The opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum was delayed by the 2008 Recession, Hurricane Sandy, and COVID. But as of this week, its doors are finally open. joedelessio reports
In 2008, the board of the Jackie Robinson Foundation decided to begin exploring the creation of a museum dedicated to the trailblazing ballplayer, the first step toward realizing Rachel Robinson’s dream of a permanent space to celebrate her late husband. By the following spring, signs with images of the Dodgers great wereon the windows of the first floor space at Varick and Canal Streets in Soho, announcing that a museum would be opening there in 2010.
One area of the first gallery features 42 touch screens, each programmed with videotaped thoughts on Robinson from notable figures like Sandy Koufax, Eric Holder,, and Ken Burns. Another section describes the hate mail Robinson’s call-up to the majors generated, with one letter from a New Orleans lawyer to Dodgers president Branch Rickey calling it “deplorable” . Other displays focus on Robinson’s time as a soldier in the Army and on his family life.
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