Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center, constructed at a
cost of $40 million in 1991, proposed a $90 million
expansion at the beginning of this decade. Half of
this money was to be raised from the private sector
while the other half was to come from the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
The Carnegie Science Center, through the parent
organization The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, does
receive an annual operating grant from the Allegheny
Regional Asset District. The Allegheny Regional Asset
District, formed in 1994, provides funding to
"regional assets" including parks, libraries, museums,
and other cultural organizations from a one-half of
one percent sales and use tax levied in Allegheny
County.
Funding from the Allegheny Regional Asset District
replaced city and county funding to museums in the
mid-1990s. There was no city, county, or regional
asset district funding planned for the proposed $90
million expansion of The Carnegie Science Center.
The Carnegie Science Center expansion project was
cancelled in May of 2003, due to price overruns and
lack of funding. You can read news articles about the
project cancellation at this Internet link:
<
http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/friendsofthezeiss/news.csc.2003.html
>
gaw
--- Courtney Patterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:01:46 -0500
From: "Courtney Patterson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] City funding for museums question
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> My coworker, our director of local arts policy, is
> looking for examples
> of when funding for a new or existing museum project
> in your city/county
> has become part of a local political debate in your
> area. She's trying
> to collect examples of a local area where city
> funding for an arts
> institution (specifically a museum) has become a
> financial concern and
> either been put on hold or successfully received
> funding after becoming
> part of a political debate among local leaders.
>
>
>
> One example is the city of Tampa (visit:
>
http://news.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGB7BH92IJE.html)
>
>
>
>
> Please send any examples my way. Thanks in advance
> for your help.
>
>
>
> Courtney E. Patterson
>
> Member Relations Coordinator
>
> Americans for the Arts
>
> 1000 Vermont Ave., NW, 6th Floor
>
> Washington, DC 20005
>
> (202) 371-2830; (202) 371-0424 (FAX)
>
>
>
> Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading
> nonprofit organization
> for advancing the arts in America. With more than 40
> years of service,
> it is dedicated to representing and serving local
> communities and
> creating opportunities for every American to
> participate in and
> appreciate all forms of the arts.
gaw
Glenn A. Walsh
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Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh:
< http://www.planetarium.cc >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
< http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear:
< http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries:
< http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc >
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh:
< http://www.incline.cc >
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