Historic changes are coming for Philadelphia's African American Museum. MWrightReports has the details.
PHILADELPHIA -- Historic changes are coming for Philadelphia's African American Museum. Plans are in the works to redevelop the Ben Franklin Parkway and they involve the museum moving to a larger location.
The African American Museum has been in this building for the last 46 years, but officials say it can't become a world-class museum from here. That's why they're moving to a different building, triple the size of the current one. "To be able to have an institution of this size, being able to move from our current location, it's going to be transformative and revolutionary in scope," said, Dr. Ashley Jordan, president and CEO of the African American Museum.The city has shortlisted four developers for the project, each one with a Black partner.
The project involves redeveloping two separate pieces of land. One area represents the new home of the African American Museum and another is a parking lot, which the Free Library of Philadelphia will use to expand its programming.