African American Civil War museum has a new home in DC

For years, the African American Civil War Memorial Museum hosted visitors in the gym of the Old Grimke School on U Street in Northwest D.C. But the historic building just underwent a multi-million dollar renovation and the museum is moving into 15,000 square feet space in a state-of-the-art building.

“It’s been a long journey for us,” said Frank Smith, the museum’s founding director. “But, the city never lost its interest in this.”

The District, which owns the building, started renovations on the building in 2019. But much of the construction was delayed because of COVID-19 restrictions.

The renovations are part of a revitalization effort to bring more jobs and homeowners to the U Street neighborhood.

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