Hours 2 - 6pm
Wednesday - Sunday
315 18th Street
Columbus, GA 31901
706.507.3466
Columbus Black History Museum
SITES
liberty district
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Ma Rainey House Museum
Porterdale Cemetery
Liberty Theatre
Spencer House
Martin Luther King in Columbus (Prince Hall)
Stockade
Claflin School
downtown
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​Lynching site
Hatcher & McGehee Slave Auction
Horace King Bridge Remnants
Frank Bambush Site (Mott House)
Kinsfolk Corner
First KKK Assassination Site
Temperance Hall (Freedman's School)
​Thomas Brewer Assassination Site
EVENTS
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The museum sponsors events year round to commemorate various events in our history and to educate the community.
January 15 - Martin Luther King Day
February 18 - Dr. Thomas Brewer Assassination Commemoration
March 30 - Ashburn Assassination Commemoration
April 16 - Emancipation Day
May - Memorial Day Decoration at Porterdale Cemetery
June 1 - Slayton and Miles Lynching Commemoration
July 1 - Martin Luther King Columbus Visit Anniversary
August 13 - TZ Cotton Lynching Anniversary
September 8 - Horace King Day
November 3 - Hon. Jeremiah Haralson's Election Anniversary
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