The Jackie Robinson Museum opened in New York City in 2022.
Located at 75 Varick Street in Manhattan, the museum opened on September 5, 2022, after more than 14 years of planning and construction. It is operated by the Jackie Robinson Foundation and presents Robinson’s life as both a baseball pioneer and a civil-rights advocate.
The museum contains more than 4,000 artifacts, many drawn from the Robinson family’s personal collection. Among its notable holdings is Robinson’s original National Baseball Hall of Fame plaque. Exhibits cover his childhood, athletic career, struggle against segregation, work with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and activism after baseball.
A frequent mistake is dating the museum to 2020 or 2021, when construction and public discussion were already underway. The museum’s planned opening took years to realize, and delays contributed to confusion about the date. The public opening was in 2022, making that the standard answer for the question.