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Photos: Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture expands

Photos: Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture expands

Richard Keil, founder of the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture in Macon, stands next to an untitled two-headed sculpture by Mr. Imagination, during a tour of the facility on Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

Textile designer Wini McQueen shows off a piece of tapestry she is integrating into three large panels that will circle the rotunda in a display called “If Walls Could Talk” at the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Macon. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com Read about the Tubman Museum's expansion

Jeffrey Bruce, curator at the Tubman Museum, passes a piece by Donald Lock titled “Table For Dunnamite Dan,” during a tour of the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Macon. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

A worker puts final touches on a room that includes a nine-panel mural by Wilfred Stroud at the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Macon. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

The main entrance of the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Macon. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

Objects conservator Nancy Livengood repairs some minor damage to the display piece “Moses the Leopard” by O.L. Samuels in preparation for the opening of the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Macon. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

An untitled work that includes sewing needles and bottle caps by Mr. Imagination on display at the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Macon. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

One of Little Richard’s pianos on display at the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Macon. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

Curator Jeffrey Bruce points out an insect destroyer that is part of the “Inventions from the Minds of African Americans” section at the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Macon. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

A piece by Amalia Amaki titled “I’d Rather Two Step Than Waltz” on display at the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Macon. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

A piece by Nellie Rowe titled “Nellie in Heaven” on display at the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Macon. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

The rotunda ceiling is a piece of artwork in and of itself at the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Macon. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

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Richard Keil, founder of the Tubman Museum of African American Art, History and Culture in Macon, stands next to an untitled two-headed sculpture by Mr. Imagination, during a tour of the facility on Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

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