Everything You Need To Know About The National Museum Of African American History And Culture
Architect
Lead architect Philip Freelon and lead designer David Adjaye, along with their architectural team Freelon Adjaye Bond/Smith Group, won an international competition to design the NMAAHC building, which sits on a five-acre site. The bronze-colored building, shaped in three tiers, reportedly resembles crowns used in Yoruba art. Its metallic color also pays homage to the iron work crafted by men and women enslaved in Louisiana and South Carolina.