Traveling Exhibits

Artwork Credit : Low & Away by Kadir Nelson

Negro Leagues Barnstorming Tour

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) has created unique national traveling exhibitions that offer interesting and entertaining perspectives on the scope and magnitude of the professional Negro Baseball Leagues and their impact on the social advancement of America. The following is an overview of the exhibits. NOTE: A standard exhibit booking runs 8 weeks except for “They Were All Stars.”

Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of the Negro Leagues

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) has created five uniquely different national traveling exhibitions that offer interesting and entertaining perspectives on the scope and magnitude of the professional Negro Baseball Leagues and their impact on the social advancement of America. The following is an overview of the exhibits.

BOOKING FEE: $5,000 plus shipping and handling (8-week display)

Negro Leagues Beisbol

Developed by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in 2014 to honor and explore the connections of African American baseball history to Hispanic cultures, communities and countries. This is a deep, rich history with origins in the late 1800s. The exhibition features profiles of significant baseball players, a timeline of American and Hispanic baseball history, and detailed baseball histories of several countries.

BOOKING FEE: $7,500 plus shipping and handling

Shades of Greatness

In August of 2003, the NLBM made available to the public the first-ever collaborative professional art exhibit inspired by Negro Leagues Baseball. The critically acclaimed exhibition features 35 original works of art produced by 28 diverse professional artists from across the country that interpret the Negro Leagues experience on-and-off the playing field. Renowned artist Kadir Nelson headlines the talented roster of artists who participated in Shades of Greatness.

BOOKING FEE: $10,000 plus shipping and handling (8-week display)

Buck O'Neil: Right on Time

The exhibit chronicles the remarkable life and times of Negro Leagues legend John “Buck” O’Neil and is adapted from his acclaimed biography “I Was Right on Time.” Born the grandson of slaves, the exhibit traces O’Neil’s remarkable baseball career and the obstacles he overcame to become baseball’s grand ambassador through rare photographs and compelling video.

BOOKING FEE: $2,500 plus shipping and handling (6-8 week display)

Museum Closure & Holiday Hours

In recognition of the Juneteenth Holiday the NLBM offices will be closed and the Exhibit and Gift Shop will be open from 10:00AM – 3:00PM on Wednesday, June 19. Normal hours  will resume on Thursday, June 20th