I’ve no doubt a well-designed slavery history museum could be success. Look at the Holocaust Museum. And as a private venture the National Spy Museum appears to be going strong.
I recall the initial publicity hoopla. I had assumed the museum was up and running. Millions of dollars has vanished up the chimney and Doug has some answering to do. He’s a private citizen and this was a private venture so unless Obama owes him a favor there will be blood.
Oh, I think so, too. I don't recall the details but I remember thinking, when I first read about it, that the organizers of this museum were doing it as much out of a hope for monetary reward as for any great love of history.
Why would a million dollar facility be needed to show the stuff that was lent or donated to him, anyhow? Because that’s the kind of spiff people expect of museums? A small storefront would suffice until it had gotten a following.