DuSable Museum

"The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life."
William Faulkner

If art was not to be in existence, then the human race would lose a valuable and intangible part of its vast history. More than, creativity, art is also an expression and an indicator of what an age or a race has been like.

Keeping in mind this perspective, Margaret and Charles Burroughs began work on the Ebony Museum of Negro History and Art in 1961, which was later christened the DuSable Museum of African American History.

The museum was built in Chicago because Jean Baptiste Point du Sable was the first permanent Non-American permanent settler in Chicago. The DuSable Museum is reported to house more than 13000 artifacts, paintings, poems, memorabilia and books.

The collection is largely formed because of private donations. Situated at 740 E. 56th Place at Cottage Grove Avenue and Washington Park Community area, this museum is the center of many social and cultural movements. The museum authorities have held many demonstrations, lectures, educational programs, book signings and cultural events to propel social issues which affect one and one.

As mentioned by one blogger that, "This is the only African American History Museum in Chicago. They are expanding and have lectures, festivals and other stuff to do there all the time. They are expanding and have lectures, festivals and other stuff to do there all the time.

I went to a concert there and it was great" this small but elegant place has given African American art a language and a destination of display.

A few of the exhibitions that the DuSable Museum has organized are Soul Soldiers: African Americans and the Vietnam Era, And Freedom for All: Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement.

A few upcoming events at the DuSable Museum include Freedom Sisters and Buried Treasures: Art in African American Museums.

The DuSable Museum also offers memberships to people and one can also volunteer for different things. This museum is open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm and from 12pm to 5pm on Sunday.

The DuSable Museum is fondly called the 'little gem by the people of Chicago and it calls for a visit from every tourist who travel to Chicago.