Baltimore, Maryland - National Great Blacks In Wax Museum

Baltimore, Maryland - National Great Blacks In Wax Museum

Frederick Douglass and Sojurner Truth are here, but so are wax versions of America's black astronauts and the first African-American to shoot a polar bear. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Baltimore, Maryland - "The Struggle Against Lynching" - exhibit at Great Blacks in Wax

"The Struggle Against Lynching: Lessons for Today" exhibit at the Great Blacks in Wax museum is -- even considering its subject matter -- remarkably gory. The first thing you see upon entering is a display of a man who has been hanged and had his penis cut off (the size of which belies any claims this museum may be making about refuting stereotypes). A nice touch -- at his feet are two cute cats licking up his blood. According to the museum's information placards, those two kitties were sewn inside his wife's stomach and bets were taken on which would claw its way out first. The unfortunate wife was burned to death and a dummy representing her is displayed next to the amputee. Then there's the odd (uncommented on by the museum's placards) collection of body parts in jars, presumably (at least based on other info in the display) this has to do with the collection of souvenir body parts by lynch mobs.

The best thing in the whole museum is part of the lynching exhibit -- it's an inner-city alley with various gang-bangers and junkies killing each other, all wearing the latest inner-city fashions, and all with skulls for faces. Above this display is the legend "Now We Lynch Ourselves" (Yes, there is a souvenir T-shirt with this motto -- and a cartoon lynching --available in the gift shop). [Willie Zaza, 05/28/2004]

Baltimore, Maryland - Great Blacks in Wax Museum proceeds with expansion
Five years after a struggle with financial difficulties, the Great Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore, MD, is back on top. The museum is undergoing an expansion, and will also serve as a community technology center, outfitted with computers.... [02/15/2003] Complete News Story

Baltimore, Maryland - Great Blacks in Wax makeover for the "Mother Teresa of Baltimore"
The Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Baltimore, MD, unveiled an updated version of Bea Gaddy a famous local councilwoman and aid to the poor, on Wednesday. Also, known as the "Mother Teresa of Baltimore," a wax Bea Gaddy had been on display for many years, while the real one continued to age.... [02/22/2002] Complete News Story