The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
The Stele Garden along the north side of the museum
Photo credit:
© Mike Habat
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Five kneeling concrete figures set between two polished granite walls are a haunting reminder of the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to the transatlantic slave trade.
Photo credit:
© Mike Habat
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Visitors ascend a monumental stair, drawn into the museum through a luminous atrium at the center of the building.
Photo credit:
© Mike Habat
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Transatlantic Gallery at the entry point to the east wing
Photo credit:
© Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
South Carolina Connections gallery in the east wing, with entry atrium beyond
Photo credit:
© Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Center for Family History at the west end of the museum
Photo credit:
© Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Dune Garden and west facade of the museum
Photo credit:
© Mike Habat
The International African American Museum Opens, Honoring Sacred Ground
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Photo credit:
© Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto
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