Open Hours at the Black Memory & Preservation Lab

Join us in an intentional space that centers Black heritage, storytelling, art and community care - right in downtown Portland.
About this Event

✨Black Futures Matter✨
Every 2nd & 4th Saturday at Portland's Black Memory Lab and Cultural Library 🖤📚
Since opening to the public in October 2025, our Memory Lab has become a living archive featuring:

📚Rare books & first editions
🎧Oral history & digital preservation (with PDX City Archives)
🎨Local Black art & exhibitions
🕹️Vintage games & listening stations
📸I Dream A World transcripts, photos & recordings
This space exists to uplift artists, reclaim culture, and expand the work of Liberated Archives - offering sactuary, creativity and community support. Our programming is intentionally FREE and open to all ages!
📍510 SW 3rd Ave | Suite 400
⏱️Noon - 4PM | 2nd & 4th Saturdays
Group visits or research appointments:
📧 [email protected]
📱(971) 385-7831
Come explore, learn and take up space with us. 🖤#BlackMemoryLab #BlackFuturesMatter #DontShootPDX #LiberatedArchives #PortlandEvents

The Black Memory and Preservation Lab is powered by Don't Shoot Portland.
Don’t Shoot Portland (DSPDX, The BLACK Gallery) is an arts and education organization that promotes social justice and civic participation. Our year-round programming allows us to advocate for community members facing racism and discrimination by providing legal representation and direct advocacy. Since our inception in 2016, Don’t Shoot Portland has hosted its own dialogues, community forums and workshops focusing on history, archiving and social culture. The art proponent of our work acts as a communicative tool to facilitate discussions about race in America while providing educational assets to those most affected by discrimination in public policy.