THE INSTITUTION

Collecting history.
Expanding memory.

The Montague Collection brings African American history and cultural expression into public view through objects, exhibitions, research and education.

INSTITUTIONAL LEGACY

A collection built
to be encountered.

The Collection bears the legacy of Nathaniel “Magnificent” Montague and decades of commitment to collecting and preserving African American historical and cultural materials. An expanded institutional chronology and sourced biographical narrative will follow archival review.