Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg donates $50 million to Boston’s Museum of Science, crediting his hometown institution with sparking his intellectual curiosity.
The contribution is the single largest in the museum’s history and will fund an endowment to support the institution’s education division that is now named the William and Charlotte Bloomberg Science Education Center, in honor of his parents.
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
“I know how important this Museum is and what an impact it can have on young people — because I was one of those young people,” Bloomberg says in a statement published on the museum’s website.
“We are thrilled by Mike’s extraordinary generosity,” says museum president and director, Ioannis Miaoulis. “With his gift, he is investing in young people — in making a new generation of critical thinkers. This generous gift dramatically expands our capacity to make science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) accessible to all.”
— JTA
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