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Slave Museum might be heading for Shockoe Bottom
There is a video from CBS6 on the story but unfortunately it doesn’t allow me to embed it on this post, so go here to view it.
The United States National Slavery museum in Richmond is a project 10 years in the making.
Pictures of the future museum were shown to CBS 6 today. The museum is slated to be built at 15th and Main streets in Shockoe Bottom.
Organizers call the overall area a Heritage center.
Over time, the old Seaboard building behind Main Street Station will be part of a Genealogy center filled with artifacts and a plethora of information.
As might have guessed the only hold up is of course money. In this case approximately $100 million. A community meeting will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Franklin Military Academy at 701 N. 37th Street to discuss the possible museum.
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Exciting news! RT @rvanews: RT @ShockoeNews: Slave Museum might be heading for Shockoe Bottom: t.co/at8p9y3i #rva #rvahistory
I am cool with it, as long as it does not interfere with Main Street Station’s role as a passenger rail/transportation center.
$100 Million? Kind of steep…with that expectation it may be abouher few decades in the making!
100 Million? Besides himself, Wilder’s greatest difficulty was raising money. Grandious plans like this will either sink or delay the project. There’s the much larger Museum of African American History scheduled to open soon in DC which will be in direct competition. No one needs another failed museum.
What’s wrong with a smaller scale, well designed and curated museum? It would be a great addition to the mix in Shockoe Bottom.
I just got this via email from the WaPo.
(The) National Museum of African American History and Culture – $500 million project that finally breaks ground Wednesday on the Mall.
“there are real anxieties about the impact the long-dreamed-of National Museum of African American History and Culture might have on smaller institutions that cover some of the same territory”
“there’s apprehension and fear amongst many that people won’t support all the other black museums that have existed for so long “
The @riverdistrictnews renamed themselves @ShockoeNews … never liked the term “river district. ” #shockoe is more uniquely #rva anyways.
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