Picture a Ray Bradbury experience where you can learn about Ray Bradbury and immerse yourself in the ideas from his hungry imagination – space exploration, Mars landings, dystopian societies, and nostalgic memories. Picture a museum with interactive exhibits that will explore Bradbury’s vast literary legacy and his important literary themes:
• Good vs evil and the nature of tolerance
• Space expl
oration and the boundaries of human endeavor
• Time Travel, magic and technology
• Freedom of expression
• Tolerance
• Resisting censorship
• Love of books, storytelling, and libraries
• and much, much more! Genesee Street in downtown Waukegan, Ray’s hometown and the inspiration for so much of his writing. Ray Bradbury loved that library –
“The [Waukegan Carnegie Library] building has always seemed very important to me. Waukegan pervades all of my work, and the library especially. I got my education in that library until I was 13.”
-- Ray Bradbury, quoted in 1992 in the Waukegan News-Sun during the campaign in the 1990s to save the Waukegan Carnegie Library from demolition
Come help us make the Ray Bradbury Museum in Waukegan a reality! Contact us at:
[email protected]
13 N. Genesee St., Waukegan, IL
The Ray Bradbury Museum is a project of the Greater Waukegan Development Coalition, a not-for-profit 501(c)3 economic development corporation
Ray Bradbury Museum Steering Committee:
Sandra Sarsha Petroshius, Chair
Irene Edgar
Terry Fertig
Christoper Foster
Robert Gourley
Daniel Graham
Sue Kaiser, J.D., CFRE
Mikayla Khramov
Dominic Loise
Shai Lothan
Keith Michalek, Graphic Dimensions
John Patrick Mullins, Ph.D. Jenni O'Connor
Pat O’Keefe
Leslie Sockness, CEP
Michael Stoltz
Vance D. Wyatt
The Ray Bradbury Museum is not affiliated with any past groups. Our mission: To inspire visitors to learn about and explore the works and ideas of Ray Bradbury and educate the public about Ray Bradbury.
