WE NEED YOUR HELP! (Storm Water Damage)
A New Exhibit In Your Museum.
The Veterans Museum Staff commends and appreciates our Members, Partners, and Sponsors for staying attentive and supportive to your Veterans Museum as we sustain efforts to improve strengths of the institution and enter new projects and programs.
Our newest exhibit,”Veterans Who Became President” is now showing and receiving strongly favorable reviews. This is the first new exhibit to open in four years, and displays a complete chart of the U.S. Presidents who had creditable military service before becoming president. Five Presidents whose U.S. military service was of significant or unique character: George Washington, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and George H. W. Bush, are profiled in some detail of how their war-time service influenced them during their term in office. Photographs and artifacts will be added added as can be gained as loans from Presidential Libraries that are working with us, and from other museum collections.
Storm Water Damage Update:
Museum lower level Archive and Research Library space were penetrated with storm water to floors and wall sections after the December 5th and 6th torrential rains in central San Diego. The penetration by expanding seeped rainwater was detected early, within one day of its entry, on Sunday December 9. Prompt and thorough remediation and recovery actions over the next five weeks included intensive industrial dehumidifying to floors, carpet, and all shelves of library books and artifacts; and removing saturated sections of walls and installing new wall sections to prevent mold and mildew onset. Some lower level workstation spaces remain stripped of wall panels furnishings, while more restoration funding support is obtained. Saving Archive and Library costs to date exceeded $10,000. Final restoration work estimate is in progress.
Help is earnestly requested from all sources of added contributions to “Save the Veterans Archive and Library”, by Website www.veteranmuseum.org online donations
Mailed support donations to:
The Veterans Museum At Balboa Park
2115 Park Blvd
San Diego CA 92101
“Saving Sponsorships” available by calling 619-804-3200
or email to [email protected]
