A Michael Jordan museum will open in North Carolina

What’s happening: New Hanover County announced today plans to celebrate the Michael Jordan family with a standalone museum in downtown Wilmington.

Why it matters: Jordan is a North Carolina legend. He went to high school in Wilmington (where he originally didn’t make the varsity team). In 1982, he led UNC to a national championship. He owned the Charlotte Hornets for 13 years.

• He’s gifted $17 million to Novant Health for two affordable “Michael Jordan Family Medical Clinics” in Charlotte and to open two more in Wilmington.

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Details: Jordan’s mother signed a memorandum of understanding with New Hanover County to start planning the museum, StarNews reported.

• The museum will be part of Project Grace, the redevelopment of a New Hanover County-owned block where the library is, not far from the Riverwalk.
• It will exhibit “objects associated with Michael Jordan’s career and the Jordan Family’s legacy,” according to WECT.
• It’s unclear how the museum will be funded and when it will open, Wilmington Business Journal noted.