Anacostia Community Museum

cultural museum in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution
Organization local_museum Q483592
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Summary

Anacostia Community Museum is a local museum[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of local museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (119 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: museum[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Washington, D.C.[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Instance of: African-American museum[6], database[7], United States federal agency[8]
  • Location: Anacostia[9]
  • Part of: Smithsonian Institution[10]
  • Commons category: Anacostia Museum[11]
  • Has part(s): Anacostia Community Museum Archives[12]
  • Inception: January 1, 1967[13]
  • Parent organization or unit: Smithsonian Institution[14]
  • Official website: http://anacostia.si.edu/[15]
  • Director / manager: Melanie Adams[16]
  • Visitors per year: 38,963[17], 30,000[18]
  • Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[19]
  • Official name: Anacostia Community Museum[20]
  • Date of official opening: September 15, 1967[21]
  • Native label: Anacostia Community Museum[22]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora[23], WikiProject Smithsonian Names[24]
  • Street address: 1901 Fort Place SE, Washington, DC 20020[25]
  • Entry in abbreviations table: ACM[26]
  • P14541: 3aaDoK[27]

Why It Matters

Anacostia Community Museum has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . nbcwashington.com. nbcwashington.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . zaubee.com. zaubee.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . si.edu. si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . si.edu. Retrieved . si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . The Washington Post. Retrieved . washingtonpost.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Visitor Statistics. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Open GLAM Survey, version of 30 April 2020. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . id.loc.gov. id.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Google Maps. Retrieved . anacostia.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject African diaspora, WikiProject Smithsonian Names
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'pnb', 'sv', 'uk', 'ur']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ On focus list of wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791918931218"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Director / manager → Camille Akeju, Melanie Adams, Lori Yarrish
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → Anacostia Community Museum Archives
    Inception → —
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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