Treasures to preserve its extensive photographic and film-based collections. Save America’s Treasures received 402 applications and from these applications, 41 grants were awarded to projects that addressed the most urgent preservation needs and were deemed most significant to the nation.

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