The Art Museum of the University of Memphis (AMUM) initiated the Paul Revere Williams Project in 2006 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Focused on one of California’s most influential 20th century residential designers, this project has produced an exhibition and an illustrated website about Williams’ life, work and place in American architecture. The website also acts as an electronic “reference desk” for researchers and the interested general public. Because of the lack of scholarship on Williams, this pioneer African American architect was a natural subject for an academic art museum to research.