Fodor's Expert Review Museum of African American History & African Meeting House
Beacon Hill and Boston Common
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The Museum of African American History was established in 1964. Today, exhibits across one floor of the Abiel Smith School building (the first public school in the nation built specifically for Black children) recognize Boston's African American community, from slavery through the abolitionist movement. Visitors can also take National Park Service guided tours of the adjacent African Meeting House, built in 1806. It was from this church in 1832 that William Lloyd Garrison formed the New England Anti-Slavery Society.
