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The Digistar 3 Planetarium will be closed temporarily for repairs Friday, July 25, after 2pm, and Saturday, July 26. It will reopen Sunday, July 27. |
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Museum Expansion Project
LEADERSHIP DONORS TO THE NEW MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE
(as of May 2008)
The Museum of Nature & Science has secured nearly $106 million in capital funds towards its current goal of $155 million, which will fund the site acquisition, exhibition planning and design, construction of the new building, education programs and an endowment. Major gifts include the following:
The Perot Children in honor of their parents, Margot and H. Ross Perot |
$50 million |
Hunt Petroleum |
$10 million |
The Hoglund Foundation & Family |
10 million |
| T. Boone Pickens | 10 million |
The Rees-Jones Foundation |
10 million |
David, Emily & Catherine Corrigan |
2.5 million |
Maura B. and Timothy P. Costello |
1 million |
Kathryn Hiett Jordan |
1 million |
Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation |
1 million |
The Rosewood Foundation |
1 million |
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Beecherl, Jr. |
500,000 |
EOG Resources |
500,000 |
Swank Capital, LLC |
500,000 |
Museum allocation from receipts from the BODYWORLDS exhibition |
250,000 |