From the Buffalo News: Penney will give art to canal center.
Art collector Charles Rand Penney said Monday he intends to donate his entire collection of Niagara County-themed art and artifacts, nearly 5,000 items, to the Erie Canal Discovery Center.
Melissa Dunlap, executive director of the History Center of Niagara, which operates the Discovery Center, said a $225,000 plan is in the works to remodel the building at Church and Ontario streets to include a second- floor gallery for Penney’s collection....
UPDATE 10/23/09 Buffalo News Editorial
UPDATE 10/27/09 LUSJ reporting items are now in possession of the museum.
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