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Military museum requests funds for Chapman paintings, gallery updates and digitizing Vietnam oral histories
Summary
Alan Robertson, executive director of the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, asked the House Ways and Means subcommittee for nonrecurring funds to acquire two Chapman watercolors, refresh the main gallery and digitize Vietnam veteran oral histories.
Alan Robertson, executive director of the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, briefed the committee on recent visitor growth, collection projects and several nonrecurring funding requests.
Robertson said the museum’s visitation reached about 42,000 last year and that recent work to update storage and conserve artifacts had consumed most of last year’s carry‑forward. He highlighted several nonrecurring requests: $150,000 to acquire two Conrad Wise Chapman…
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