Broad Art Museum Dedicated

WKAR Public Media | By Scott Pohl

Published November 11, 2012 at 8:59 PM EST

A dedication ceremony was held on Saturday to open the new Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University to the public.MSU has announced that the final $1.2 million has been raised to reach the project’s $40-million fundraising goal. The final funding came from earlier donors who upped their pledges. They include New York real estate developer Edward Minskoff and his wife, Julie, and Demmer Corporation president Bill Demmer and his wife Linda.

The line to enter the museum on Sunday stretched from the East doors to Grand River Avenue in East Lansing.

As a tent filled for Saturday's dedication ceremony, the overflow crowd watched the event on a monitor.

Founding Broad Art Museum director Michael Rush greets Eli and Edythe Broad, Gov. Snyder, Sen. Stabenow and MSU Pres. Simon before Saturday's dedication.

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Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.

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