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The news comes less than a week after the museum announced it had hired a new executive director, Kent Anderson, and two weeks since it announced its $500,000 鈥淭ransform Tomorrow鈥� matching campaign.

鈥淲e know this is the news everyone has been waiting for,鈥� said John Westphal, president of the board of directors. 鈥淥ur board recognized we had a fiscal responsibility to our donors, and we have been waiting until we felt we had met those obligations before giving Cullen the okay. When the numbers came in last week, we had the confidence that now is the time.鈥�

In the release, the children鈥檚 museum said it received final bids last week. The board had been waiting on that information before deciding when construction would start.

In recent releases, the organization has said if its new matching campaign is successful it will have raised around $14.5 million to build the museum and purchase exhibits.

鈥淚t is a privilege to be able to step into this role and see this amazing project start to come to life,鈥� Anderson said in the release. 鈥淭he board has put in so much work to get the project where it is today, and we are all excited to make this project a reality.鈥�

The children鈥檚 museum said in the release it is finalizing a date for its groundbreaking ceremony, and hopes to release further information on that in the next two weeks.

More information on the museum’s capital campaign is at .