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Auto museum on road to bigger
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Auto museum on road to bigger, better things
Need for increased visibility, attendance driving renovations
By MIKE JOHNSON mikejohnson@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel
Sunday, December 28, 2003
Hartford -- A former vegetable cannery converted into a monument
to Hartford and Wisconsin's automotive manufacturing glory days will
be getting a face lift in the new year, a makeover many hope will rev
up attendance at the downtown museum.
About 10,000 people an...
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