KATHERINE DUNHAM
June 22, 1909 - May 21, 2006

"When you have faith in something, it's your reason to be alive and to fight for it."
-- Katherine Dunham
The Katherine Dunham Dynamic Museum

The  museum was first established in Alton, Illinois in 1967 by Miss Dunham and her late husband, John Pratt.   The first museum established in East St. Louis opened in 1969 as the Dynamic Museum.

In 1977, Miss Dunham moved her collection of African, West African, and South American art to East St. Louis, IL to the two-story English Regency Townhouse formerly owned by Judge Maurice Joyce.

This landmark building appears on the Illinois Historic Register, and is located within the Pennsylvania Avenue Historic District registered with the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Founded in 1989
Dynamic Museum
1005 Pennsylvania Avenue | East St. Louis, IL
An International Tourist Attraction -- A Site to Behold
Museum photos, Scott Lokitz
Photographic Artist
@2005
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