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The Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum, formerly known as the Banneker-Douglass Museum, is the state of Maryland's official museum for African American history and culture. Located at 84 Franklin Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the museum is housed within the former Mt. Moriah African Methodist Episcopal Church. The museum is named for notable Maryland figures Benjamin Banneker, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Tubman. The facility serves as the state's official repository of African American material culture. The 11,700 square foot facility is home to 12,000 historical objects, the Sylvia Gaither Garrison Library and archives, permanent and temporary history and art exhibits, and performance space. Lectures, workshops, performances, and educational programs are offered in-person and virtually throughout the year. The structure of Mt. Moriah African Methodist Episcopal Church was constructed in 1875 and remodeled in 1896. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, gable-front brick church executed in the Gothic Revival style. It served as the meeting hall for the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, originally formed in the 1790s, for nearly 100 years. It was leased to the Maryland Commission on African-American History and Culture (MCAAHC), becoming the state's official museum for African American history and culture in 1984. In 1984, a 2+1⁄2-story addition was added to the rear of the building when it opened as the Banneker-Douglass Museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and is within the boundaries of the Colonial Annapolis Historic District. Steven Newsome is the former director of the museum. Chanel C. Johnson is the current executive director of the museum and MCAAHC.
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Mt. Moriah African Methodist Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 25, 1973.
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