I Have a Dream... 
The Art of Silbert Dyer Museum Hours of Operation
Tuesday-Friday: 9 am to 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday: open for special events and by request
Mondays: Closed
Fees: Adults $5 Seniors $3 Children $2
The Art of Silbert Dyer
August 1 - September 30, 2010
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Senior Luncheon with Dr. Michael Searles
September 8, 2010, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
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Summer Book Signing
September 18, 2010, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Keep up with the latest museum happenings... |
The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History to Participate in Blue Star Museum
The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History announces the launch of Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and more than 600 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel...read more
Juneteenth celebrated in Aiken
Lisa Kaylor, Augusta Chronicle 6/18/2010
Today is a day for celebrating black Americans' independence. Called Juneteenth, it is a celebration of the end of slavery and the Civil War....read more
Exhibit focuses on black caddies
Nikasha Dicks, Augusta Chronicle 4/7/2010
Christine Miller-Betts hopes that the African American Golf Exhibition at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History will help shine light on the contributions black caddies have made to golf....read more
Museum honors the legacy of black caddies
Elise Maloney, Metro Spirit 3/31/2010
For the next two months, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum will host an African-American Golf Exhibition featuring the work of self-taught artist Samuel Barnes, with the emphasis on the role of the black caddie through history....read more
Researchers seek correct procedures for headstone
The headstone of an Augusta educator who died in 1888 will soon be returned to its rightful place. The long-lost tombstone of Cora Freeman was found several months ago in an isolated area within the River Island development off Blackstone Camp Road in Evans....read more
Augusta shares legacy of education
Charmain Z. Brackett, Fort Gordon Signal 3/5/2010
Augusta’s African-American community has produced many great educators, lawmakers, entertainers and businessmen. On Feb. 24, Corey Rogers, the historian at Augusta’s Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, provided a glimpse into the rich legacy of some of these Augustans at Fort Gordon’s African-American/Black History Month Command program at Alexander Hall...read more
Museum honors teacher who led Rocket Club at Josey High School
Kelly Jasper, Augusta Chronicle 2/23/2010
It was 1964 in segregated Augusta when a group of young men from the new black high school in town gathered outside to launch rockets they had built high into the air...read more
Library highlights black history from bottom up
Nikasha Dicks, Augusta Chronicle 2/4/2010
The Augusta Public Library is giving the community an opportunity to learn about Augusta's black history this month. Each Saturday through Feb. 20, a speaker will be featured in a series called Augusta's African-American Story, said Sherryl James, the community service/outreach librarian. "They are all going to bring personal things to it. They are all from Augusta, and they know a lot of people," she said. "I think that adds a lot of value to their presentations."....read more
Heritage Gala features speakers, dinner and dancing for a good cause
Sara Best, Metro Spirit 2/3/2010
The Lucy Craft Laney Museum will be hosting its Fourth Annual Heritage Gala this Saturday to benefit the museum’s preservation as well as its various historic and arts programs. The evening offers two prominent keynote speakers, Dr. Ford Bell, president of the American Association of Museums, and Dr. Ron Bailey, professor of African-American studies and history at Northeastern University in Boston, said Christine Miller-Betts, executive director of the museum....read more
The race to save Black history: as art collections deteriorate, preservationists struggle to save our culture
Eric V. Copage (Reprinted from Ebony 02.08)
For more than 40 years, Mayme Agnew Clayton, a university librarian in Los Angeles for most of her adult life, collected books, films, letters and other precious items documenting African-American history. The reason, she often would say, was so "children would know that Black people have done great things," remembers her son, Avery....read more