Philadelphia’s Traveling Museum Showcases Black Art Collectors
December 10, 2025 | In the PressFrom Philadelphia Today (https://philadelphia.today/2025/12/museum-of-african-american-art-collections/)
The Museum of African American Art Collections in Philadelphia is presenting its first exhibit at the Awbury Arboretum in East Germantown, writes Elizabeth Wellington for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The exhibit showcases the collection of several Black art collectors, including William Skeet Jiggetts, Diana Tyson, and Stephanie A. Daniel, as well as gallerist couple Adrian Moody and Robyn Jones.
Jiggetts, a collector for more than three decades, was inspired to create the museum after realizing that the size of his art collection surpassed the space he had available to fully display it.
“I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool for a bunch of collectors to get together and create a space to show our work. Tell our story?’” he said.
The concept first took shape in 2020, and by 2023, Jiggetts had established a foundation and reached out to other collectors while exploring possible locations for exhibits.
“There is a treasure trove of African American art in our living rooms, in our reading rooms, and in our dens that need to be shared,” he said. “The Museum of African American Art Collections is a forum to host these collections and tell the stories that come with them.”
The inaugural exhibit will run through December 31.
