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City plans temporary move of Black Academy of Arts and Letters to Women’s Museum at Fair Park during convention center renovations
Summary
The city plans to relocate the Black Academy of Arts and Letters to the Women’s Museum at Fair Park while the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center is renovated; officials estimate $6.1 million in repairs funded from the convention center construction fund and a planned move-in in August 2025.
City officials told the Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee on March 25 that the Black Academy of Arts and Letters will temporarily relocate to the former Women’s Museum at Fair Park while the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center undergoes component 4 renovations.
Reginald Williams, assistant director for Convention and Event Services, said Dakeda Enterprises (the city’s owner representative for component 4) and city departments evaluated several sites and recommended the Women’s Museum because it is an underused park asset with DART access and available parking. “We conducted multiple site tours…completed a facility condition assessment,” Williams said, and the city plans phased repairs to ready the building for…
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