VAN HOLLEN SECURES COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF BILL TO DESIGNATE THE MUSEUM OF THE BLIND PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT AS A NATIONAL MUSEUM

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:

Yesterday, legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to designate the upcoming Museum of the Blind People's Movement in Baltimore as the official National Museum of the Blind People's Movement passed the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Currently operating as the National Archives of the Blind People's Movement, which collects, preserves, and shares material and historical artifacts for research and education, the museum will be the first museum in the nation to be blind-owned, operated, and led, and will showcase the history of blind people as individuals and as a movement in America. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) intr...