Take the yellow or blue line to King Street station. There are also parking garages in Old Town within a six-nine block walk.
Parking regulations are strictly enforced. Two-hour street parking is available on nearby residential streets. Turn left on Duke Street and drive three blocks. The museum is on your right, after S. Follow Route 1 (Patrick Street) about one mile. Take the US Route 1 North exit (first exit on the Virginia side of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge). Turn right on Duke Street (about one mile) and drive six blocks. The Parkway becomes Washington Street in the City. Take the George Washington Parkway south, past the airport, into Alexandria. and Mount Vernon.įrom Washington, D.C., and National Airport Alexandria is half-way between Washington, D.C.
The museum is located in Old Town Alexandria, near many shops, restaurants, and other museums and historic sites. Reflection Space with bronze maquette of the Edmonson Sisters by sculptor Erik Blome, a gift to Historic Alexandria from former City Manager Mark Jinks and his wife Eileen Jinks.This is a companion exhibition to another at the Alexandria Black History Museum. Before the Spirits are Swept Away - paintings of African American sites by the late Sherry Z.Determined in Alexandria - companion exhibition about Black Alexandrians that built the foundations of our community while fighting for equality.Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality - travelling exhibition from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture that traces four centuries of Black history in Virginia through stories of extraordinary individuals who struggled for equality and, in the process, profoundly shaped the nature of American society and the meaning of our collective ideals.In addition to personal experiences of individuals trafficked through the domestic slave trade, the exhibit includes archaeological artifacts and a model of the complex. 1315 Duke Street - keystone exhibition that centers the narrative on the stories of those who were brought from the Chesapeake Bay area, moved through 1315 Duke Street, and forced to slave markets in the deep South.The Museum admission includes three floors of exhibitions:
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