Frederick Douglass Museum to Open in Downtown Rochester

A great-grandson of abolitionist Frederick Douglass says a Douglass museum will be opening at 140 East Main Street downtown.

Kenneth Morris Junior says the purchase and sales agreement was finalized Monday.

The building, known as the Atrium Building, is the home of the anti-racism nonprofit Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives.

Mayor Malik Evans says the museum will be transformative for the city and encourage tourism. A great-gandson of abolitionist Frederick Douglass says a Douglass museum will be opening at 140 East Main Street downtown.

Kenneth Morris Junior says the purchase and sales agreement was finalized Monday.

The building, known as the Atrium Building, is the home of the anti-racism nonprofit Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives.

Mayor Malik Evans says the museum will be transformative for the city and encourage tourism.


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