Event Information

Name: The African Odyssey Exhibition
Start: 2026-06-11T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-11-01T23:59:59-05:00

A framed photo above a scrap of paper with handwritten text. The image is of an old building with a balcony, and many archways. The text is difficult to read, but seems to say "The governor then came and stared at his balcony carefully looking through and then making his choice. The one selected was washed down by the soldiers and after that she was escorted to the governor's bedroom. - Kamia Pajibo, The Realities Abot Elaine"

The African Odyssey Exhibition

Thursday, June 11, 2026 - Sunday, November 1, 2026

Ticket Price: Free, donations are welcome.
Age: 11+

Event Category: Black History, History

Montpelier Historic Site & Museum

301-377-7817 montpeliermansion@pgparks.com 9650 Muirkirk Road
Laurel, MD

Add to Calendar Thursday, June 11, 2026 11/01/2026 America/New_York The African Odyssey Exhibition Montpelier is honored to present, Rev. Joanne M. Braxton’s, PhD, M.Div. Travel photography of her Odyssey to Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Senegal that explores an unexpected “very personal story” with her ancestral memory.

Montpelier is honored to present, Rev. Joanne M. Braxton’s, PhD, M.Div. Travel photography of her Odyssey to Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Senegal that explores an unexpected “very personal story” with her ancestral memory. She hopes that you will see and feel what she saw and felt as she delved to discover the meaning of her grandmother’s words “My father said that we have a home over

there.” Dr. Braxton is a descendant of the enslaved of Montpelier. Through her photography, she is honoring her enslaved great-grandfather, and “diasporic Africans, unwilling immigrants to the Chesapeake in the 17th and 18th centuries.”