Welcome to the Carver Museum
Through the preservation and exhibition of African American material culture, history, and aesthetic expression, the Carver Museum works to create a space where the global contributions of all Black people are celebrated. We accomplish this by telling stories about our local community and connecting those histories to larger narratives about Blackness. The Carver Museum is free and open to the public. Masks are encouraged inside the museum.
Hours
Museum and Cultural Center
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday: Closed
Genealogy Center
Sunday - Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Thursday: 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Friday: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (closed for lunch 12 - 1 p.m.)
Contact Us
Seeing Further
The George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center is honored to present Seeing Further, a solo exhibition by Hakeem Adewumi.
In this semi-autobiographical exhibition, Adewumi brings together photography, sound, and found objects to explore layered expressions of Black memory, lineage, and liberation. This body of work encourages audiences to encounter fragments of ancestral life as they surface within the present as living, evolving forms. Seeing Further invites viewers into the personal histories, visual references, and lived experiences that have guided the artist toward a new and unfolding interpretation of Juneteenth.
The exhibition is on view from May 14, 2026 to October 10, 2026 during normal museum hours. Free and open to all.
Free Your Mind Symposium: Artist Talk with Hakeem Adewumi
The Free Your Mind Symposium returns to the George Washington Carver Museum for Juneteenth!
Join artist Hakeem Adewumi and Rachel Winston, Black Diaspora Archivist at the University of Texas at Austin, for an intimate conversation about Seeing Further — a mixed-media exhibition exploring Juneteenth as a living Black Southern tradition rooted in Texas mythology, African spirituality, and the supernatural. Hakeem shares the personal history, family objects, and landscape that shaped the work, and what it means to make art that listens to ancestors.
Together, Hakeem and Rachel will sit with a question at the heart of the show: what happens to a regional ethos of liberation when the world claims it as its own? Come prepared for an honest, grounded conversation about memory, place, and what it means for all of us to see further into Juneteenth.
FREE YOUR MIND SYPMOSIUM : ARTIST TALK WITH HAKEEM ADEWUMI
🗓 Thursday June 18, 2026
🕛 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural, and Genealogy Center, 1165 Angelina Street, Austin, TX 78702
JUNETEENTH AT THE CARVER
Celebrate Juneteenth at the Carver Carver Kickback: Juneteenth Edition! From BBQ plates and music to hands-on activations and vendors, we'll have a lil' something for everyone. Free, all-ages, open to all.
📣 THE CARVER KICKBACK: JUNETEENTH EDITION
🗓 Saturday June 20, 2026
🕛 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
📍George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural, and Genealogy Center, 1165 Angelina Street, Austin, TX
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Juneteenth at the Carver
All About the Carver
- Exhibits
History, culture and art exhibits curated to educate and inspire. The Carver Museum has two rotating art galleries as well as four permanent exhibits honoring African-Americans in Austin and beyond.
- Programs and Events
The Carver provides culture and arts based programming free and for all ages to allow visitors to connect with community through special events and ongoing learning experiences.
- Educational Programs and Classes
The Carver offers culture and arts classes and educational programs.
- Genealogy Center
The Genealogy Center provides genealogy databases, workshops and seminars. All resources are free and open to the public.
- Rentals
The George Washington Carver Museum, Genealogy and Cultural Center offers the Boyd Vance Theatre and one indoor atrium space for rental. Events can be either private or public.