African American Museum & Library
The African American Museum and Library at Oakland is a museum and non-circulating library in the Oakland Public Library system dedicated to preserving African American history, experiences and culture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include First Unitarian Church of Oakland and Preservation Park.
First Unitarian Church of Oakland
Place of worship
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The First Unitarian Church of Oakland is located in western Downtown Oakland, California. It is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Preservation Park
Park
Preservation Park is located in Oakland, California. The park includes sixteen historic buildings, five of which stand in their original location, and eleven of which were moved from elsewhere in Oakland to avoid demolition.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oakland and Downtown Oakland.
Oakland
Photo: Simon Carrasco, CC BY 2.0.
Oakland is a port city in the Bay Area of California in the United States of America. Once an industrial area overshadowed by San Francisco, its larger neighbor to the west, this city of 440,000 people has begun to step out from under San Francisco's shadow with its notable natural and architectural features and its rise as the multicultural "hipster" city of the Bay Area.
Downtown Oakland
Suburb
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Downtown Oakland is the central business district of Oakland, California, United States. It is located roughly bounded by both the Oakland Estuary and Interstate 880 on the southwest, Interstate 980 on the northwest, Grand Avenue on the northeast, and Lake Merritt on the east.
Old Oakland
Neighborhood
Old Oakland is a historic district in downtown Oakland, California. The area is located on the northwest side of Broadway, between the City Center complex and the Jack London Square district, and across Broadway from Chinatown.
African American Museum & Library
- Type: Library
- Address: 659 14th Street, Oakland, 94612
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.80611° or 37° 48′ 22″ northLongitude
-122.27646° or 122° 16′ 35″ westLevels
2Open location code
849VRP4F+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 91968099OpenStreetMap feature
building=library
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