[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 52 (Tuesday, April 24, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E617]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


        A TRIBUTE TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN PHILADELPHIA

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                          HON. ROBERT A. BRADY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 24, 2001

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the African 
American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) upon its selection by the 
Smithsonian Institution as a new Smithsonian Affiliate. Thus, AAMP 
becomes the only museum in Philadelphia, the fourth in Pennsylvania and 
one of 67 cultural institutions across the nation with such a 
designation.
  The Smithsonian affiliate outreach program brings the institution 
closer to all Americans by creating exhibition opportunities throughout 
the nation by the sharing of its collections and resources. And, the 
affiliation provides AAMP with opportunities to display objects from 
its collections in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries building on 
the national Mall in Washington, DC.
  Founded in 1976, in celebration of the U.S. Bicentennial, the AAMP is 
dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting material and 
intellectual culture of African Americans. AAMP attracts a multi-
cultural, multi-generational audience. Located in the First 
Congressional District, the Museum has a collection of more than 
500,000 objects, images and documents.
  AAMP will open its inaugural exhibition marking the affiliation, 
Affirmations: Objects and Movements, September 20, 2001. The exhibition 
will contain objects from the Smithsonian's national museums of 
American History, American Art and the Anacostia Museum and Center for 
African American History and Culture.
  The incorporation of the AAMP into the Affiliate program is an 
important milestone in the history of this vital institution and it 
also coincides with the Museum's celebration of its 25th anniversary.

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