"Preserving & Presenting African-American Art, History & Culture"
The Black Americana Museum accurately preserves and presents Black History, and with wax figures depicts scenes and eras with authentic clothes, uniforms and artifacts, such as a Buffalo Soldier , Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Harriet Tub Man, Tom Bass, Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong and more. The museum also presents Black Memorabilia, Blacks in advertising, Negro League Baseball History, autographs, reference library, thousands of artifacts and relics dating before Christ, to rare and one of a kind photographs dating from the beginning of America to yesterday's news.
The museum is the winner of the prestigious "1997 Martin Luther King Living the Dream Award" presented by the city of Omaha.
Orans's Black Americana Historical Museum has one of the worlds largest collections of Black Americana artifacts, including thousands of postcards, sheet music, records, videos, books, stamps, coins, silverware, advertising, dolls, sculptures, signs, kitchen collections, baseball cards, first editions, quilts, African artifacts, slavery items, fine art, folk art, wax figures, autographs, cookie jars, salt shakers, pipes, games, toys, movies, jewelry, plaques, KKK paraphernalia, Adinkras and authentic kente cloths.
