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The Museum of Arts & Sciences The Museum of Arts & Sciences (MOAS) is the primary art, history and science museum in Central Florida. Located on a 90-acre Florida preserve the 86,000 square foot facility is host to over 30,000 objects including the most complete Giant Ground Sloth Skeleton in North America and the largest permanent exhibition of Cuban art outside of Cuba. Also on display is Coca-Cola entrepreneur Chapman Root's lifetime collection of Americana, including two private rail cars. The museum's theater, planetarium, and children's center create an interactive experience for each guest. MOAS is a not-for-profit educational institution founded in 1955 and chartered by the State of Florida in 1962. The Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. MOAS renews over 5,000 memberships annually representing over 17,000 individuals. The Museum publishes Art & Sciences magazine quarterly along with catalogs and books specific to its permanent collections.
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  • Holly Hill houseboat shoves off to storage; hundreds watch vessel dragged into river
    The 52-foot, 60,000-pound houseboat that graced Holly Hill for four months finally hit the water Wednesday morning after three tugboats yanked and yanked and yanked, and freed the vessel from its sandy perch on a tiny island off Riverside Drive.
  • Family of Flagler woman hit by car gets $1.25 million
    A wrongful death lawsuit against the Flagler County School Board member's wife whose car officials say struck and killed a Palm Coast woman has been settled for $1.25 million -- less than two weeks after it was filed, an attorney said Wednesday.
  • Hot slots issue likely delayed until April
    The slot-machine debate that put last week's Volusia County Council meeting into a tactical weeklong recess appears headed for another delay today -- as the county and the local poker room wait for action on a state Senate proposal that could usher in a voter referendum on slots.
  • Lawyers: Murder charge goes against extradition
    An extradition agreement with Brazil in a 2003 local murder case is being carefully reviewed by a defense lawyer after the charge against his client was upgraded by a grand jury Wednesday to first-degree murder.
  • County chair nixes idea of guaranteeing hotel project with bed tax funds
    Volusia County Chair Frank Bruno said guaranteeing a potential convention hotel's success with bed-tax funds is not an option the County Council will consider, despite the recommendation of a recent study on the feasibility of adding a new hotel on the beachside.
  • Flagler students' artwork offends some
    There's a cartoon-like drawing of a doe-eyed Lady Liberty taped to an office window inside Flagler Palm Coast High School. Local veterans say the student-generated image, and others like it, are distasteful and "un-American." The teacher who gave the assignment said she felt it was just the opposite.
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