Re: Smithsonian dinosaur hall renovation

[tyazbeck@comcast.net]

Money talks. I personally think that left-wing donors would avoid funding new 
dinosaur halls because they always call conservatives "dinosaurs". Money 
transcends all political differences, it seems...
Does anyone have an idea when any major changes at the Smithsonian museum will 
begin? 


From: "Heinrich Mallison" <heinrich.mallison@googlemail.com> 
To: "DML" <dinosaur@usc.edu> 
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:34:39 PM 
Subject: Re: Smithsonian dinosaur hall renovation 

my perspective on this: 
http://dinosaurpalaeo.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/koch-the-dinosaurs/ 
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On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 6:23 PM,  <tyazbeck@comcast.net> wrote: 
> FYI all: 
> http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/05/smithsonian-dinosaur-hall-gets-renovation-75596.html
>  
> 
>  "An energy businessman is donating a record $35 million to the Smithsonian's 
> National Museum of Natural History to build a new dinosaur hall on the 
> National Mall, the museum complex announced Thursday."