historic gadston wharf. above 40% of all enslaved african-americans would have come in through gadston wharf. dr. tanya matthews is the museum s president and ceo. space soft solemnity or celebration? yes. i refuse to choose. reporter: tribal art and contemporary fashion, relics of protest and reports of resistance. it s this infusion of trauma and joy, constantly, that we like to talk about here. you get the full story, but you re going to get all the context in it. what arguably is the best illustration of full context is the museum s center for family history. it s a team of researchers with access to millions of records that can trace african-american lineage sometimes back to a slave ship that came into this very port. the expert genealogist here