Marshals Museum attracts state media attention last week. I’m just now catching up to it.

The $50 million fine art museum will be the largest of its kind in middle America and Workman, the executive director, hopes to attract 250,000 people to its turnstiles every year.

“We will be a destination venue,” he said.

An economic calculator from the nonprofit Washington D.C. group Americans for the Arts put the total economic impact of the museum — including its ripple effect throughout the community — between $14 million and $17 million per year, Workman said. (To be fair, the calculator includes performing arts, which will not be part of Crystal Bridges, so the impact number may be high, Workman admitted.)

Link to ArkansasBusiness.com – Fort Smith Seeks Funds For Marshals Museum