Sports Museum to Open at Mall on Sunday

The grand opening of the Mickey Vernon Sports Museum at the Granite Run Mall will be held at 1 p.m. on April 21 on the mall’s upper level.

The museum, which was previously located in Chadds Ford, is named after the Delaware County native who had a legendary baseball career for more 20 years, according to the Delaware County Daily Times.

The museum will honor Delco's finest athletes and play host to rare memorabilia, artifacts, photos and videos of local sports legends, past and present, according to the Delaware County Daily Times.

Just a few of the items that will be on display include, Joe Valerio’s 1994 Kansas City Chiefs touchdown jersey, Mike Scioscia’s 2002 Manager of the Year World Series jersey and Mickey Vernon’s World War II naval uniform, according to the Delco Times.

“Delco has nurtured the careers of hundreds of famous athletes in the past 100 years,” Jim Vankoski, executive director of the museum, told the Delco Times, “as well as many current national figures such as Mike Scioscia, manager of the Los Angeles Angels; current NBA player Jameer Nelson; Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Brendan Hansen; 2013 Big Ten basketball Coach of the Year Bo Ryan; and Dan Connor of the New York football Giants.”

The Mickey Vernon Sports Museum, located on the second floor of the mall, will be open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and admission is free.