2008.12.04
Transportation museum challenge comes at a tough time
NS Chairman Wick Moorman's surprising offer Tuesday to contribute $1 million for capital and operations expenses at the Virginia Museum of Transportation was generous, but also a big challenge. The museum will get the money if it raises $2 million, half from local governments and half from the private sector. In an editorial Friday, we'll write that with municipalities facing state funding cuts -- even, most likely, to education -- they will need to look hard at their resources and put this request in line with other priorities.
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Ugh... It is sad in this Recession that the things some people hold dear sit on the edge of the abyss of closing for good :/ I do hope they go on, they have been a good museum for Roanoke
Comment by Connor D. — December 4, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
This potentially distinguished museum has suffered long enough at the hands of inept leadership. This $3 million challenge is worth the effort to recruit a capable professional to take charge and steer the institution creatively and aggressively into the long-term future. The Mariners' Museum in Newport News is now headed successfully by the former president of William & Mary College, a skilled leader with a global perspective, who had no prior background in maritime activities nor the museum field. The Transportation Museum is pathetically local.
Comment by Len Ross — December 5, 2008 @ 1:08 pm