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The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration — The Legacy Museum

The Legacy Museum, built by the Equal Justice Initiative on the site of a former slave warehouse in Montgomery, Alabama, opened April 26, 2018, tracing the throughline from slavery to lynching, segregation, and mass incarceration; master planning, exhibit design, and media design by Local Projects (the original 2018-2021 iteration of the museum, later expanded).

Venue	The Legacy Museum
Project type	New Building
Status	Completed
Year completed	2018

Credits

Firm	Role	Note
Local Projects	Master Planning
Local Projects	Exhibit Design
Local Projects	Media Design & Software

Sources

https://localprojects.com/work/civil-rights-memorials/the-legacy-museum/
https://eji.org/news/museum-and-memorial-opening-april-26-2018/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legacy_Museum