In part, this is because of the ways many of these museums began, spurred into creation by survivors who were horrified by their own experience, unable to make sense of it or of the hatred behind it.
A $3.5-million 3.5-millionded by donations and lauded by Mayor Ed Lee for its projectal to spur investment, the museum is the brainchild ofundedy Shaw, who for 35 years has run the Tenderloin Housing Clinic.
New Titanic-themed museums have cropped up, spurred by the looming centennial.
The city history boom has spurred the development of several specialized museums that explore aspects of the city, from skyscrapers to immigration.
The whole affair, spurred by the imminent expansion of the museum's premises, has been billed a grand experiment, a test-drive toward the future.
Spurred by the June opening of an ambitious history museum in the renovated Schindler Factory, the promise of a modern art museum next door and a theater-themed museum along the river, a number of colorful hangouts have cropped up in the unassuming waterfront area.
The museum's presence, she said, has spurred trends already enhancing the neighborhood.
And while preserving good relations in some cases, these agreements have also spurred a raft of extravagant new claims against museums — backed by menacing legal threats.
This book has spurred countless kids' dreams of hiding out in a museum, and I'm no exception.
The subway spurred the creation of Audubon Terrace, one of the first museum complexes in the nation and the boyhood dream of Archer Milton Huntington, the Central Pacific Railroad heir.
