Kwanzaa celebrations unite families

Baltimore museums held Kwanzaa celebrations yesterday with craft activities, musical performances and art tours on the fifth day of the holiday.

Visitors packed into the Baltimore Museum of Art for an annual Kwanzaa family day, a tradition of more than 10 years. Families crammed into an auditorium to watch a performance by an African-American dance ensemble, Kulu Mele, and afterward glued together a bead mosaic inspired by a Nigerian artist.

By 3 o’clock yesterday, more than 1,000 visitors had come, said Annie Mannix, the art museum’s spokeswoman.