Roots 101 African American Museum

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"The Historic Roots101 African American Museum is dedicated to telling the story of the African American Journey from Africa and all ports between. Please visit us at our new location 124 N. 1st St. Legacies Matter! We follow all current Covid19 guidelines."

Address: 124 N 1st St , Louisville 40202, KY, US

Phone: (502) 210-1279

State: KY

City: Louisville

Zip Code: 40202

Opening Hours

Tuesday: 10:00-18:00
Wednesday: 10:00-18:00
Thursday: 10:00-18:00
Friday: 10:00-18:00
Saturday: 09:00-18:00

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The whole place is lovely. My whole family felt welcome, and we loved that you were able to touch the artifacts! What a great way to immerse yourself with real history. I will say I didn't see any shirts for folks such as myself.

Expect small, local Amd Home grown. Upon entry I wore the shackles American slaves war - created Instant and painful understanding of our history. It started as an individual collection that grew into a small museum of African art and black history in the United States from slavery to the present. exhibits include music. Culture, black publications and radio and Tv.  Good interviews on each of these. Great recreation of a room from the Allen hotel, one of the largest hotels in the green book.

Just visited ROOTs 101 African-American museum. I had no idea Louisville had such a great historical museum. The staff was amazing very knowledgeable and super friendly.  Definitely a must visit.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNoPrice for adult entry$11–15

My girls and I were in town after the Beyonce World Tour stop In Louisville, also looking for Black activities and found Roots 101 from searching Google.  Right away you are emotionally vested and submersed in the African American experience.  The videos are highly informative, although a bit hard to hear.  You learn how African Queens were always held in high regards by their King which was reflected in many of the pieces.  The African pieces are vast and the entire collection is amazing.  The shackles made us cry, the racist displays made us mad while the protest to progress and Black to the Future uplifted us.  I found places in my hometown listed in the Greenbook, learned about Louisville black history & visited Big Momma’s house.  Mr Collins asked my opinion about it and I told him the ONLY thing missing was plastic on the couch.  If you had a Big Momma like I did, it was like a blast from past.  If you didn’t, enjoy the experience.  The owner and the staff were so very kind and we all thoroughly enjoyed our visit.  They didn’t have the t-shirt’s we wanted in our size, so the t-shirt Man hooked us up and printed & pressed them right away.  We left knowing that we made our ancestors proud and most certainly felt closer to them.

Roots 101 provided a guided tour to myself and other members of our book club. Even with a large group, there were plenty of exhibits for us to split up and check out. The staff was great, and the information and artifacts were even better. We loved that we could touch and feel the artifacts in the museum. They also accommodated our members who needed to use an elevator to get to the upstairs portion of the museum. I even found one of my deceased family members included in one of the exhibits. It was a powerful experience and I would recommend it to everyone!

This was life-changing! To see the history and the patterns of behavior by the cis-gender, white male ways of thinking. People fear the unknown - so get to know whom you do not know.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedYes

Would recommend this to any visitors! There is so much important history on display here. It feels like there's room here to make things more polished many of the TVs were not working and as much as I wanted to love the Black Futures room it just felt really empty. Would also love to see more accessibility features! I didn't see any way for wheelchair users to get to the second floor and there were no closed captions on the videos.

I was surprised, shocked & enlightened, and very glad I visited this thought provoking museum - fascinating art, music, photos and memorabilia, hosted by friendly helpful staff, came away subdued in my heart, thank you for sharing your story.

This was an AMAZING museum.  I visited Louisville and saw a lot of fancy big museums, but this downtown museum was my favorite!  The director even welcomed us as we walked around, and it is so well curated with consistent vision.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNot sure

Lamont Collins, CEO and Founder, of the Roots 101 Museum located at 124 N. 1st Street, Louisville, KY 40202 has done a fantastic job of memorializing the African American experience and legacy, both "pre" and "post" slavery.  Many of the artifacts would are on par with what I saw at the Smithsonian African American Museum in Washington, DC.  An additional highlight of this relatively small museum is the inclusion of local Louisville, KY African American history.  Admission is very reasonable and worth a visit for either a guided, or unguided tour which can be completed within an hour. Parking is available on the street and in  garages in close proximity to the museum.

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