So I assume everyone here watches TV, right? Well there's a very strong chance that new world class museum all about TV, the Museum of Television will be coming to Phoenix. Not only will it be coming here, it'll be located Downtown in a renovated Historic warehouse building.
The man bringing the museum here is named James Comisar, he has the largest collection of TV memorabilia/artifacts in the world, larger than that of the Smithsonian. He's already talked with the City, various Civic organizations, etc. about bringing the museum here.
Not only will it be a cool museum, but it'll have event space, they plan to bring in speakers, they plan to work with ASU's Cronkite School as well as the Film Production students, it could be a great thing for PHX/the Valley.
It would be especially great for Convention visitors who are coming to Downtown, but don't have access to a car. They'd be able to walk to the museum and check it out in an afternoon. Think of this like the MIM but for TV instead of musical instruments.
So why am I posting this here? Because they need community support! Both the City & the Museum investors need to know that the people of the Valley and State are really interested in this happening here.
Here's what you can do. Step 1, learn more about the Museum idea at their website:
http://museumoftelevision.org
Step 2. If you love the idea (and I'm sure you will) "Like" their Facebook page if you're on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comisar-Collection-Inc-MuseumofTVorg/172030246190815
Step 3 (the most important step). Register an account (its free, easy and there's no spam) at MyPlanPHX.com This is the City of Phoenix's new community involvement website to hear ideas from the Citizens on how to make PHX great. The City leaders, Councilmen, Mayor, etc. need to know how much we want this here.
http://www.myplanphx.com/shaping-phoenix-s-future/museum-of-television-phoenix
The guy who's putting this all together, James Comisar, is involved on that website and I know the Mayor and Councilmen check it daily. You can ask Mr Comisar questions on there, suggest artifacts you'd like to see, etc.
Mr Comisar is coming back to PHX next month some time to continue to scout locations. The plan at this point is to open a small storefront/mini museum somewhere Downtown. That way people can wander in, get a sense of it, they can begin to raise funds/awareness. Then of course the next step is the big museum.
The man bringing the museum here is named James Comisar, he has the largest collection of TV memorabilia/artifacts in the world, larger than that of the Smithsonian. He's already talked with the City, various Civic organizations, etc. about bringing the museum here.
Not only will it be a cool museum, but it'll have event space, they plan to bring in speakers, they plan to work with ASU's Cronkite School as well as the Film Production students, it could be a great thing for PHX/the Valley.
It would be especially great for Convention visitors who are coming to Downtown, but don't have access to a car. They'd be able to walk to the museum and check it out in an afternoon. Think of this like the MIM but for TV instead of musical instruments.
So why am I posting this here? Because they need community support! Both the City & the Museum investors need to know that the people of the Valley and State are really interested in this happening here.
Here's what you can do. Step 1, learn more about the Museum idea at their website:
http://museumoftelevision.org
Step 2. If you love the idea (and I'm sure you will) "Like" their Facebook page if you're on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comisar-Collection-Inc-MuseumofTVorg/172030246190815
Step 3 (the most important step). Register an account (its free, easy and there's no spam) at MyPlanPHX.com This is the City of Phoenix's new community involvement website to hear ideas from the Citizens on how to make PHX great. The City leaders, Councilmen, Mayor, etc. need to know how much we want this here.
http://www.myplanphx.com/shaping-phoenix-s-future/museum-of-television-phoenix
The guy who's putting this all together, James Comisar, is involved on that website and I know the Mayor and Councilmen check it daily. You can ask Mr Comisar questions on there, suggest artifacts you'd like to see, etc.
Mr Comisar is coming back to PHX next month some time to continue to scout locations. The plan at this point is to open a small storefront/mini museum somewhere Downtown. That way people can wander in, get a sense of it, they can begin to raise funds/awareness. Then of course the next step is the big museum.
