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Museum seeks small operating support to sustain new mobile museum funded by three-year grant

2490353 · January 14, 2025
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The Idaho Museum of Natural History received a three‑year private grant to buy a van and partially fund staffing for a mobile museum initiative and requested a modest general-fund operating appropriation to sustain the program after the grant ends.

The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard from the Idaho Museum of Natural History on Thursday about a new mobile‑museum program funded by a three‑year private grant and a small state operating request to sustain the initiative.

Kevin Campbell, Legislative Services Office analyst, said the museum has 8.2 authorized full‑time positions and reported that the museum holds roughly 1.5 million artifacts in its care. The museum asked for general fund support for…

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