The Museum complex will include classrooms and lecture halls, an auditorium, archives and a library with a capacity of 250,000 books. There will also be a theater, virtual reality exhibits and a reproduction of a slave ship.
Mission
To vitalize and interpret more completely the human drama and toll of slavery in America. The museum will educate some, re-educate others by presenting slavery in a larger and more balanced economic and political context.
Purpose
"..those of us associated with this project hope to provide, through education and a true exposure to the history of our nation, those who come to visit the Museum with knowledge of who WE the people were, and who WE the people are."
– The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder
Goal
To open new and exciting vistas of knowledge regarding slavery in America and its impact on our nation's institutions and individuals.
