For more details about the new exhibition and to sign up for additional updates, visit the museum’s Afrofuturism website.

For more details about the new exhibition and to sign up for additional updates, visit the museum’s Afrofuturism website.

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Smithsonian African American Museum Honors Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther Costume in New Exhibit

“Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures,” opens on March 24, 2023, and features the late actor’s iconic gear. Black Panther counts as the first superhero of African descent to appear in mainstream American comics, and the film is the first major cinematic production on the character.