Social Justice Cannabis Museum

Boston, Massachusetts
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Cannabis Museum

The Core Social Justice Cannabis Museum in Boston invites guests to engage with the insanity and inequity of American drug policy through a series of changing exhibits. For over a century, cannabis has been used as a weapon to divide people and cultures. Core aims to resist division by promoting cannabis as the inherent unifier that it is. We believe that a new generation that is unified rather than divided can reasonably consider the human relationship with substances to create coherent drug policy in America. If you’re looking for things to do in Boston, MA this Boston art museum is the best free museum in the city.

Current Exhibitions

American Warden

The current collection, American Warden, urges guests to scrutinize incarceration in America against the backdrop of cannabis prohibition. While many states have now legalized or decriminalized cannabis, the number of arrests for possession and distribution are still alarmingly high and Thousands of humans are currently incarcerated for cannabis related offenses. These facts are disturbingly juxtaposed against the multibillion-dollar cannabis industry that currently benefits industry giants as well as state and federal tax authorities.

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American Warden

Despite being home to only 5% of the world’s population, America houses 25% of the world’s inmates. This fact lends the exhibition its title and is accompanied by a stark visual representation of how race impacts incarceration rates. It culminates in the alarming reality that any American male born after 2001, regardless of race, has a 1:13 chance of ending up behind bars. #YourBrother #YourSon #YourFather #You

Graffiti Wall

Graffiti Wall

The indoor graffiti wall is a rotating exhibit expressing our deep appreciation for the powerful medium of street art. Our first installation is a mural by Corey Pane who is well known for his Juice World album artwork for Legends Never Die. He has also achieved global recognition for his moving artistic tribute to Nipsey Hussle. #RIPNipsey

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Plain View

Think you have rights related to your home, your body, your car, your purse? Think again. Unsubstantiated claims that the government saw or smelled cannabis rob you of these fundamental American ideals.

Seed Your Garden

Seed Your Garden: Illicit Cultivation

This homage to illicit cultivation operations explains the evolution of cultivation technology over the years. The “black market” cultivation space built into this exhibit is a replica of those often built by prohibition growers who hid them in basements, attics, secret rooms and many other creative places in an attempt to avoid persecution. Guests can learn how breeding under these conditions impacted cannabis genetics, chemistry and culture.

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Seed Your Soul

This interactive exhibit introduces guests to just a handful of artists who have been persecuted for the use of this powerfully creative plant. Scan the QR Codes at the podium to download the user generated Spotify playlist, “Seed Your Soul,” and suggest a song of your own to add to this crowd sourced collection of cannabis jams.

Seed Your Senses: Terpene Wall

Seed Your Senses: Terpene Wall

Terpenes, or terpenoids, are the aromatic compounds in cannabis that give the plant its unique fragrance. In precisely the same way that aromatherapy can impact our mood- it is the combination of terpenoids and cannabinoids that endow each strain with a specific psychoactive personality. This interactive exhibit invites guests to physically experience the most common sativa-type and indica-type terpenes.

Seed Your Head: Jail Cell

Seed Your Head: Jail Cell

Immerse yourself in the hypocrisy of America’s fractured relationship with Cannabis by stepping inside the Jail Cell exhibit. Guests are encouraged to sit inside this exhibit, feel the visceral effects of incarceration and learn about real people whose lives were derailed by American drug policy. #JusticeforJawara

Paraphernalia

Paraphernalia

This collection of donated paraphernalia depicts how the these culturally sacred objects have been used to subvert Fourth Amendment Protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

Seed Your Senses: Terpene Wall

Raids & Rage

Sit back and watch your tax dollars at work as government agents ravage cannabis fields with expensive helicopters and destructively raid legal dispensaries.

The heart of the exhibition

The heart of the exhibition is the story of Jawara Tosh, youngest son of legendary reggae artist and founding member of the Wailers, Peter Tosh.

In a story so poetic it defies reality, his sister Niambe McIntosh recounts how Jawara lost his life to the inequitable system his father so urgently railed against in his music.

#LegalizeIt #EqualRights&Justice

“Let’s abolish stigma together”

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Cannfessional Exhibition

For too many years cannabis consumption has been demonized.  The Cannfessional is an interactive platform designed to normalize cannabis use by sharing the stories of regular people like you who commune with this remarkable plant.   Help us pull the “devil weed” out of the shadows and into the light!  Participants can engage in store through our immersive installation or online by clicking the button below.

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An event setting unlike any other in Boston!

CORE museum is the perfect place to host your special event, offers a unique and memorable venue for any event – including corporate events, staff/networking event, shower, fundraiser, team outing, birthday, reunion, weddings, retirement party or general gathering of friends

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