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South Street Seaport Museum to Receive $4.8 Million

Excellent news. [South Street Seaport Museum to Receive $4.8 Million]

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How the $4.8 Million will be spent

How the $4.8 Million will be spent: "South Street Seaport Museum: Community and Educational Spaces ($4,800,000) The South Street Seaport Museum's handsome Thompson warehouse at 213-215 Water St. dates from 1868. The Melville Gallery is on the ground floor but above it are four floors not currently accessible to the public. The Museum will use its LMDC grant to create a new 11,000-square-foot Educational Community Center; an elevator installation; and new electrical, lighting, HVAC, fire safety, and security systems in the building. The new Center will help support the ...

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The South Street Seaport Museum was given $4.8 million

The South Street Seaport Museum was given $4.8 million to build community and educational spaces!!! The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), board of directors, voted to allocate an additional $4.8 to our beloved SSSM - part of a larger funding package in which the LMDC appropriated a total of $49 million to more than a dozen Downtown organizations and projects. Thank you LMDC!

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Join Us February 29th


February 29 Meeting Bulletin Board Material

Save Our Seaport to Showcase South Street Seaport Museum Educational Opportunities During Next Meeting Save Our Seaport will be host to the South Street Seaport Museum Director of Education, Laura Norwitz for its next meeting on Monday, February 29. Discussion will include the educational opportunities that the Seaport Museum and South Street Seaport Historic District have to offer the surrounding communities. In 2015, over 7,000 people were able to participate in the Seaport Museum’s educational programming Educational opportunities are available for every ...

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