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=== National Scouting Museum === | === National Scouting Museum === | ||
The National Scouting Museum was founded in 1959 in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]]. In 1986, it was moved to [[Murray State University]] in [[Murray, Kentucky]] and moved to its present location in [[Irving, Texas]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bsamuseum.org/ |title=National Scouting Museum |accessdate=2007-02-15 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher=Boy Scouts of America |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> The museum floor is 53,000 ft² (5000 m²) and is a modern facility, featuring several | The National Scouting Museum was founded in 1959 in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]]. In 1986, it was moved to [[Murray State University]] in [[Murray, Kentucky]] and moved to its present location in [[Irving, Texas]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bsamuseum.org/ |title=National Scouting Museum |accessdate=2007-02-15 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher=Boy Scouts of America |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> The museum floor is 53,000 ft² (5000 m²) and is a modern facility, featuring several Norman Rockwell paintings, high Adventure sections, hands-on learning experiences, interactive exhibits, and a historical collection tracing uniforms, themes, and documents from the beginning of the American Scouting movement.<ref name="natlmuseum">{{cite web | url = http://www.bsamuseum.org/ | title = National Scouting Museum |publisher = National Scouting Museum, Boy Scouts of America | accessdate = 2006-02-15}}</ref> Among the museum's artifacts are the Eagle Scout medal of [[Arthur Rose Eldred]], the first [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]].<ref name="eaglescoutorg">{{cite web | url = http://www.eaglescout.org/history/first_eagle.html | title = BSA's first Eagle Scout | publisher = Eagle Scout Resource Center | accessdate = 2006-07-07}}</ref> | ||
=== Learning for Life === | === Learning for Life === | ||
