Join A Car Wash For History At Hoagies In Venice

VENICE, CA — Do you want to help build a museum? A car wash fundraiser at Hoagie's Saturday will support the Venice Heritage Museum's campaign to bring the first-ever museum to Venice.

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The pop-up event is from noon to 4 p.m. at the Great Western Steak & Hoagie Co., 1720 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. It's a $10 minimum donation and other vendors will be featured, too.

The Venice Heritage Museum launched its official fundraising campaign this week to bring Venice's first-ever museum to life. The museum will be dedicated to celebrating Venice's diverse history for future generations.

Native Venetians and longtime locals invite the community to join the fundraising campaign that will create a "campus-like" atmosphere and be a place for residents and tourists to view more than a century's worth of stories, art collections, and archives from one of the country's most innovative and culturally diverse communities — Abbot Kinney's Venice-of-America. It will all be featured inside a restored, original Pacific Electric Red Car trolley.

"Most people are very surprised to hear that a storied city like Venice does not have its own museum," said Grant Francis, VHF Board President and retired shop teacher of 35 years at Venice High School.

"We're not only going to showcase the historic images and treasures collected by our board members and partners—we're aiming to preserve facets of our history, including the stories of community members past and present that are otherwise at risk of being forgotten," Francis said.

Learn more about Venice and how to contribute to the first-ever museum celebrating the neighborhood's history on the Indiegogo campaign website.

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