California African American Museum

34°00′57″N 118°17′00″W / 34.015806°N 118.283465°W / 34.015806; -118.283465

California African American Museum (CAAM)

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Established	1981
Location	Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°00′57″N 118°17′00″W / 34.015806°N 118.283465°W / 34.015806; -118.283465
Type	Museum
Director	Cameron Shaw (Executive)
Curator	Mar Hollingsworth (Visual Arts), Taylor Renee Aldridge (Visual Arts), Susan D. Anderson (History), Taylor Bythewood-Porter (Assistant Curator)
Public transit access	Expo Park/USC
Website	caamuseum.org

The California African American Museum (CAAM) is a museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, United States. The museum focuses on enrichment and education on the cultural heritage and history of African Americans with a focus on California and western United States. Admission is free to all visitors. Their mission statement is "to research, collect, preserve, and interpret for public enrichment the history, art and culture of African Americans with an emphasis on California and the western United States."^[1]

CAAM hosts independent and collaborative educational programs both on and off site of lectures, workshops, innovative programs, and hands-on activities that serve public and private school students, museum patrons and community visitors.^{[citation needed]}