The museum is also a place of celebration, with performances, outreach initiatives and educational workshops all serving as an ongoing invitation to the public to explore and enjoy African American history -while demonstrating the centrality of that history to our nation’s past, present and future.

The museum is a site of remembrance and reflection, with collections that represent all regions of the United States and acknowledge the cultural links of African Americans to the black experience around the world. Created by an act of Congress, the NMAAHC is the only national museum devoted exclusively to African American life, art, history and culture. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has welcomed nearly 3 million visitors since opening in September 2016. “It is fitting that the image on the stamp is the building itself, as this building, by its very design, stands as tribute to the African American experience.” “I am humbled that the museum was chosen for this special stamp,” said Lonnie G. Rubenstein, chair, Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents and Gerald A. Bunch III, founding director, National Museum of African American History and Culture David M. Stroman was joined to dedicate the stamp by Lonnie G. “The National Museum of African American History and Culture is an American treasure that serves as a repository for the history of suffering, struggle and triumph of African Americans.” “The Postal Service is honored to issue a new commemorative Forever stamp acknowledging the important role African American history plays in American history,” said Deputy Postmaster General and Chief Government Relations Officer Ronald A. Text in the upper left corner of the stamp reads “National Museum of African American History and Culture.” Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamp. The stamp art is based on a photograph by Alan Karchmer. Postal Service today issued the Celebrating African American History and Culture commemorative Forever stamp as a special tribute to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture during a first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony.

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