Hi Rachel,
Thanks for sharing this information and where it came from. I also have one correction. The listing for GulfQuest in Mobile, Alabama is another institution that did not close, but went through a name change. It is now The National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico. (Quite a mouthful) The list presents a heart-wrenching look at our museum community. While some of the institutions probably never should have opened in the first place, there are some that simply succumbed to the forces out there that take down so many worthy causes.
Thanks again,
Joe Schenk, retired Director - Art Museum of South Texas
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Joseph Schenk
Former Director
Corpus Christi TX
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-12-2024 12:22 PM
From: Rachel Alschuler
Subject: Museums we have lost
Dear All
I want to make sure its claer that I found this spreed sheet and did not make it, that was Adam Rozan. It was posted as part of an article for AAM. Here is the link.
Thanks,
Rachel
https://www.aam-us.org/2021/01/08/crowdsourcing-a-database-of-permanent-museum-closings/
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Rachel Alschuler
Museum Education/ Visitor Experience
San Francisco CA
Original Message:
Sent: 11-08-2024 12:24 PM
From: Rachel Alschuler
Subject: Museums we have lost
Dear All
This is a list of museums that heave closed there doors for good. The space they filled meant something and now there gone.
Here is the link. OUT OF BUSINESS_MUSEUMS SPREADSHEET
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Thanks,
Rachel
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Rachel Alschuler
Museum Education/ Visitor Experience
San Francisco CA
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