Donation spike gives Museum of the Earth new life but future remains uncertain - The Ithaca Voice

Donation spike gives Museum of the Earth new life but future remains uncertain - The Ithaca Voice

ITHACA, N.Y. — Following a surge of donations sparked by The Ithaca Voice’s reporting, the Museum of the Earth — one of the last natural history museums in upstate New York — will remain open through Dec. 31, 2025. But museum leadership says they still need $2.2 million to guarantee the museum’s future beyond that point.Warren Allmon, director of the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI), the nonprofit that owns and operates the museum, sai…