Bronzeville Children's Museum

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Bronzeville Children's Museum
Evergreen Park, IL 60805
(1998–2008)
Coordinates41°43′32″N 87°35′06″W / 41.725419°N 87.584904°W / 41.725419; -87.584904
TypeAfrican American Children's museum
PresidentPeggy Montes
Public transit accessChicago Transit Authority 28, X28, 95E buslines
Websitewww.bronzevillechildrensmuseum.com

Bronzeville Children's Museum is a museum in the

African American children's museum in the United States. Founded in 1998, the museum moved to its current location at 9301 South Stony Island Avenue in the Pill Hill
neighborhood in 2008.

History

Bronzeville Children's Museum (black dot) inside Pill Hill neighborhood (red border) and Calumet Heights (black border)

In 1998, Peggy Montes founded the museum in Evergreen Park, Illinois at 97th and Western Avenue.[1] A retired Chicago Public Schools teacher, she was motivated to start the museum after attending a museum convention where she visited numerous children's museums.[2] It was formerly located in the Evergreen Plaza on the lower level in a 1,275-square-foot (118.5 m2) space.[3] The relocated museum opened on August 19, 2000, in a space ten times larger and with three times as more exhibits than the prior home.[4] Construction of the new museum location was sponsored by Commonwealth Edison.[5] Jewel-Osco became a sponsor of the museum in 2000.[6]

Mission

The Museum is designed to serve children between the age of 3 and 9.

Cottage Grove Avenue.[3] Nonetheless, the museum was named after the neighborhood, which is the neighborhood where African Americans settled in large concentration in Chicago.[7] Although over 100 children's museums serve the youth of America, this is the only one that focuses on African American culture and history.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Mathie, Frank (August 18, 2008). "Bronzeville Children's Museum reopens after move". WLS-TV. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
  2. Chicago Defender
    . Vol. XCIX, no. 56. p. 27. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Bronzeville Children's Museum". Metromix. Retrieved May 11, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. ProQuest 420731623
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  5. ^ "Celebrating the inspiring stories, inventive contributions of African Americans". Commonwealth Edison. Archived from the original on May 3, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
  6. ProQuest 247050633
    .
  7. ^ a b "About the Bronzeville Children's Museum". Bronzeville Children's Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2010.

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