Maryland African American Museum Corporation (The Lewis Museum) places a high priority on protecting your
privacy. This privacy policy was created in order to demonstrate the Lewis Museum’s firm commitment to the
privacy of our members and website users.
This policy explains what types of information are collected by the Lewis Museum website,
www.lewismuseum.org, and how this information is used.
Council of Nonprofits members that register for www.lewismuseum.org and individuals that sign up to receive
our e-communications voluntarily provide us with contact information (such as name and e-mail address).
We may use this information for specific, limited purposes. You may always “opt out,” either now or at any
time in the future, if you do not wish to receive our messages.
The Lewis Museum uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer
www.lewismuseum.org, and for statistical metrics used to track website visitor traffic.
www.lewismuseum.org uses “cookie” messages to automatically help provide better services. They remind us who
you are and your preferences for our website based on what you’ve done and told us before.
The “cookie” is placed in your computer and is read when you come back to our website. Cookies let us take
you to the information and features you’re particularly interested in. They also let us track your usage of
www.lewismuseum.org, so we know which parts of our site are most popular.
You can reject cookies or cancel them by instructing your web browser accordingly.
We use your personal information to provide you with personalized service; to send e-mail alerts to you; to
answer your requests; to process your membership application; and for related purposes.
You may choose to opt out at any time, which will cease all communications from us.
We may also use your information to track visitors to our website. This allows us to understand which
features are most popular so we can better serve user needs. We may also provide aggregate traffic data to
outside parties. This data does not identify you personally.
The Lewis Museum does not provide, sell, or rent email addresses to anyone outside the organization.
External links do not fall under the www.lewismuseum.org domain, and the Lewis Museum is not responsible for
the privacy practices or content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own
risk.
We may amend this privacy policy from time to time. Please review it periodically. We reserve the right to
modify this policy at any time by posting electronic notice on our website.
Your continued use of our website after such changes are posted will be deemed acceptance of those changes.