Penn Center

Penn Center will enhance the organizational stability of the York W. Bailey Museum by hiring a Curator of Collections and Interpretation and a Volunteer Coordinator, and providing professional development opportunities for the staff. Museum staff members will participate in a training program at Drayton Hall, a National Heritage Trust site, to increase their knowledge and skills in the areas of public and school programming, volunteer management, and exhibit development. Project funding will provide support for institutional capacity-building for Penn Center, a 50-acre campus of 20 historic structures that provides a tangible link with Gullah culture and the first generation of slaves freed 144 years ago. The project will lay the groundwork for developing a series of instructional and captivating programs and exhibits to interpret the site for growing audiences.