Gulf Coast Exploreum Faces Funding Crisis After Losing City Support
The Gulf Coast Exploreum in downtown Mobile faces a funding crisis after losing city support and a BP settlement grant, cutting its budget nearly in half.
GulfQuest Needs $3 Million More to Finish; Museum Board Won’t Fundraise and the City Has Until July 20
Mobile’s still-unfinished GulfQuest maritime museum needed another $3 million in July 2011 — and Mayor Sam Jones proposed the city borrow it, on top of roughly $25 million in city…