After 20 years of planning, the International African American Museum opens with a mission to personalize the stories of the brutal journey Africans endured when they were forcefully brought to this country and humanize their traumas, victories, accomplishments and transformation.
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After more than two decades in the making, the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, officially opens to the public on June 27 with a mission to tell the story of African Americans in the U.S. as well as their ties across the world.

An inside look at the new International African American Museum's nine galleries, which focus on the history of African Americans and their descendants from an international, national and local point of view. The museum in Charleston opens June 27.

When the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, opens to the public on June 27, it will have been a 20-year journey — and not always an easy one.

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