African American Museum

Streets that no longer exist and the people who lived their lives there are not forgotten at the African American Museum. Two new exhibits highlight the history of and creativity in Deep Ellum. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker has the story.

The exhibit takes up two halls at the African American Museum. It’s getting an extended run for fairgoers. Plus, meteorologist Adrienne Vonn looks ahead to the next cold front for North Texas.

The exhibit takes up two halls at the African American Museum. The art is from 1948 through 2020, both pre and post-apartheid South Africa.

The African American Museum of Dallas has extended the ‘If You Look Hard Enough You Can See Our Future’ exhibit through the end of the State Fair of Texas. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker explains what Fair Park visitors will see if they step inside.

The family of an avid reader gave new life to her prized collection. 600 books from her personal library will be added to the African American Museum of Dallas. Plus, Alicia Barrera has the story of a man who is helping preserve part of his culture through music.

Dallas’ African American Museum is extending a South African contemporary art exhibition through the run of the State Fair of Texas.

If you’re looking for entertainment this weekend, the rodeo always delivers. The 34th Texas Black Invitational Rodeo is Saturday at the Fair Park Coliseum. Noelle Walker talked with a rodeo cowboy who has roping in his blood.

The 34th annual Texas Black Invitational Rodeo is coming to town Saturday, July 29, 2023. While fun for the whole family it’s also an educational tool to teach the history of African American cowboys and cowgirls.

Celebrate the rich history of African American cowboys and cowgirls at this annual event.

Dust off those cowboy boots and join NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 at the 34th Texas Black Invitational Rodeo on Saturday, July 29, at 7:00 p.m. at Fair Park Coliseum in Dallas. Don’t miss out on this celebration that only happens once a year presented by African American Museum, Dallas.

The African American Museum will renovate its courtyard in time for the 30th-anniversary celebration.

The African American Museum will renovate its courtyard in time for 30th anniversary celebration.

Discussing the “If You Look Hard Enough, You Can See Our Future” exhibit with its curator, Laurie Ann Farrell, and Darryl Ratcliff, who is noted for his commentary on the North Texas art scene through his published works in the Dallas Morning News, D Magazine, and other leading cultural publications throughout the country. The exhibition is on view through...

The African American Museum, Dallas, hosts a screening of “Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond The Mask,” a feature-length documentary on the life and legacy of the first African American poet/writer to gain international fame.

An exhibit in Dallas is restoring the narrative about African American contributions to science, technology, engineering, art, and math or STEAM. Noelle Walker has the story..

At the African American Museum in Dallas, visitors learn the American Old West was really the Black West. “Black Cowboys: An American Story” expands the story of Hollywood’s favorite heroes to include the Black men and women who worked on the cattle drives and ranches. The exhibition is on view at the Fair Park museum through April 15.

For the next several months, part of the second floor of the African American Museum of Dallas will be home to “Black Cowboys: An American Story,” which highlights the history of Black cowboys in Texas and across the country.

This Labor Day weekend, NBC 5 and the African American Museum would like you to round up the family, grab a blanket and lawn chairs and head to the Fair Park Blues & Jazz Festival on Sunday, September 4, in Dallas.