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Benjamin Banneker Foundation, Inc. A nonprofit organization that raises funds for educational purposes related to Benjamin Banneker. You decide!

The Benjamin Banneker Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit philanthropic group, specializing in fundraising for the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum. Funds are used to increase educational activities, enhance conservation initiatives, and further develop the Park and Museum into a living history center. Your donation may cover the full cost of a gift of your choice or you may share the costs. The Foundation pledges to use your generous contribution wisely as we share Benjamin Banneker’s legacy so others may BE INSPIRED.

Saturday 10/24 Dr. Richard Kelley will talk about the coldest detector ever to observe the hottest objects in the univer...
10/20/2026

Saturday 10/24 Dr. Richard Kelley will talk about the coldest detector ever to observe the hottest objects in the universe! Learn about precision X-ray spectroscopy onboard the XRISM mission spacecraft! Join us, 6:00 p.m. See flyer for more details.

09/25/2026
Saturday 9/26 presentation on Fireball Tracking and Meteorite Hunting. Join us!
09/21/2026

Saturday 9/26 presentation on Fireball Tracking and Meteorite Hunting. Join us!

08/16/2026

Rhiannon Giddens has new album out which includes her rendition of Freight Train with Dirk Powell. Elizabeth Cotton made this tune famous.

We are excited to have two star speakers this month, a young enthusiast and a senior scholar! Little Red Dots (LRDs) obs...
08/16/2026

We are excited to have two star speakers this month, a young enthusiast and a senior scholar! Little Red Dots (LRDs) observed by the JWST from the early universe are in the news now, being theorized as black holes hidden by dense gas clouds. It turns out the long studied Homunculus Nebulae represent similar physical processes, which Dr. Gull will tell us about!

August 22nd starting around sunset. See flyer for more details.

07/25/2026

Brian Farrow, on left, who played at our Colonial Market Fair has been touring with Dom Flemons and the Traveling Wildfires all around the country this year!

07/22/2026

Right now in the Mumford Room: Joe Johnson interviews Vania Kinard and Dom Flemons at the symposium “Black Banjo Renaissance: Reflections on the future.”

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17130 Van Buren Boulevard , Suite 129
West Sacramento, CA
92504

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