The Colored Girls Museum

The Colored Girls Museum is a groundbreaking memoir museum housed in a 130-year-old Victorian twin in Germantown, founded by Vashti DuBois to honor the overlooked narratives and histories of Black women and girls from the African diaspora. Rather than a traditional institutional space, it functions as a living museum that blends DuBois' home with gallery exhibitions, featuring an ever-shifting collection of personal objects, artwork, jewelry, and mementos created by and belonging to ordinary women of color. The museum serves multiple roles—research facility, community gathering space, meditation center, and workshop—making it a uniquely intimate venue for exploring the everyday experiences and cultural legacies often absent from mainstream art institutions. It stands as a vital cultural gem in Philadelphia's art scene, offering visitors a profoundly personal and transformative encounter with African diasporic women's stories.