🌱 How a $500 million push could reshape Oakland’s Carnegie Museums
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- How a $500 million push could reshape Oakland’s Carnegie Museums
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📰 News we're reading
• Carnegie Museums $500 million campaign will fund projects at all 4 museums (triblive.com) — A massive $500 million campaign is underway to upgrade and expand the Carnegie Museums, including major improvements to the Oakland museum campus and Carnegie Music Hall. The effort will fund new exhibits, early-learner spaces, and revitalized outdoor areas, while expanding discounted and free Community Access Memberships so more local families and teens can regularly visit the Oakland institutions. 
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