Posts: 572
From: Ridgecrest, CA - USA
Registered: Jun 2000

posted 09-22-2003 03:31 PM            

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Sep 19, 8:38 PM

Space museum switches malls

By Corey Schubert
FLORIDA TODAY

TITUSVILLE -- Five months ago, a popular nonprofit space museum seemed to be rocketing toward a black hole that would force its doors closed.

The U.S. Spacewalk of Fame Museum was ordered to leave its home at the Miracle City Mall by Jan. 1, leaving few affordable locations with enough room to display its thousands of space memorabilia on loan from former space workers and astronauts.

But museum officials were able to land a deal that enabled them to move into Searstown Mall, where volunteers are completing the transition and preparing for a grand opening on Nov. 22. Signs bearing the museum's logo haven't been placed in front of the new location yet, but the facility opened to the public Sept. 8.
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http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/localstoryA13301A.htm

Posts: 192
From: Titusville, FL 32796
Registered: May 2001

posted 09-24-2003 08:43 PM               

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They've done a real nice job by the way. And they actually have more room than they did at Miracle City

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Cindy