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Tubman African-American Museum Plans New $15-Mil Facility

MACON, GA-The 48,000-sf facility will be featured in the center of the arts and entertainment district of the revitalized Downtown. Ground-breaking is set for February 2001. The grand opening is scheduled for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January 2003.

By Judith Schonbak | Updated on October 03, 2000

MACON, GA-The 48,000-sf structure is scheduled to break ground in February 2001 with completion scheduled for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January 2003.

The land was donated by Bibb County through the Urban Development Authority. More than half of the $15 million has been pledged through a fund-raising effort led by Mayor C. Jack Eillis.

The two-story, 48,000-sf building will include a central rotunda, two 4,000-sf galleries, classrooms, a resource center, café and museum store.

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