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Jackie Robinson Museum, New York, NY

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Jackie Robinson Museum

A Manhattan museum and education center that honors the life and legacy of baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson.

New York, NY

About Jackie Robinson Museum

The Jackie Robinson Museum sits on Varick Street in Manhattan and is run by the Jackie Robinson Foundation. It opened in 2022 after more than a decade of planning and construction. Its collection holds over four thousand items, many drawn from the Robinson family's own holdings, and it includes an interactive model of Ebbets Field. The museum also presents Robinson's civil rights work and is described as the city's first museum focused mainly on the Civil Rights Movement.

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