In George C. Wolfe’s groundbreaking and hilarious satire, a cast of five explorers present a series of 11 “exhibits” (sketches), the revue explores and satirizes prominent themes and identities of African-American culture. The Colored Museum explores contemporary African-American cultural identity, while at the same time revisits and reexamines the African American theatrical and cultural past. The play simultaneously celebrates, satirizes and subverts the African-American legacy. According to Wolfe, the legacy of the past must be both embraced and overcome.