ACES Museum

11/02/2017

Germantown is a finalist in an online competition for a historic preservation grant to restore two buildings. NBC10's Brandon Hudson spoke with the non-profit that wants to use the grant to preserve the neighborhood's rich history.  

11/02/2017

You can help save the irreplaceable historic buildings, monuments, communities and landscapes that the National Trust for Historic Preservation has designated National Treasures.

10/31/2017

This is the magnificent ballroom in Parker Hall that we are fighting to save. Dr. Althea Hankins rediscovered this space above her medical practice, and learned that it has immense significance to Black veterans from World War II. This led her to establish the ACES Museum at 5801 Germantown Avenue.
There's just one day left, and your vote matters!
voteyourmainstreet.org/germantown

10/24/2017

Vote to choose which Main Streets receive a share of $2 million in preservation funding, then enter to win a Main Streets experience from National Geographic. Vote for up to five Main Streets today and every day until October 31st!

10/18/2017

On Memorial Day in 2015 ACES museum held a program honoring veterans in historic Germantown featuring a speech from Senator Art Haywood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxVjD7LVSaA. To keep programming like this alive, vote five times a day until the end of October here: VoteYourMainStreet.org/Germantown

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10/17/2017

Support local business in historic Germantown and help to preserve black history by voting at this link:

Vote to choose which Main Streets receive a share of $2 million in preservation funding, then enter to win a Main Streets experience from National Geographic. Vote for up to five Main Streets today and every day until October 31st!

10/17/2017

Check out this great article by Curbed Philly about ACES https://tinyurl.com/ybbfg93e . As always, Be sure to vote! vote! vote! Less than 15 days left! https://www.nationalgeographic.com/voteyourmainstreet/ #/?mainstreet=germantown

Two buildings on Germantown’s main street with ties to African-American history are in the running for a national historic preservation grant to bring their facades back to life.

10/16/2017

On July 4, 2010 sailors from the USS Bulkeley paid a visit to the museum before they returned to Iraq. Watch here:tinyurl.com/y9alkbbt

Help support programming like this by voting here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/voteyourmainstreet/ #/?mainstreet=germantown

Vote to choose which Main Streets receive a share of $2 million in preservation funding, then enter to win a Main Streets experience from National Geographic. Vote for up to five Main Streets today and every day until October 31st!

10/12/2017

Aces Museum in Historic Germantown houses a replica Tuskegee Airmen North American P-51 Mustang airplane. Vote to help preserve exhibits like this one and respect the past! http://tinyurl.com/ycfywb7y

10/12/2017

Philadelphia! It takes 30 seconds to Vote Germantown and help the historic ACES museum secure $150,000 in preservation grants. Vote here:

Vote to choose which Main Streets receive a share of $2 million in preservation funding, then enter to win a Main Streets experience from National Geographic. Vote for up to five Main Streets today and every day until October 31st!

10/12/2017

ACES Museum Needs Your Vote! Now through October 31st, vote Germantown up to five times per day at

Vote to choose which Main Streets receive a share of $2 million in preservation funding, then enter to win a Main Streets experience from National Geographic. Vote for up to five Main Streets today and every day until October 31st!