Plans announced for new Dickey Museum

St. David’s Foundation grant to fund portion Taylor museum, multi-purpose center project

  • Dickey Museum and Multi-purpose Center President Jennifer Harris (left) introduces Bruce Dickey, Dr. Dickey’s grandson, to give a speech at the press conference Monday June 10. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.
    Dickey Museum and Multi-purpose Center President Jennifer Harris (left) introduces Bruce Dickey, Dr. Dickey’s grandson, to give a speech at the press conference Monday June 10. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.

    The Dickey Museum and Multi-purpose Center has received a $500,000 grant from the St. David’s Foundation that will go toward rebuilding their Taylor facility. The nonprofit hosted a press conference to celebrate the grant Monday, July 10, exactly one year after the original Dickey House on Burkett Street burned down.

    “I have joy,” Dickey Museum President Jennifer Harris said Monday. “I thank God be…