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"We've made some significant headway," [Bob Snyder] says. "We've got some people excited about the museum's future, and we're feeling like this can be done."
Snyder, a retired FBI-agent-cumschool-superintendent, didn't have an easy task. "It's frustrating when you take an organization that is struggling and try to move it forward, because most people think it can't be done," he says.P.G. resident [Lori Mannel], currently director of CSUMB's Osher Lifelong Learning Center, takes over as museum director on Aug. 25. "The museum is a jewel. It's a treasure," she gushes. "It has an incredible collection, and we really want to honor that past and preserve the history of the museum while moving into the new stage."See the full content of this document
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Second Life
Consider it a small-town crisis averted, or an eco-arts revival. However you slice it, the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History's comeback is all the more dramatic considering the 125-year-old landmark was on life support a year ago.
With a new mission, a new business model, anew director and a $230,000 grant from the David and Lucile Pac...See the full content of this document
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