Celebrating Black artists, businesses, and local music, the annual “Christmas Music Under the Dome and Christmas Marketplace” will occur Saturday, Dec. 7, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the African American Museum, Dallas. The Museum is located in historic Fair Park at 3536 Grand Ave., Dallas, 75210.
Free and open to the public, the holiday extravaganza will offer visitors a variety of unique “shop local” gifts – including handcrafted jewelry, accessories, handbags, wallets, skincare, and more – plus a children’s craft area, pictures with Santa, and performances by North Texas musicians and school groups.
The museum’s store will also be open, offering a curated collection of books, gifts, posters, jewelry, art, children’s items, attire, and more.
Additionally, local choral and band groups will perform throughout the day, including Dallas ISD’s Comstock Middle School, the South Dallas Children’s Choir, and Music Lover’s Learning Center.
Visitors are also encouraged to visit the Museum’s permanent exhibition, Facing The Rising Sun: Freedman’s Cemetery,which was initiated by Govenar and Documentary Arts and curated by Collins in 1996. The exhibition contains photographs, found objects and historical documents that provide further insight into the area now known as Uptown. Interactive video kiosks allow visitors to see and hear from the people who knew Freedman’s Town first-hand.
Season sponsors of the African American Museum, Dallas, are Toyota, Eugene McDermott Foundation, Lowe’s, Comerica Bank, Peggy and Carl Sewell, Helen Giddings, Vivian and Charles Johnson, North Texas Cluster of The Links Inc., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Dallas Mavericks, NBC 5/Telemundo 39, Texas Metro News, Garland Journal, OVG360, Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District, City of Dallas’ Office of Arts and Culture and the State Fair of Texas.
HOURS. The African American Museum, Dallas is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free self-parking is available in nearby lots.
For more information, go to aamdallas.org or call214-565-9026.
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About the African American Museum, Dallas
The African American Museum, Dallas was founded in 1974 as a part of Bishop College. The Museum has operated independently since 1979. For more than 40 years, the African American Museum has stood as a cultural beacon in Dallas and the Southwestern United States. Located in Dallas’ historic Fair Park, the African American Museum is the only museum in the Southwestern United States devoted to the collection, preservation and display of African American artistic, cultural and historical materials that relate to the African American experience. The African American Museum incorporates a wide variety of visual art forms and historical documents that portray the African American experience in the United States, Southwest, and Dallas. The Museum has a small, but rich collection of African art, African American fine art and one of the largest African American folk-art collections in the United States. Learn more at aamdallas.org.
