Public Event Audience: Adults
Let’s Play Ball! Celebrating the 80th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s signing with the legendary Kansas City Monarchs, join us to explore the history, impact, and legacy of Black Baseball—from the 19th century to the height of the Negro Leagues and in the game today — through intergenerational tours, games and activities.
GET TICKETSWhat’s Happening?
Join us for hands-on activities, interactive games, gallery stations, scavenger hunts, and more. Drop-in activities are designed for kids (ages 5 and up) and adults alike. Check back for more details!
Join Us
This event is included with regular museum admission and free for museum members (join here). All children must be accompanied by an adult; this is not a drop-off program.
Groups are welcome! For groups of 10 or more, complete the group visit request form and note your interest in this program.
Plan your next visit around our guided museum tours, offered on the third Thursday of the month and included with museum admission. Here’s your chance to get the stories behind the artifacts on view, chat with our staff, and connect with fellow guests!
Stopping by over lunch? Bring it with you and enjoy it in the Museum’s Portrait Gallery following your tour.
GET TICKETSWhat to Expect
Led by Museum staffers, “Third Thursday” tours start at 1:00pm and last approximately 30 minutes and include a selection of highlight stories and one-of-kind artifacts on view in the Museum. Tour content and themes may vary month-to-month, so check the schedule below and consider joining us regularly!
These tours are included with museum admission and have a capacity of up to 20 guests. Walk-ins are welcome, but advance reservation is encouraged.
Third Thursday tours are intended to bring together individual visitors and small groups. Complete the form here if you’re interested in a private tour for your group of 10 or more.
Mark Your Calendars
“Third Thursday” tours take place monthly. Mark your calendars for the following Spring 2025 dates:
January 16, 2025 – Museum Highlights – Learn the stories behind the artifacts and exhibitions on view at the museum.
February 20, 2025 – Black History Month – Explore Jackie Robinson’s life and achievements alongside monumental events and figures of the 20th century.
March 20, 2025 – Women’s History Month – Meet the women who inspired and influenced Jackie Robinson as athletes, activists, and changemakers!
April 17, 2025 – Jackie Robinson Day – Dig into the stories and events surrounding Robinson’s historic debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947!
May 25, 2025 – Museum Highlights – Learn the stories behind the artifacts and exhibitions on view at the museum.
June 19, 2025 – Juneteenth / African American Music Month
Make it a Lunch Date
Local employees, fit the Jackie Robinson Museum into your lunch break! Tour tickets include access to the Museum’s Portrait Gallery (not usually open to the public) for 30 minutes following your tour. Bring your lunch and enjoy with fellow museum-goers before heading back to the office.
Special Offer for Hudson Square Properties: Use the promo code found in your newsletter or the Here app by Hines for $3 off admission for Third Thursday tours, now through March 30, 2025.
Join us for sensory-friendly hours at the Jackie Robinson Museum, held on the first Friday afternoon of each month and specially designed for neurodivergent visitors, including youth and their families, teens, and adults. ACCESS JRM Fridays will feature limited general admission for reduced crowds and quieter gallery spaces with exhibit audio reduced or silenced.
GET TICKETSWhat to Expect
In addition to our KultureCity resources available at all times, ACCESS JRM hours will include availability of a dedicated quiet zone and interpretive offerings such as tours, picture book readings, and tactile learning opportunities for inclusive exploration. All age groups are welcome!
ACCESS JRM is mostly a self-guided experience and not designed as a drop-off activity. All children and youth ticket holders must be accompanied by an adult.
Mark Your Calendars
ACCESS JRM takes place monthly. Mark your calendars for the following Spring 2025 dates:
Preparing for your visit
To learn more about accessibility at the Jackie Robinson Museum, view Accessibility and Accommodations on the Visit page of our website. If you have questions or require enhanced accommodations, please email [email protected] with at least two weeks notice from the date you are planning to visit for ACCESS JRM.
Review our Social Narrative to learn about our Museum and what to expect in the galleries.
Tickets
This offering is included with regular admission fees. Note we do have a Visitors with Disabilities ticket that includes a care partner free of charge if that is an appropriate selection for your party.
ACCESS JRM is free for museum members.
“Whether we recognize it or not, our greatest asset is our vote – if we use it in the most effective manner.”
National Voter Registration Day is September 17!
Learn more about this initiative and how you can get involved.
At the Museum
Check your voter status or get registered using the Museum’s new voter registration kiosk in the lobby. We’ll have this resource available during the Museum’s regular hours, now through the November 5 election and beyond.
Online
Don’t wait! Get inspired by Jackie Robinson’s lifelong commitment to engaged citizenship while you check your voter registration status, register to vote, and set election reminders using the VOTE.org tools on our website.
Leveling the Playing Field: Women in Soccer pays tribute to Jackie Robinson’s barrier-breaking legacy by highlighting how women of color are changing the landscape of the world’s game today. Our panel of players, coaches, journalists, and executives will explore the growing presence for women of color on the US Women’s National Team and in the National Women’s Soccer League in recent years, pay equity, representation in front office and team ownership roles, and career pathways for girls and young women as players and beyond.
View selected clips from this event
Kia McNeill on the importance of future generations being able to "see it to be it"
Danita Johnson on operating from a place of confidence, not fear
Bekah Salwasser on the transition from elite player to front office leadership
Darian Jenkins on building community around representation in the NWSL
Renee Washington on defying microaggressions
Meet the Panelists:
Darian Jenkins, Broadcast analyst, former NWSL player, and member of the Black Women’s Player Collective
Between 2017 and 2023, Darian Jenkins played professionally in France and Australia and with the North Carolina Courage, OL Reign, Orlando Pride and Kansas City in the NWSL, winning an NWSL championship in 2018 with North Carolina. Jenkins also won a national championship in college with the UCLA Bruins. She is currently serving as a CBS Sports analyst on “Attacking Third,” “Morning Footy,” and “Box to Box” on the Golazo Network covering soccer globally and analyst on ION covering NWSL matches every Saturday and a color analyst for MSG local broadcast. Jenkins previously served as Gotham FC chief of staff.
Danita Johnson, President, Business Operations, DC United
Danita Johnson is a seasoned sports and entertainment executive and member of Sports Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2023 and ESSENCE Power 40 Class of 2023. Johnson serves as the President of Business Operations for Major League Soccer’s most decorated club, D.C. United, a role she has held since January 2021. Notably, she is the first Black President of an MLS Club and only the third woman in league history to serve in this role. Prior to joining D.C. United, Johnson had 15 years of experience in the sports industry, including several roles in the WNBA, NBA, and NBA G League, specializing in revenue generation, community programs, and digital media and marketing.
Kia McNeill, Head Coach, Women’s Soccer, Brown University
Now in her eighth season as head coach, Kia McNeill leads the 4-peat undefeated Ivy League Champion women’s soccer team at Brown University (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023), where she has also been recognized twice as Ivy League Coach of the Year and East Region Coach of the Year. McNeill comes to her coaching career after a decorated college and professional playing career. McNeill was a four-year starter at Boston College, where she was the eighth all-time leading scorer, and a professional player in Sweden, Russia, and the US between 2008 and 2014.
Bekah Salwasser, Executive Director, Red Sox Foundation & Executive Vice President of Social Impact, Boston Red Sox; former professional soccer player, Boston Breakers
Bekah Salwasser has dedicated her career to serving the community through promoting and amplifying social justice initiatives. She has been involved with various nonprofits including Scholar Athletes, the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation, and the Lacrosse and Learning Center. As Executive Vice President, Social Impact for the Red Sox, Bekah continues to champion and advocate for equity and inclusion through the Foundation’s giving strategies, programming, fundraising, sponsorships, and capacity building that help build the brand and strengthen the impact of the Foundation within the New England community. Bekah brings her experience as an athlete to her work around sports and social justice. Salwasser played collegiate soccer for Brown University before playing professionally for the USL W-League Boston Renegades and the WUSA Boston Breakers.
Renee Washington, PHLY Sports host, ESPN and NWSL Analyst (Moderator)
Renee Washington is a sports reporter and analyst that works with PHLY Sports hosting daily shows on the Philadelphia Union and Phillies. She is an analyst with MSG Networks and CBS Sports covering the NWSL. She has also worked as a college reporter with ESPN as a sideline reporter and analyst. The Ewing, NJ native has covered all sports collegiately or professionally through work with the NBA, MLB, WNBA, NFL, NLL, MLS, and NWSL. In her playing career, Renee is a former three-time all-American and soccer hall of famer from La Salle University. She had an opportunity to play with Sky Blue FC (now Gotham FC) before becoming a coach at Lehigh University where she received her masters.
Tickets
$25 Adults
$20 Seniors/Youth/College Students/Visitors with disabilities
$15 Museum members (join here)
Tickets include Museum Admission from 5:00 – 6:00PM and light refreshments in addition to the panel discussion.
Special Offer from NJ/NY Gotham FC
Special offer from NJ/NY Gotham FC! Leveling The Playing Field: Women in Soccer event attendees will be eligible to redeem two complimentary tickets to your choice of Gotham FC home games in June, first come first served.
Sponsorship
Presenting Sponsor of Leveling the Playing Field: Sheila Johnson Foundation
Interested in becoming a sponsor for this event? Contact [email protected].
WALKING TOUR AND DIGITAL RESOURCE
Jackie Robinson’s Harlem brings to light Jackie Robinson’s multifaceted and decades-long engagement with Harlem as an athlete, citizen, activist, businessman, and family man. Explore sites including Jackie Robinson Park, Freedom National Bank, and the Jackie Robinson Clothing Store and re-discover lesser known stories like that of the first Jackie Robinson Day and Robinson’s relationship with high profile Harlem leaders like Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Malcolm X.
CHECK IT OUTTWO WAYS TO EXPLORE:
Self-guided walking tour
Get the app on the App Store or Google Play for everything you need to explore the walking tour on your own or together with friends or family.
Online
Virtually visit Harlem from any mobile or desktop device to explore the featured sites and stories: https://jackierobinsonmuseum.stqry.app/1/tour/20329
RECORRIDO A PIE Y RECURSO DIGITAL
El Harlem de Jackie Robinson saca a la luz el compromiso multifacético y de décadas de Jackie Robinson con Harlem como atleta, ciudadano, activista, hombre de negocios y hombre de familia. Explora sitios como el Parque Jackie Robinson, el Banco Nacional de la Libertad y la Tienda de Ropa Jackie Robinson y redescubre historias menos conocidas como la del primer Día de Jackie Robinson y la relación de Robinson con líderes de alto perfil de Harlem como Adam Clayton Powell Jr. y Malcolm X.
DOS MANERAS DE EXPLORAR:
Recorrido autoguiado a pie
Obtén la aplicación en App Store o Google Play para todo lo que necesitas para explorar el recorrido a pie a solas o junto con amigos, amigas o familiares.
En línea
Visita a Harlem virtualmente desde cualquier dispositivo móvil o de escritorio para explorar los sitios e historias importantes: https://jackierobinsonmuseum.stqry.app/es/1
Honor the legacy of Dr. King and the fight for civil rights at the Jackie Robinson Museum, where you can learn about Jackie Robinson and Dr. King’s close friendship and their collaboration during landmark campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement.
GET TICKETSWhat’s Happening
Join one of our guided museum tours showcasing stories and artifacts representing Jackie Robinson and Dr. King’s collaboration, at 12:00PM and 2:00PM
Tune into the Music of the Civil Rights Movement Interactive Workshop to learn about the significance of key songs and musical styles to the Robinson family and the Movement (ongoing, 12-3PM)
Speak Out! through hands-on craft activities for all ages (ongoing, 12-3PM)
Win prizes at the trivia game and museum scavenger hunt (ongoing, 12-3PM)
Preparing for your visit
This event is included with regular museum admission and free for museum members. All children must be accompanied by an adult; this is not a drop-off program.
Groups are welcome! For groups of 10 or more, complete the group visit request form and note your interest in this program.
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