The Colored Girls Museum (TCGM)
The Colored Girls Museum (TCGM) is a memoir museum founded by Vashti DuBois that honors the stories, experiences and history of ordinary Colored Girls. The first of its kind, the museum initiates the object—submitted by the Colored Girl herself—as a representative of an aspect of her story and personal history which she finds meaningful. These objects embody her experience and expression of being a Colored Girl.
TCGM distinguishes itself by exclusively collecting, preserving, honoring and decoding artifacts pertaining to the experience and herstory of Colored Girls. This museum is equal parts research facility, exhibition space, gathering place and think tank. TCGM was founded in 2015 and is located in the historic neighborhood of Germantown in Philadelphia, an area renowned for its compliment of historic buildings and homes.
This start-up museum enterprise has been written about in the Smithsonian Magazine, Essence, Associated Press, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Travel Noire, Metro U.K., and others.
Note: The above descriptive information came from the museum's History page.
In The News
- 'I want her to be wanted': Zoning decision could jeopardize Philly's Colored Girls Museum, WHYY, November 13, 2023.
- The Ordinary Extraordinary: Making History Tangible at the Colored Girls Museum, Hidden City Philadelphia, February 18, 2021.
- Two Black museums seek help from Philly community to safely reopen amid virus, KYW, June 29, 2020.
Info
- Facebook: @TCGMuseum
- Online Store: Marketplace
- Videos: Museum Videos
- YouTube: @thecoloredgirlsmuseum7460
