American Writers Museum

American Writers Museum
Future home of museum
Established	2010 (space to be opened in 2017)^[1]
Location	180 N. Michigan Avenue, Second Floor Chicago, Illinois, United States
Founder	Malcolm E. O’Hagan^[2]
Director	Nike Whitcomb
Website	americanwritersmuseum.org

The American Writers Museum is a museum of American Literature and writing scheduled to open in Chicago in 2017.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

The new museum was inspired by the Dublin Writers Museum.^[4]

Planned exhibits

Writers Hall
Writing Across America
American Identity
Surprise Bookshelf
Word Waterfall
Readers Hall
The Mind of a Writer
A Writer’s Room
Featured Works
Word Play
Chicago: A City of Writers
Children’s Gallery
Changing Exhibits Gallery^[8]

External links

American Writers Museum

References

↑ Kirch, Claire (Oct 27, 2015). "American Writers Museum Settles in Chicago". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
↑ American Writers Museum Announces Prime Michigan Avenue Space press release. October 27, 2015
↑ Johnson, Steve (27 October 2015). "New American Writers Museum is slated to open in 2017 on Michigan Avenue". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
1 2 Parker, Loanne (28 March 2014). "Which Museums Show Real Promise?". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
↑ Liebenson, Daonad (21 June 2013). "Fundraising begins for the American Writers Museum". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
↑ Russell, Anna (13 June 2013). "American Writers Museum: A Bookish Proposal". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
↑ Wallis, David (19 March 2014). "Start-up Success Isn't Enough to Found a Museum". New York Times. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
↑ "American Writer's Museum Visitor Experience". October 2015.

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Planned	American Writers Museum Barack Obama Presidential Center Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

Former	Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows

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