National Black History Museum to Include Baylor University Gospel Music Collection - Higher Education

National Black History Museum to Include Baylor University Gospel Music Collection - Higher Education: When the National Museum of African American History and Culture opens in 2015 on the National Mall in Washington, Baylor University will have made a valuable contribution to the new museum by allowing access to the school’s renowned Black Gospel Music Restoration Project.

This past December, the Smithsonian Institution announced that a significant portion of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project’s digital collection will be included in the new museum’s Musical Crossroads exhibition, which will present the story of African-American music from the arrival of the first Africans in North America to the present day.

“What could be better than the world’s largest museum complex with millions of visitors coming through to have the opportunity to hear this music?” says Robert Darden, the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project (BGMRP) director and Baylor University journalism professor.