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Museum ROW Lack of funding will delay two new museums, one expansion, in city’s cultural corridor By DAMON CLINE Plans to create two new museums in downtown Augusta and expand a third will have to remain on the drawing board a little while longer. None of the proposals will appear to make the special purpose local options sales tax project list that Richmond County voters will consider in March. Among the projects was a $2 million proposal to turn the old Academy of Richmond County building into a “Georgia Museum of Military History”; a $3.5 million plan to turn the old Congregation Children of Israel Synagogue and the adjacent Court of the Ordinary building into a Jewish history museum; and a $7 million project to construct a wing for the James Brown collection at the Augusta Museum of History. Backers of the projects, which tourism officials say would help create a walkable cultural attraction that would generate tourist revenue on lower Broad Street, say they are disappointed but undeterred. “We are pressing ahead with the museum regardless of SPLOST,” said Brendan Thompson, who leads the initiative to turn the 218-year-old Telfair Street building into center celebrating the city’s deep military heritage. “We will have to pursue alternate funding sources.” Thompson had planned to use SPLOST funds as seed funding before soliciting private companies and collectors of militaria. 60 | <strong>1736</strong>magazine.com
Brendan Thompson, executive director of the Georgia Museum of Military History project, wants to turn the old Academy of Richmond County building into a military history museum. [MICHAEL HOLAHAN/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE] <strong>1736</strong>magazine.com | 61
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