The Baltimore Sun

National Great Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore receives $2 million federal grant to renovate, expand

Baltimore’s National Great Blacks in Wax Museum received a $2 million gift from Congress that will enable the 40-year-old cultural linchpin to double in size by early 2026. The $2,008,580 grant was ...
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The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum to host annual ‘Voices of History’ Street Fair

The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum will hold its annual “Voices of History” Street Fair on June 28, celebrating Black history, community resilience and the collective healing that emerges from ...
WBAL-TV

Baltimore school holds living history wax museum to honor Black History Month

MY NAME IS SIMONE BILES. I’M A GOLD OLYMPIC FEMALE GYMNAST. INSIDE THE GYM AT HAMILTON ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL, THERE ARE SOME PRETTY FAMOUS PEOPLE. I’M IDA B WELLS. I’M DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING ...
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East Baltimore Black Wax Museum gets $2 million in federal funding

The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum received a $2 million federal investment, which was presented by U.S. lawmakers Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen ...
foxbaltimore

"42 years later, here we are": Blacks in Wax Museum inspires, endures

Maryland is grappling with a $1.4 billion budget deficit, and state auditors have uncovered an additional financial challenge.A year-end report from Maryland's Baltimore man who escaped police custody ...