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• They are content to cook the books and not win you over with good ideas, but with force and potentially
• Yes, except I pronounce my name Cook, Mary Cook. I apologize. Ms.
• Cook, if you wouldn't mind, give us your testimony. Yes.
• My wife and I live in the Museum District of Houston. ...in Lizzie Fletcher's District Number Seven.
• We have pizza sponsored by State Senator Molly Cook, and I believe Rodney Ellis as well.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• SB 466 ON FLORIDA MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY.
• JOHNS COUNTY AS A SITE FOR THE MUSEUM AND ESTABLISH A PHOTO MUSEUM BLACK HISTORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
• CREATED TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF THE MUSEUM AND DIRECT ST.
• THE 70 ACRE SITE WE IDENTIFIED FOR THIS MUSEUM IS MORE THAN JUST LAND.
• THERE WAS A BILL FOR AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM AND THERE WAS A BILL FOR AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The first, of course, is the Dinosaur Museum. Here are some facts about the Dinosaur Museum.
• Another thing that makes it unique is the museum, the Dinosaur Museum, which is different from other
• museums.
• What is it for the Dinosaur Museum?
• working natural history museum.

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• But the American Alliance of Museums actually asked her to be a re-accreditor for the Ohio State Museum
• It is part of the educational museum showing the environment, and it's the museum itself.
• Okay, let's bring this back to the Natural History Museum. Natural History Museum.
• So, our museum.
• Hona Museum.

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• extend that learning beyond the museum extend that learning beyond the museum and<00:03:35.080><
• children's mu the duth Children's Museum children's mu the duth Children's Museum to<01:21:52.360
• <01:22:07.120> appropriation on the Children's Museum appropriation on the Children's Museum
• the Greater Minnesota Children's Museum the Greater Minnesota Children's Museum Coalition<01:22:
• you think of in a museum.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Westerman: I rise in support of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum Act.
• The National September 11 Memorial and Museum occupies the former World Trade Center site.
• I rise in support of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum Act.
• Let's pass the 9/11 Memorial Museum Act and uphold our commitment to the American people.
• THESE AREAS INCLUDE THE SEQUOIA MUSEUM, A MEMORIAL AND ANOTHER MEMORIAL.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Johns County as a site for the museum.
• with the Foundation for the Museum of Black History.
• support the idea of a Black History Museum and concept, a Black History Museum must reflect both the
• of that museum.
• That will oversee a Black history museum.

Summary: The Committee on Rules met and first approved several open-government sunset repeal bills and related measures. SB 7024 and SB 7026, both sponsored by Senator Mayfield, were explained as consolidating and extending public records/public meetings exemptions for cybersecurity information and trade secrets held by agencies; both were reported favorably. SB 7020, sponsored by Senator Trumbull, reenacted an aquaculture records exemption for records held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and was also reported favorably. Later, the committee approved SB 14 and SB 24, claims bills for relief involving Miami-Dade County, and SB 16, a claims bill for Heriberto Sanchez Mayan against the City of St. Petersburg; all were reported favorably without opposition. The committee also approved CS for SB 806, a consumer right-to-repair bill creating portable wireless device and agricultural equipment repair acts, despite opposition from several industry groups, and reported it favorably.

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• It's somewhat standard for Minnesota museums, art museums specifically, to spend somewhere between 50
• It's somewhat standard for Minnesota museums, art museums specifically, to spend somewhere between 50
• It's somewhat standard for Minnesota museums, art museums specifically, to spend somewhere between 50
• President and CEO of the Bakken Museum. President and CEO of the Bakken Museum.
• CEO of the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis. CEO of the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <03:26:38.479> does guardrails to ensure this museum does guardrails to ensure this museum
• location for the Women's History Museum. location for the Women's History Museum.
• This is really a harmful museum.
• to curate a museum.
• <03:47:48.960> Let's museums. Let's let them do that. Let's museums.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Then followed by Senate File 453, back of Museum, then Senate File 861, Country Fair Museum appropriation
• <00:19:48.200> for grant to the bachan museum for grant to the bachan museum for interactive
• <00:24:38.279> is motans as you heard the Baka museum is motans as you heard the Baka museum
• <00:31:27.960> that's Awards for Best science museums that's Awards for Best science museums
• <00:31:31.760> but and we certainly are at the Museum but and we certainly are at the Museum

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'm a Navajo Kotaku Museum board member.
• So, back to the nonprofit group with the museum.
• That's the case with the Santa Fe Children's Museum.
• But they are the transportation department, and this is a museum.
• We need to move ahead and get this museum started.

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• toward reality, providing a path for the museum to be built alongside other Smithsonian museums in a
• other Smithsonian museums in a alongside other Smithsonian museums in a place<00:31:03.279> of
• Yesterday in the rules museum.
• I want to have a<01:08:37.520> museum a museum a museum uh<01:08:39.279> where<01:08:39.520
• > story<01:18:31.760> of museum dedicated to the story of museum dedicated to the story

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Museum of New Mexico.
• So that's going to be a very different museum when it reopens in March.
• To Albuquerque to the Natural History Museum or possibly to Alamogordo to the Space History Museum because
• All those things happened at the museum, and I appreciate the work.
• The executive director at that museum, Dr.

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• Could you just pass it on that this Hawaii film museum is one type of museum.
• cluster museum. cluster museum.
• Like to add on to that, I really like the idea of a film museum and a cluster museum.
• Like to add on to that, I really like the idea of a film museum and a cluster museum.
• Like to add on to that, I really like the idea of a film museum and a cluster museum.

Bills: SB2580, SB2578, SB2259, SB3084, SB2816, SB2928, SB2075, SB3322, SB2377, SB2436, SB2835, SB3248

Keywords: SB2580, Hawaii film tax credit, motion picture tax credit, digital media credit, film production incentive, income tax credit, general excise tax exemption, DBEDT, DOTAX, local hires, local workforce, film industry, movie production, television production, streaming platform, streaming series, loan-out companies, motion picture project employer, qualified production, qualified production costs

Summary: The committee opened by reviewing hearing procedures and then took up SB 2580, which concerns Hawaii’s film production tax credit and related incentives. Testimony was strongly supportive overall, with witnesses saying the measure would help attract productions, extend the sunset date, include streaming platforms, and strengthen the state’s competitiveness. Several supporters asked for cleanup language on grant administration, tax credit management, local-hire uplifts, and limits on third-party audit requirements for smaller productions. The state film office said the bill was generally strong but suggested clarifying language and noted that DBEDT and DOTAX already provide oversight of the current credit. No vote was taken in the transcript, but the bill drew broad support with a few comments and one opposition noted later in the hearing. The committee then heard SB 2578 SD1, a measure to create a film commission and related grant structure. Testifiers said the proposal would formalize industry input, improve accountability, and help the state compete globally, but they also raised concerns about how a new grant program would interact with the existing tax credit system. The film office said the grant program and tax credit should be separated operationally, that the advisory structure should include industry voices and possibly union representation, and that county film commissioner language may need technical adjustment. A testifier also suggested a Hawaii film museum and related tourism opportunities. The measure was described as having 42 supporters, one opposition, and five comments, with no final action shown. The committee next considered SB 2259, a dementia training measure. Supporters, including the bill’s drafter and the Alzheimer’s Association, described personal caregiving experiences and said free dementia training could help workers and families. Suggested amendments focused on clarifying the relationship between EOA and DBED and allowing retraining every two years because of workforce turnover. DBED said the bill is worthwhile but is not really an economic development initiative, and it should align with existing dementia programs and be easy for businesses to use, preferably online. The committee then moved to SB 3084 SD1, which HTDC said would expand its R&D matching program beyond SBIR to other federal research grants because of uncertainty at the federal level; the transcript ends as testimony begins, with no vote or final action recorded.

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• The Holocaust Museum comes to us a lot to get monies.
• There's the museum that has had exhibits in the past and current mentions.
• Vinny's been to the museum. A couple of people on this site have been to the museum.
• We can have folks from these different museums come.
• We can have folks from these different museums come.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission approved the minutes from its March 11 meeting after a motion by Jeannie Costa and a second by Senator Michael Brady, with members noting a few possible corrections to attendance and wording. The meeting then focused on updates about the commission’s timeline and funding. Staff reported that an amendment to extend the commission’s deadline from December 31, 2026 to December 31, 2027 was filed in the Fair Share budget but was not accepted, and members discussed pursuing the extension through other budget vehicles, including the regular budget, a supplemental budget, or other legislation. Commissioners also discussed the need to fill a vacancy left by Julius Brito and to potentially extend the deadline for appointing new commissioners. A substantial portion of the meeting was devoted to brainstorming the commission’s community engagement plan for the proposed Cape Verdean Culture Center. Members revisited a three-part approach involving site visits, traditional listening sessions, and outreach at existing Cape Verdean events, while also emphasizing historical accuracy, youth engagement, visibility, and regional collaboration. Commissioners suggested using surveys, canvassing, social media, a website, and other digital tools to reach people across the diaspora, including those unable to attend in person. Several members recommended specific locations and institutions for engagement, including New Bedford, Brockton, Boston, Cape Cod, and Rhode Island, with references to museums, historical societies, clubs, and cultural organizations already doing related work. Testimony and comments also addressed funding and organizational structure for the future center. Legislators described possible funding sources such as House and Senate earmarks, a bond bill, and a nonprofit structure that could later support fundraising and operations. Members discussed examples from other cultural institutions, including the Holocaust Museum, the African American History Museum, and the Haitian Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center, as models for governance and public support. The group also raised the possibility of future collaboration with the Cape Verdean government and institutions in Cabo Verde, though one member urged waiting until after upcoming elections there before making formal contacts. No additional votes were taken beyond approving the minutes and adjourning the meeting.

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• The whole way the museum runs, it is a completely separate entity.
• One key thing that we are trying to communicate back is the Lewis Museum is not just a museum.
• In other words, it... ...the actual museum.
• In other words, the closure of the museum would really mean three positions from the museum that will
• making it a formal, museum-funded personnel?

Summary: The Joint Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs met to hear updates from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the Washington Military Department, the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Commerce on federal and state impacts affecting veterans, military families, and military installations. JBLM’s garrison commander said the base remains focused on housing, child care, and spouse employment, but is facing workforce reductions tied to federal personnel actions, especially in air traffic control, 911 dispatch, and firefighting. He also said JBLM is preparing for increased mutual-aid needs during fire season, and that the Army Transformation Initiative could change unit composition at JBLM over time without a major overall population shift. He confirmed that the Lewis Army Museum is on a closure list, but said the building will remain in use for training and that the base is exploring partnerships to keep museum functions operating, possibly with volunteers or local partners. The Washington Military Department reported about 400 Guard members deployed on federal missions and described ongoing state missions in cybersecurity and firefighting. The department said the Army National Guard’s 81st Stryker Brigade will transition to a mobile combat team, with associated changes in equipment, manning, and end strength. It also warned that continuing resolutions are delaying funding, limiting new military construction starts, and increasing costs. The Washington Department of Veterans Affairs outlined a $3.2 million reduction from the governor’s budget and related cuts affecting internships, vacant positions, outreach travel, claims support contracts, counseling and wellness, veterans’ innovation assistance, and the military transition and readiness council staff position. WDVA said it is ending or scaling back several programs, including in-house nursing assistant training, the veteran farm at Ordean, Vet Corps due to AmeriCorps funding changes, and the tobacco cessation program, while noting that the legislature funded about $23.7 million in capital projects for veteran homes, cemeteries, and transitional housing. The Department of Commerce presented on the Defense Community Compatibility Account, which funds projects that reduce conflicts between military installations and nearby communities. The program currently has 10 projects across five legislative districts, including school and child care improvements, water wells, land acquisition, and a joint firefighting training center in Everett. The presenter said the main challenge is that DCCA projects often need non-state funding secured before they can compete, which can make it hard to leverage federal Defense Community Infrastructure Program dollars; he recommended more flexible state timing to help projects qualify for federal funding. In closing discussion, members raised possible future agenda items including child care near bases, veteran homelessness, suicide prevention, Navy Day, military family housing, and a possible Department of Licensing issue involving guard and reserve designations on driver’s licenses. No formal votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after members were invited to suggest topics for the October and December committee meetings.

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• So the mobile museums will be continuing their journey to complete every middle school.
• And a museum in New York City, probably part of the National Museum of the American Indian, had requested—thank
• And a museum in New York City, probably part of the National Museum of the American Indian, had requested—Thank
• Xavier Sturge is from the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, reached out to to, uh...
• And a museum in New York City, probably part of the National Museum of American Indian, had requested

Keywords: American Revolution 250 Commission, 976, house, all

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• End of July, I was at the Association of African American Museums annual conference in Charleston.
• You know, the 250th is still on the minds of Black museums throughout the country.
• So that's been happening across the museum field at large.
• In Philly, not only did I go to the African American History Museum, but I also went to the Museum of
• Like, you can go to yoga at the Museum of African American History.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The State Commission on the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution DEIA Subcommittee met to share updates on 250th-related projects and to discuss how to ensure the commemoration is inclusive, statewide, and reflective of Black, Indigenous, and other underrepresented histories. Members described ongoing research and programming, including work in Quincy, Lexington, Bridgewater/Brockton, Mashpee, and other communities to identify Black revolutionary soldiers, Indigenous connections, and lesser-known local stories. Several members emphasized that the 250th should be framed as both commemoration and celebration, with attention to difficult histories as well as resilience, joy, and cultural contributions. Dr. Noel Trent reported on the Museum of African American History’s exhibition Black Voices of the Revolution, funded by Mass 250, which opened June 30 and will run through 2026 or into 2027. He described the exhibit’s use of AI tools, archaeological finds from Nantucket and Boston, and related programming. Other members highlighted Mass Humanities’ Expand Massachusetts Stories funding round, including support for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and likely additional Indigenous-led projects, as well as a statewide equity playbook being drafted for Mass 250 fundraising and engagement. Sheila Green of Massachusetts 250 then presented an overview of the statewide campaign, including advertising, social media, a website with events and blogs, 96 grants totaling $3 million, partnerships with sports teams and cultural organizations, and major upcoming events such as Evacuation Day, the Henry Knox reenactment, Sail Boston 250, and World Cup-related activity. During discussion, members suggested practical ways to improve inclusion and outreach, including sharing stories through blogs, podcasts, and a centralized project tracker, and highlighting museums and community programs that offer joy, rest, and cultural activities alongside historical interpretation. Dr. Trent raised concern that some Massachusetts 250 merchandise, such as T-shirts, did not adequately reflect the diversity of the state, and Green said the team was considering a redesign. The subcommittee agreed to compile a summary of stories, names, and examples for the full commission, and to continue sharing photos and materials by email for possible presentation at a future commission meeting. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which was approved unanimously.

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• For the Bakken Museum.
• The Minnesota Children's Museum is a statewide asset.
• division among more than a dozen children's museums across the state.
• The children's museum provides a great example of what a children's museum has to offer for learning
• The Children's Museum, we still go there.

Bills: HF2563

Keywords: HF2563, legacy finance bill, Legacy Amendment, outdoor heritage fund, clean water fund, parks and trails fund, arts and cultural heritage fund, Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, Clean Water Council, Minnesota legacy funds, habitat conservation, prairie restoration, wetland restoration, forest conservation, riparian buffers, water quality, groundwater protection, drinking water, septic systems, watershed planning