A business owner and artist is leading efforts to build a 117,000-square-foot wa museum in Ketchikan, Alaska, that would depict Haida, Tlingit and Tsimshian culture.
Marvin McCloud, owner of a gallery, said the facility would cost between $14 million and $17 million.
He said he is working with local Native artists to get the museum up and running within five years.
Money for the project would come from private investors and other sources. In addition to wax figures, the museum would feature demonstrations by local artists.
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Artists, retailers propose SE Native wax museum
(AP 2/25)
Wax museum would depict Native life in SE Alaska
Thursday, February 26, 2004
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