Jeff Bezos gives $200 mn to National Air and Space Museum, its biggest philanthropic gift since 1846
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The gift comes as the nation’s museum sector has been hit hard by the pandemic, with closures and deep financial losses.
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The Smithsonian said $70 million will help with the renovation of the National Air and Space Museum, and $130 million will be used for a new education center, to be called the Bezos Learning Center.
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Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and himself a budding astronaut, is giving $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, the Smithsonian said Wednesday. The Smithsonian said the donation is its biggest philanthropic gift since the Institution’s founding gift from James Smithson, in 1846.
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