{"id":103276,"date":"2026-02-02T22:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/103276\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T22:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:17:06","slug":"african-american-museum-plans-special-events-for-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/103276\/","title":{"rendered":"African American Museum plans special events for Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) will host a series of events throughout February in honor of Black History Month.<\/p>\n<p>The lineup begins Sunday, Feb. 8, with a Super Bowl Watch Party at Taller Puertorrique\u00f1o in North Philadelphia. General admission is $40 and includes entry, Puerto Rican and African American cuisine, plus alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Feb. 14, the museum will host a \u201c52 Weeks of Firsts\u201d event recognizing the nation\u2019s first abolitionist society as part of a yearlong celebration in Philadelphia\u2019s Historic District. The event will include remarks and free activations.<\/p>\n<p>Students ages 10 to 16 can attend a free Innovation Sprint on Monday, Feb. 16, facilitated by Coded by:, where participants will take on the role of startup founders and develop solutions to real-world problems. Registration is required by Feb. 12.<\/p>\n<p>The museum will partner with the Philadelphia Film Society on Saturday, Feb. 21, for a screening of the 1988 comedy \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Git You Sucka,\u201d held in conjunction with the exhibition \u201cRuth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Programming concludes Sunday, Feb. 22, with the third annual Everyday Freedom Heroes Youth Costume Party. Children ages 13 and under can dress as figures from Black history or characters from Ruth E. Carter films and participate in a \u201cwax museum\u201d activity, with cash prizes awarded to top participants.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors attending Black History Month programs will also have access to current exhibitions, including \u201cRuth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design\u201d and \u201cSailing to Freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aampmuseum.org\/calendar.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black History Month at AAMP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Various events\u00a0<br \/>African American Museum\u00a0<br \/>701 Arch St.<br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19106<\/p>\n<p>Note: The Super Bowl Watch Party takes place at\u00a0Taller Puertorrique\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<p>This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the newsroom staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) will host a series of events throughout February in honor of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10531,8120,47998,10533,69,4001,71,70],"class_list":["post-103276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-african-american-museum-in-philadelphia","tag-america250","tag-black-history-month","tag-museums","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-250","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}