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12. Perhaps the zip line will keep them afloat another year;
Wed Jun 26, 2013, 05:24 PM
Jun 2013

then we'll see.

OTOH, the National Underground Freedom Railroad Museum, memorializing that which most would consider worthy, is nearby in downtown Cincinnati, and, despite money-raised from large corporations, visits from celebrities such as Oprah, efforts to offer diversified programs, and, finally, public monies which the powers that be had promised would never be needed or asked -
that organization struggles to maintain itself.

The lesson might be that narrowly focused museums get one-time visitors and then struggle to survive.

Though I live in SW Ohio, I've never visited either of these museums because
1. have no interest whatsoever in what the Creation Museum promotes, including the zip line
2. the Underground Railroad Museum offers nothing so unique that I see the need to visit.
3. there are a number of other serious museums - Art, Science, Historical, Natural History - that satisfy any person's curiosity and pleasure.


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