Sentence examples for museum capital from inspiring English sources

While stereotypes often dismiss Angelenos as vapid consumers in a cultural wasteland, it is the museum capital of America with some of the nation's leading museums in the arts and sciences including Griffith Observatory, the California Science Center, the Getty Museum, LACMA and the Museum of Tolerance.

11 a.m. 5) Miles of Museums The capital's museums are among its primary assets, and the fact that most charge no admission only adds to the attraction.

The museum's capital campaign, whose goal was $200 million, raised only $81 million by this month.

His region funded the bulk of the museum's capital cost and will support the €15m annual bills.

"Basically, we have not seen any slack-off," said Bill Turner, a vice president who heads the museum's capital campaign.

"I'm dumbstruck," said Douglas A. P. Hamilton, a trustee and the head of the museum's capital fund-raising committee.

His involvement began in 1999, and during the last 15 years, he has been a generous donor to the museum's capital projects and major exhibitions.

The gift comes in the middle of the museum's capital campaign to help finance a $50 million building currently under construction.

Nicholas F. Taubman, a Roanoke native who is the United States ambassador to Romania, and his wife, Jenny, who heads the museum's capital campaign, contributed $25 million.

Mr. Perez is the chairman of the museum's capital campaign drive, which will raise money for the first phase of construction.

Mr. Perez, a developer of multifamily residences, had already given $5 million to the museum's capital campaign for its new downtown building, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and due to be completed in 2013.