The home of a sunken Mercury capsule and the spacecraft that brought the Apollo 13 crew back to Earth is getting an upgrade. The Cosmosphere announced it is ready to renovate its Hall of Space.
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In 2018, Springfield Art Museum revealed a 30-year master plan to bring the museum campus into the 22nd century, at a cost that could ultimately top $20 million.
Three years and a pandemic later, officials running the taxpayer-owned trove of some 10,000 art objects are taking the first concrete steps toward making the vision a reality. The master plan calls for four phases of improvements to the museum s building and grounds in Phelps Grove Park, and it would integrate the campus into the Ozark Greenway trail system, which includes a stretch in nearby Fassnight Park. I like to think it s connecting the Art Museum to Wonders of Wildlife and downtown, the museum s director, Nick Nelson, told the News-Leader Friday, ahead of a City Council vote scheduled for Tuesday on whether the museum can accept a key grant that will help kick off phase one of the project, the renovation of the museum grounds.