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A new "place for healing" is coming to downtown Louisville, but it’s not a hospital or a clinic: It’s an African American history museum.
Design of Louisville's new African American Museum recognized among 20 best new museums in the world
Lamont Collins, a collector from Louisville and museum’s founder, said he was excited by the “incredible honor” to receive such a recognition, which named the local museum alongside facilities in Washington, D.C.; London and Giza, Egypt.
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