Black History Museum opening delayed
1/29/2016, 6:45 a.m.
The new Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia is unlikely to be open during Black History Month.
“We’re still under construction,” new museum Director Tasha Chambers told the Free Press recently in response to a query.
“We ran into some construction delays in December,” she added. “It’s definitely opening before the spring, providing there is no serious amount of bad weather.”
Ms. Chambers’ statement was made before last weekend’s snowstorm.
The new museum is located at 122 W. Leigh St. in the building that once served as home to the historic Leigh Street Armory.
The building is undergoing a $13 million renovation.
Museum officials had touted an opening date of early 2016 as recently as November, when they held an illumination ceremony at the new site.
The museum website still states that renovations would be completed by late 2015.
