The National Children’s Museum is expected to reopen in the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of the NCM)The National Children’s Museum will re-emerge next year in a specially-designed space in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, officials announced Tuesday. “Building a museum from scratch allows us to be very intentional, creating an interactive space that whole family can enjoy,” museum president and CEO Crystal Bowyer said in a statement. [The long, sad saga of the National Children’s Museum]Museum officials said in January that they had selected this site and were negotiating the details. The museum was founded in 1974 as the Capital Children’s Museum and it spent most of its history in northeast Washington. The museum sold its property near Union Station, then moved to a small space in National Harbor.

Source: Washington Post December 19, 2017 15:00 UTC