So, basically, OKPOP is an empty shell ("skin and bones") after $30 million ("Phase 1"), and they need another $35 million for Phase 2 -- "displays, exhibitions and programming" -- the stuff people would actually be able to come and see.
https://twitter.com/KJRH2HD/status/1587916004230938634
The best museum of the history of space travel in the world is @the_cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas, and it started with a planetarium projector in a junior college poultry building. As artifacts were acquired, the facilities were expanded and improved.
#Tulsa leaders don't understand the idea of starting small and growing, probably because most of them inherited their wealth and have never built a business or an organization. They throw piles of tax and foundation money at a big plan and have nothing to show for it.
I suppose their buddies in the heavy construction have done just fine, but the promised public amenity is still years away. We still don't have the Route 66 museum or river improvements that were promised in 2003 as part of Vision 2025.
Will the same thing happen with Gilcrease Museum? Will we get to the big unveiling after 3 years of closure to see only "skin & bones," and they need three more years and another hundred million for "displays, exhibitions, and programming" before they open the doors?
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