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No medical or research institute, or Foundation, in there? It’s always nice when someone donates to the sciences or arts in perpetuity. https://en.m.wikipedia
by melling 9y ago
No medical or research institute, or Foundation, in there? It’s always nice when someone donates to the sciences or arts in perpetuity.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perimeter_Institute_for_Theoretical_Physics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perimeter_Institute_for_Theo...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes_Medical_Institute https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes_Medical_Instit...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getty_Foundation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getty_Foundation
- _delirium 9y agoOfficially there is. Among the web of foundations is a charity dedicated to the art of furniture design. Less clear what it does in practice, since furniture design also happens to be IKEA's business, and the charity owns portions of IKEA.
- ableal 9y agoApropos Getty, my understanding is that the gentleman cared about fine furniture and classical (Roman) sculpture, which were housed (along with some paintings, namely a Corot) in the original Getty Museum. This museum was a fine replica of a Pompeian villa (complete with herbs garden patch) in Malibu, and according to the deal with the upscale neighborhood, you either showed up with a bus ticket or made an appointment for parking in the premises. One day last century they were kind to a foreigner who showed up early but unannounced with his family, having just seen a small sign in the road.