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Community group pitches museum plans as city seeks to protect capital funding; council approves museum deaccession
Summary
History 98520 representatives urged council support for a new Aberdeen museum; city staff said state capital funding for a museum building is scheduled to expire in June and will be the subject of upcoming legislative outreach. Council also approved deaccession of museum items on the same agenda.
A representative of History 98520, a volunteer group formerly known as Friends of the Aberdeen Museum, asked the Aberdeen City Council on Feb. 12 for help advancing a new local museum and highlighted the group's experience and volunteer capacity.
Ruth Hamilton, who identified herself as president of History 98520 and described her museum-studies background, told the council the group's…
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