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LAST CALL
T
he Historical Construction Equip‐
ment Association (HCEA) an‐
nounced a Capital Campaign to
construct a new 20,000‐sq.‐ft. home
for the National Construction Equip‐
ment Museum – the only public mu‐
seum of its kind in the nation.
The new facility, to be constructed on
its existing property in Bowling
Green, Ohio, will nearly triple the cur‐
rent museum's display area, and will
feature:
• A machinery hall with a clear span
vaulted ceiling that will allow
cranes and shovels to be displayed
with their booms raised.
• A visitor's center, including a mer‐
chandise store and an area for
meetings and special displays.
• A 1,200‐sq.‐ft. education center, in‐
cluding interactive displays, which
will allow HCEA to develop pro‐
grams for students to increase
awareness of and promote interest
in careers in the construction, sur‐
face mining and dredging industries.
• A 1,200‐sq.‐ft. archives annex with
climate‐controlled storage for sel‐
dom‐accessed materials taking up
valuable space in the current storage.
"The need for this new building is
real," the association noted. "Our cur‐
rent 7,000‐sq.‐ft. museum is com‐
pletely filled to capacity while many
exhibits, by necessity, have to be
stored outdoors. Our archives storage
rooms are cramped and overflowing,
and our restoration shop is limited.
Growth is a beautiful thing, but we
have reached a critical point. It's time
to unlock the future of the National
Construction Equipment Museum."
Your generous gift can open the door
to the future of the HCEA and its mis‐
sion. Its fundraising target is $1.5 mil‐
lion, and they are confident that, with
the help of the construction equip‐
ment industries, they will have the
new National Construction Equip‐
ment Museum completed and open to
the public in time for its 2016 Inter‐
national Convention and Old Equip‐
ment Exposition.
Interested donors are encouraged to
contact David B. Munson, director
of development, at 517‐270‐3334,
david@hcea.net. Donations can also
be made through its website at
www.hcea.net.
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Construction Equipment Museum
Seeks Donors
By
Mark
S.
Kuhar