Jane Cafritz Wants To Build A Children's Museum At Fort Totten

Todd Stokes Jane Cafritz
Bisnow: Jon Banister
Jane Cafritz Speaking At A Bisnow Event In 2016 With Baker Tilly's Todd Stokes

Since the National Children's Museum closed in 2014, DC developer Jane Cafritz has lamented the lack of a museum for kids in the nation's capital.

Cafritz is now planning to create one at her Fort Totten development and will debut the children's museum with a temporary exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery opening this month, the Washington Business Journal reports.

The museum will be called Explore! and will target children from 18 months to 8 years old. The temporary exhibit, opening Jan. 28, will be hands-on and allow kids to create their own portraits.

The Portrait Gallery exhibit will be open for a year, aiming to drum up support for the full museum. The permanent museum would be built at Cafritz's Art Place at Fort Totten, a three-building 520-unit project delivering in Q2 this year.

Continue reading this story with a free account

Log in or register
Sign up for more articles like this
Subscribe to Bisnow's Washington, D.C. Newsletters
Related Stories

Affinius Relinquishes Big Office Building Next To Capital One Arena

One Thomas Circle, The Elevated Workplace For The Way D.C. Works

DCHA Taps Executive Director: The D.C. Deal Sheet

The Multifamily Boom Is Putting HVAC Decisions Back In The Spotlight

Gould Starts $25M East End Office Renovation, Seeks Tenants For Top Floors

Elme Finishes Liquidating With 3 D.C.-Area Sales

What It Takes To Build For A Thriving Prince William County

INSIDE THE SPACE: 8821 Preston Ct., Jessup, Maryland

Robotaxi Firms Quietly Growing Real Estate Footprint, Even Where They're Not Yet Legal

Court-Appointed Receiver Takes Over Jemals' Historic Woodies Building

FOR LEASE: Maryland Industrial Property Offers Purposeful Design And A Desirable Location

Stockdale Sells MOBs For $98M: The D.C. Deal Sheet