Article: Children's Museum expansion on hold unless private megabucks can be found.(SportsU)

Byline: IDA KAY JORDAN

Plans for expanding and refurbishing the Virginia Children's Museum are moving along on schedule. But there's a catch. There's no money.

After Museum Director Nancy Perry spoke in a City Council work session Tuesday about the plans and exhibits, about the hopes and dreams for the popular museum, City Manager Jim Oliver did some straight talking.

Oliver reminded council members that although the Portsmouth Museums Foundation planned to raise more than $3.5 million for exhibits and other interior work, the city had to be prepared to foot the bill for an $11 million expansion of the building as well as for increased ...

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