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Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum requests paintings, gallery update and exhibit funding
Summary
The Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum sought $150,000 to acquire two Civil War paintings, funds to update its main gallery, $30,000 to transcribe oral histories and a long-range $750,000 exhibit plan.
Alan Robertson, executive director of the Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, presented the museum’s nonrecurring budget priorities to the K-12 Education Budget Subcommittee, including an acquisition request, gallery updates and exhibit fabrication funds.
Priority one is a request for $150,000 to purchase two historic Civil War paintings by Conrad Wise Chapman that the Valentine Museum in Richmond is deaccessioning; Robertson said their market value is about $180,000 but the Valentine would…
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