Calls to Rebuild Burned Science Museum

摘要

The Cittd delta Scienza (City of Science) complex in Naples, including a 12-year-old interactive museum and an education and conference center, went up in smoke last week. The fire took hours to extinguish; just one of the museum's buildings survived. Calls for rebuilding began almost immediately, and by late last week the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry for Territorial Cohesion, the local government, and the mayor of Naples agreed on a plan to make available -20 million for its reconstruction, according to an article in Italy's La Repubblica. Several online campaigns for money to rebuild, including a crowdsourcing effort by the social platform DeRev and the online platform Cambiomerci, have received pledges to contribute both money and expertise to help the complex resume its activities. The origin of the fire is now under investigation. The Italian media is reporting growing suspicions of arson as the cause.