SING SING PRISON MUSEUM
127 MAIN STREET, OSSINING, NY 10562 singsingprisonmuseum.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE SING SING PRSON MUSEUM PROJECT INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MUSEUM USING THE PARTIALLY ABANDONED 1936 PRISON POWERHOUSE ALONG WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CONNECTING CORRIDOR TO THE ORIGINAL 1825 CELLBLOCK THAT WILL PROVIDE THE VISITOR WITH AN AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE OF INCARCERATION WHEN SING SING FIRST OPENED. THE INTERPRETIVE FOCUS OF THE MUSEUM WILL BE THE HISTORY OF PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AS SEEN THORUGH THE LENS OF SING SING AND THE CREATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE PRISON SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED REFORM MOVEMENTS IN AMERICA. INTERWOVEN WITH THE NARRATIVE OF THE PRISON'S HISTORY WILL BE THE PRESENTATION OF HOW WE AS A SOCIETY VIEW CRIMINAL JUSTICE INCLUDING THE CURRENT DAY DISCUSSION OF INCARCERATION, REHABILITATION AND RE-ENTRY. THE STORIES OF INDIVIDUAL INMATES, KEEPERS REFORMERS AND CRITICS WILL PRESENT THE VISITOR WITH AN EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE WALLS AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE 1825 CELL BLOCK.

COMPLETION OF THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATION TO BID THE PRESERVATION/REHABILITATION OF THE POWERHOUSE TO PHYSICALLY START THE MUSEUM PROJECT, DEVELOP A PREVIEW CENTER AND ESTABLISH A MUSEUM OFFICE ON SITE

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