Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Museum of Patriotism

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) —Theo polisme 00:00, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

National Museum of Patriotism[edit]

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This seems more like a three-year art exhibition in a small gallery than a museum. It was an idea which did not seem to take off or get much media coverage except to say that it opened and closed. Since it is now closed there will be no more coverage of this museum. I cannot find existing material which gives coverage of why this museum was any more notable than any other short-term exhibition of the type that might temporarily be at any museum. Blue Rasberry (talk) 12:18, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It is wrong to say it was a three-year art exhibition in a small gallery. It was open for at least 6 years at 2 different sites successively (I found some refs preceding 2004 but nothing definite), and at its peak occupied 10,000 sq ft in the tourist heart of downtown Atlanta, and entertained luminaries such as Patti LaBelle at a star-studded patriotism awards ceremony. Then it ran out of money, but notability isn't temporary. Most coverage is from Atlanta-area press (although Atlanta is not an insignificant place), but there's coverage in national media and in a scholarly work on images of patriotism. --Colapeninsula (talk) 14:57, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As Colapeninsula says, this institution received significant coverage in national media over a period of multiple years. --Arxiloxos (talk) 15:21, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above. - Presidentman talk · contribs Random Picture of the Day (Talkback) 21:23, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - per WP:NOTTEMP. If it was notable then (I would suggest it was), then it is notable now. Stalwart111 00:20, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:10, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Museums and libraries-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:10, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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