LGC 11.53 — Great Indoors Act — PASSED

[ZMUN M441]

THE GREAT INDOORS ACT

Section I — Title

This resolution may be cited as the Great Indoors Act.

Section II — Reforming Our State And Regional Parks

1. All state parks systems within Lincoln shall be expanded, so that at least one third (33.3333...%) of sites within them are 'indoors' — including, but not limited to, museums, historic landmarks, and notable examples of architecture.

2. A regional 'Great Indoors System' of 'Great Indoors sites' shall be created, and the following sites added to it:

• Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine;
• Fort Kent, Fort Kent, Maine;
• Portland Observatory, Portland, Maine;
• Victoria Mansion, Portland, Maine;
• Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine;
• American Independence Museum, Exeter, New Hampshire;
• Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire;
• Zimmerman and Kalil Houses, Manchester, New Hampshire;
• Fort Stark, New Castle, New Hampshire;
• USS Albacore Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire;
• Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, Vermont;
• Rokeby, Ferrisburgh, Vermont;
• Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont;
• St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury, Vermont;
• American Precision Museum, Windsor, Vermont;
• Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts;
• Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
• MIT Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
• Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Milton, Massachusetts;
• Springfield Armory, Springfield, Massachusetts;
• General Nathanael Greene Homestead, Coventry, Rhode Island;
• Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island;
• Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island;
• Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island;
• Westminster Arcade, Providence, Rhode Island;
• Prudence Crandall Museum, Canterbury, Connecticut;
• Mark Twain House, Hartford, Connecticut;
• Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut;
• Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut;
• New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut;
• Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, New York;
• Grand Central Terminal, New York City, New York;
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York;
• Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York;
• Susan B. Anthony House, Rochester, New York;
• Walt Whitman House, Camden, New Jersey;
• Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey;
• Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey;
• T. Thomas Fortune House, Red Bank, New Jersey;
• Ringwood Manor, Ringwood, New Jersey;
• Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania;
• Bost Building, Homestead, Pennsylvania;
• Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
• Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
• Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
• American Sign Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio;
• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio;
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio;
• Paul Laurence Dunbar House, Dayton, Ohio;
• Wright Cycle Company Complex, Dayton, Ohio;
• Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Chippewa County, Michigan;
• Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Dearborn, Michigan;
• Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan;
• Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan;
• Highland Park Ford Plant, Highland Park, Michigan;
• Miller House, Columbus, Indiana;
• Levi Coffin House, Fountain City, Indiana;
• Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana;
• Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Indianapolis, Indiana;
• Lanier Mansion, Madison, Indiana;
• Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois;
• Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois;
• Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois;
• Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illinois;
• Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Springfield, Illinois;
• L. R. Ingersoll Physics Museum, Madison, Wisconsin;
• Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
• Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
• Pabst Mansion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
• Johnson Wax Headquarters, Racine, Wisconsin.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Occupying: Slot 3 of 10
Sponsor: ZMUN M441

[Mr. Reactionary]

Very good list. Ive been to several of these and have postcards in my collection of many of the others.

Would you be willing to consider adding?

- Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont;

- Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts;

- National Heritage Museum, Lexington, Massachusetts;

- Plimoth Plantation History Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts;

- National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, New York;

[ZMUN M441]

Very good list. Ive been to several of these and have postcards in my collection of many of the others.

Would you be willing to consider adding?

- Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont;

- Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts;

- National Heritage Museum, Lexington, Massachusetts;

- Plimoth Plantation History Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts;

- National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, New York;

The intention of the initial list is to provide five sites from each state. If I ever expand the 'Great Indoors System,' I'll consider including these.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Thanks for your consideration.

[ZMUN M441]

Motioning for a final vote.

[ZMUN M441]

A final vote on this bill has been initiated.


Aye

[nerd73]

Aye

[Vice President Christian Man]

Nay

[Pyro]

Aye

[ZMUN M441]

LGC 11.52 passes 3-1, with one Deputy not voting.

[Former President tack50]

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