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===Museums=== {{Multiple image | image1 = Spokane Museum of Art and Culture.JPG | image2 = Interior of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (6062827971).jpg | footer = Northwest Museum of Arts in Culture | total_width = 400 }} There are several museums in the city, most notably the [[Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture]], located a few blocks from the center of downtown in Browne's Addition, amid the mansions of Spokane's late 19th-century "Age of Elegance". A [[Smithsonian]] affiliate museum, it houses a large collection of Native American artifacts as well as regional and national traveling art exhibits.<ref name="MAC">{{cite web |title=About the MAC |publisher=Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture |url=http://northwestmuseum.org/about| access-date = December 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture |publisher=Smithsonian Affiliations |url=http://affiliations.si.edu/AffiliateDetail.Asp?AffiliateID=104| access-date = December 7, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141208211202/https://affiliations.si.edu/AffiliateDetail.Asp?AffiliateID=104| archive-date = December 8, 2014| url-status = dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The Mobius Science Center and the related Mobius Kid's Museum in downtown Spokane seek to generate interest in [[STEM fields|science, technology, engineering, and math]] among the youth in a hands-on experience.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mobius |publisher=Mobius Spokane |url=http://www.mobiusspokane.org| access-date = February 8, 2013}}</ref> The Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University features {{convert|2800|ft2}} of exhibition space and contains sizable collections of prints from the Bolker, Baruch, Jacobs, and [[Corita Kent]] collections.<ref name="Jundt" /><ref>Ware (2004), p. 339</ref> The museum houses glass art by [[Dale Chihuly]], bronze sculptures by [[Auguste Rodin]], tapestries, paintings, ceramics, photographs, and a wide range of gifts, including from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation and Collections.<ref name="Jundt">{{cite web |url=http://www.gonzaga.edu/Campus-Resources/Museums-and-Libraries/Jundt-Art-Museum/ |title=Jundt Art Museum |publisher=Gonazaga University|access-date=December 7, 2014}}</ref> On the campus of Gonzaga University, the Crosby House, Bing Crosby's childhood home, houses the Bing Crosby Memorabilia Room, the world's largest Crosby collection with around 200 pieces.<ref>Bao et al. (2014), p.461</ref> A museum of flight showcasing historic airplanes and curated by the Historic Flight Foundation is located at Felts Field.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/oct/09/businessman-and-aviation-enthusiast-opening-flying/ |title=Businessman and aviation enthusiast opening flying museum at Felts Field | The Spokesman-Review |website=www.spokesman.com|date=October 9, 2019 }}</ref>
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