We are happy to announce our plans for a Johnny Gruelle Museum to be located in Arcola, Illinois, Johnny's birthplace. Recently, we signed a contract on a two story, circa 1900 building at 110 Main Street in the historic downtown district of Arcola . Target date for our opening is the Tenth Raggedy Festival in May of 1999. The museum will be dedicated to the memory of Worth and Sue Gruelle, who carried on the legacy for so many years. A second theme will recount and elaborate on the Gruelle relationship with Arcola and Douglas County, Illinois.
Plans call for the museum to be a non-profit organization with no admission charge.
To that end we have retained a consultant and an attorney to help us explore various funding and grant opportunities. A board of directors is already in place and hard at work on initial projects. In the near future we hope to add an advisory board to help in specialized museum areas. This page was created by Copyright 1998. All rights reserved.