The Baltimore Sun

National Great Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore receives $2 million federal grant to renovate, expand

Baltimore’s National Great Blacks in Wax Museum received a $2 million gift from Congress that will enable the 40-year-old cultural linchpin to double in size by early 2026. The $2,008,580 grant was ...
Fast Company

Lil Wayne and The Rock are right: Wax museums are frustratingly bad at depicting Black celebrities

Since Sunday, two separate wax figures—one of actor Dwayne Johnson, the other of rapper Lil Wayne—have gotten slammed not just by puzzled fans and onlookers, but by both celebrities themselves, for ...
Afro

The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum to host annual ‘Voices of History’ Street Fair

The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum will hold its annual “Voices of History” Street Fair on June 28, celebrating Black history, community resilience and the collective healing that emerges from ...
WUSA

'Blacks in Wax' returns to DC with in-person performances | Get Uplifted

WASHINGTON — After a two-year hiatus, the "Blacks in Wax" program is back with in-person performances at THEARC Theater in Southeast D.C. Founded by former D.C. First Lady Cora Masters Barry 15 years ...
WJHG

Blacks In Wax makes a stop in Panama City

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The traveling “Blacks In Wax Museum” is keeping history alive with life size wax sculptures of important people in history. You can see it at City Hall in Panama City. ...
Afro

East Baltimore Black Wax Museum gets $2 million in federal funding

The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum received a $2 million federal investment, which was presented by U.S. lawmakers Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen ...