The Tucson museum plans to add a cafe and gift shop, with support from Rio Nuevo, which also approved funding for a separate restaurant expansion.
Gabriela Rico Calling it"the biggest moment in the museum's history" the Children's Museum is planning to expand its campus in downtown Tucson.
The freed up space at the existing museum would be renovated into a gift shop and a cafe, in partnership with El Charro. The museum has about 155,000 visitors a year and with the expansion expects that to increase to around 255,000 a year, Van Alsburg said. The board also voted unanimously to provide Zemam's Restaurant with $299,385.12 for its expansion along the Sunshine Mile on Broadway.
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