Mandela exhibit on display at the African American Museum

Courtesy Mandela: The Official Exhibit

You can see the latest global exhibit on display at the African American Museum in Fair Park now through the beginning of November.

Mandela: The Official Exhibition is a major exhibition that explores the life of South African President, freedom fighter, and activist Nelson Mandela.

His epic story is told across four experiential galleries at the museum — from his rural childhood home through years of turbulent struggle against the apartheid regime, to his eventual vindication and final years as South Africa’s first democratically elected president.

Through the voices of Mandela himself, his family, and those who knew him best, visitors see Nelson Mandela in a new light.

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More than a century on from his birth, the exhibition asks: what does ‘Nelson Mandela’ mean today, in a world where inequality and injustice still persist? His values and his commitment to bettering the world is just as vital now as they were during his lifetime, according to the exhibit's site.

The exhibit is free and open to the general public of all ages.

Mandela: The Official Exhibition was created in partnership with Round Room Live and the Royal House of Mandela, led by Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela — Nelson Mandela’s grandson and chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council.

Artifacts, documentation, and and stories were gathered in collaboration with the Mandela family, Robben Island Museum, and close friends and colleagues including Zelda la Grange, who served as President Mandela’s personal assistant for 19 years. Many artifacts on display have never previously been shown outside South Africa.

Dates for the exhibit are June 13 - November 1. Open: 10 am – 7 pm Tuesday - Saturday. Closed: Sunday and Monday.