The African American Museum, Dallas got a $250,000 grant from Communities Foundation of Texas to begin a major multi-year project to preserve thousands of archival materials documenting Black history.
The funding will support the first phase of a three-year conservation project focused on stabilizing the museum’s archival collection, which includes photographs, rare books, oral histories, historic documents and recordings. And it will establish the Harry Robinson Jr. Research and Conservation Lab, expected to open in February 2026.
“Before I can build a conservation lab, which is underway, I have to rescue the material,” said Margie J. Reese, chief program officer…