Exploring Our Roots: A Historic Day Trip Experience
Jul. 22
National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center 1350 Brush Row Road, Wilberforce, OH, USA Open in Google Map
8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Special event - $35 Special event - FCGSH members - $15
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Presented by the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center and the Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society

Embark on a fascinating journey through African American history and culture with a special excursion to the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center (NAAMCC) on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

A Curator-Led Exhibit Tour includes:

  • African Art: Form, Function, and Fraught Histories
  • African Americans Fighting for a Double Victory
  • Queens of the Heartland
  • Rhythm of Revolution: The Transformative Power of Black Art, 1619 to the Present
  • Trailblazers of Innovation: African American Inventors Who Changed America!

Cost: $35 per adult/$15 for Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society members

Ticket includes:

Round-trip transportation from Columbus, museum admission and a box lunch at the museum.

Registration deadline is Tuesday, July 15 at Noon.

Trip schedule:

8:30 a.m. – Arrive at the Ohio History Center, 800 E. 17th Ave., Columbus.
9:00 a.m. - Leave Ohio History Center for Wilberforce.
10:15 a.m. - Arrive at the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center at for a curator-led museum tour.
11:30 a.m. - Break for lunch.

  • The FCGS group will break for lunch and have a workshop led by Cecelia McFadden, the president of the group in the NAAMCC administrative office in the Carnegie Library.
  • The FCGS group will tour the collections and archives, including a brief overview of how we create finding aids for the archives.
  • The non-FCGS members will have their box lunch with our curator and participate in our museum scavenger hunts! Two winners will receive a free 13-month Ohio History Connection/National Afro-American Museum Family Membership.

2:30 pm - The group will leave to return to Columbus by 3:30 p.m.

Box lunch options:

Sandwich choices:

  • Turkey
  • Ham
  • Roast Beef
  • Vegetarian

Side options:

  • Pasta Salad
  • Fruit Salad

For more information or to register, click here. Or, call 800.752.2603 ext. 0 or email [email protected].

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