THE MUSEUM IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS
July 4, 2025 to Summer 2026
We look forward to welcoming you back once the renovations are complete!
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Events
Join us as we explore the Buffalo Soldiers and the African American military experience through our many events and activities.
Lifelong Civic Leadership Forum: Imagining and Shaping Shared Futures
May 6
Join us for the Lifelong Civic Leadership Forum: Imagining and Shaping Shared Futures on Wednesday, May 6, at Rice University.
Director of Education Dr. Michelle Tovar and Archivist Jason Fung will share insights from their ongoing collaboration with the Center for Civic Leadership’s HART Program, highlighting the Voices of Valor Oral Histories Project. This conversation will explore how partnerships among universities, cultural institutions, and communities can create meaningful learning experiences.
🗓️ May 6 | 4–7 PM
📍 Rice University
🎟️ Free (registration required)
Come be part of the dialogue.
Author Talks
We frequently host talks by authors who have written books related to the museum's mission and collection. These talks cover a wide range of topics related to history and culture and are an engaging way to learn more about the African American military experience.
PAST TALKS
- Joel Goza, co-author of Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America, Sept 2024
- Dr. Robert Jefferson, Fighting for Hope: African Americans and the Ninety-third Infantry Division in World War II and Postwar America, April 2024
- Dr. Jesus Esparza, Raza Schools, November 2023
- Jaime Salazar, Mutiny of Rage, October 2023
- Dr. Janet Dewart Bell, Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement, March 2023
Past Events
Lifelong Civic Leadership Forum: Imagining and Shaping Shared Futures
May 6
Join us for the Lifelong Civic Leadership Forum: Imagining and Shaping Shared Futures on Wednesday, May 6, at Rice University.
Director of Education Dr. Michelle Tovar and Archivist Jason Fung will share insights from their ongoing collaboration with the Center for Civic Leadership’s HART Program, highlighting the Voices of Valor Oral Histories Project. This conversation will explore how partnerships among universities, cultural institutions, and communities can create meaningful learning experiences.
🗓️ May 6 | 4–7 PM
📍 Rice University
🎟️ Free (registration required)
Come be part of the dialogue.
Book Talk with John A. Haymond: Black Soldiers, White Laws: The Tragedy of the 24th Infantry in 1917 Houston
July 16 | 6:30-8:00 PM
Adults
Museum After Dark (M.A.D.)
Reenactment Program
Wayne Dehart
Actor
Wayne performs A Soldier’s Story, a reenactment of the story of a Buffalo Soldier.
He has been a mainstay in the Houston Theater scene for more than 25 years. Mr. DeHart’s career spans more than 100 stage productions. He has appeared in such films as “Robocop 2,” “A Perfect World,” and “Looper,” and such television programs as “Walker, Texas Ranger,” “Prison Break” and “Breaking Bad.”