Does the New Jersey State Museum have a future?

Nevertheless, I feel it appropriate the outline what is publicly known about this controversy in the place of my earlier editorial. As of July 1 the museum will be placed under the care of Rutgers University – it is presently unknown what the intentions of the school are for the museum. Since no funding for the museum was set aside in the state budget for the next fiscal year and Rutgers has had its funding repeatedly slashed by the state over the past several years, this could place the fate of the museum and its unique collections in jeopardy should Rutgers decide it does not want the institution (as well as the state library and Thomas Edison State College,

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