International Exchange Programs

Louis Armstrong represented America as a cultural ambassador across the globe, touring in over 62 countries. Following in his footsteps, the new Global Ambassadors program partners with international institutions to bring music and educational programming to countries throughout the world.

In its first initiative, the Museum and the Forum for Cultural Engagement partnered with the US Embassy in Moscow to produce The Real Ambassadors, a jazz musical written by Dave and Iola Brubeck that addresses the power of music to bring us all together. Students across Russia engaged with the guiding principles of this work over the course of 2021. Recently, the Museum engaged in a cultural exchange with students in Wuppertal, Germany and the Frank Sinatra High School in Queens in partnership with the Pina Bausch Dance Company based in Germany. We traveled to Manama, Bahrain in the Middle East to conduct educational workshops in partnership with the State Department’s Art in Embassies Program and the Sheikh Ibrahim Center. The Museum also participated in an international exchange program with the Smithsonian and the International Council of Museums alongside representatives from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Congo and more on the African continent.

Reach out to bring Armstrong education programs to the students in your country.