QUEENS — A Jamaica museum known for organizing lectures and workshops for children as well as chamber music concerts received $10,000 from a local councilman for its cultural programming.
The money, according to Councilman Rory Lancman, will help the King Manor Museum located within Rufus King Park, near Jamaica Avenue and 153rd Street, with its history programming for school children, a concert series for adults and family-friendly food tastings.
“King Manor provides Queens residents with an incredible opportunity to learn about the founding father who once lived right down the street from their homes,” said Lancman, who toured the museum last week, in a statement.
The King Manor Museum was once the home of Rufus King, a founding father and senator from New York.
King, who strongly opposed slavery, was also one of the framers and signers of the United States Constitution and served as ambassador to Great Britain from 1796 to 1803, according to the museum's website.
The two-story building, which was originally built in the 1750s, was designated a city landmark in 1966 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The funding will enable the museum “to provide the community with quality, educational programs at low or no cost, in the home of one of the framers of the United States Constitution,” said Nadezhda Williams, executive director of the museum.
