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curve 317 W. Mulberry Street, Denton, TX 76201-6062 * Phone (940)349-2865 * Fax (940)349-2851 Map  
 
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* African American Museum Home
* Bayless-Selby House Museum
* CHOS Museum
* Community Involvement in the Restoration
* DCAAM Brochure
* DCAAM Calendar of Events
* Dr. Edwin D. Moten Collection
* Guest Book
* Historical Commission
* Historical Park
* Links
* Major Donors
* Quakertown History
* Quakertown House - Some History from Kim McCoig Cupit
* The Dedication of the DCAAM
* The Moten Family Story
* The Restoration
* The Story of Quakertown House
* Notice of Meeting & Agenda-DCHC Museum Committee
 
 
Denton County, Texas - Denton County African American Museum

Denton County
African American Museum

  

Denton County Museums will be closed for the 3-day Labor Day Holiday weekend.



The Denton County African American Museum
November 2007

African American Museum
Every Day is Black History Day in the Historical Park

Regular Tours during Open Hours:  Tues - Sat  
10 - Noon  *  1 - 3

Handicapped Accessible




Read more about the African American
Families of Denton County

The Story of the Quakertown House

Dr. Edwin D. Moten Collection

Quakertown History

 

See some of the photographs of the
restoration of the Quakertown
House and the people of Denton County
who helped make it happen.

The Restoration of the Quakertown House

Community Involvement in the Restoration of the Museum
The Dedication

 

You can still be part of the
Denton County African American
Museum

To volunteer as a docent at the museum
Contact Robyn Lee, Manager of the Historical Park of Denton County,
at robyn.lee@dentoncounty.com or 940-349-2865.

To donate artifacts, photographs, or other materials related to the
Denton County African American community

Contact Kim Cupit, Curator of Collections for the Denton County Museums,
at kim.cupit@dentoncounty.com  or 940-349-2850.

To make a financial donation to the museum
Make checks payable to Historical Park Foundation of Denton County, Inc.
and mail to Attn: Mr. Allan Watt, President, 110 W. Hickory, Denton, TX 76201.

To make a financial donation to the planned landscaping of the museum
Contact Mr. Allan Watt at the above address.


Please sign our guest book
 


c. 1945, prior to restoration


Located in the Historical Park of
Denton County, adjacent to the
Bayless-Selby House Museum

At the corner of Mulberry and
Carroll Boulevard

 
317 West Mulberry
Denton, TX 76201

940-349-2865
940-349-2851 (fax)

Tuesday - Saturday
10:00-noon, 1:00-3:00
Closed Mondays and Holidays

Handicapped Accessible
Free Admission except for
Scheduled Group Tours

Scheduled Group Tours
$1 per person

Donation includes admission to all three
Denton County Museums:
Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum
Bayless-Selby House Museum
Denton County African American Museum

To schedule a tour,
contact Robyn Lee
at 940-349-2865 or email
at robyn.lee@dentoncounty.com


Calendar of Events for 2009-2010
(click here for the complete
DCAAM Calendar of Events )

Dr. Georgia Kemp Caraway
Executive Director
Denton County Museums

    Robyn Lorraine Lee
    Manager
Historical Park of Denton County

    Kim McCoig Cupit
   
Curator of Collections
Denton County Museums

Gretel L'Heureux
    Education & Tourism Director

 

 

   
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