USS The Sullivans partially sunk

Yeah this is really sad, I know there was a fundraiser last year and that the ship needed a big fundraising amount for 'urgent repairs to remain afloat', but they did secure a decent amount of funding at least. Work started last year but I believe had to stop due to the cold.

Without diving too far into politics, it's not really a state of 'woke', it's instead a mass misappropriation of funding. Education sector and museums are so far behind on funding that many museums just focus on private donations to remain functional. It's a bleedin' shame. And it goes way, way back, too. The National Park Service, which oversees a lot of national museums, monuments, etc. often gets the short end of the stick on funding everywhere from state to federal levels. You'll never see a lobbyist for a museum center, but you will for oil, megacompanies, and similar ilk.

More and more we see museums turning to private funding and fundraising campaigns. And that isn't sustainable. Case and point here.

I would think that without the cash influx of big travelling exhibits (masterpiece art, specific topical collection ect) most muesums will struggle. A big artefact comes with big costs little incentive for repeat visits

I visited Patriot's Point when I was a kid and they had the full setup there, the Yorktown, Laffey, Clamagore, and the Ingham. I remember in like 2006/2007 there were some major problems with Clamagore. The lower deck was flooded and only one deck was on tour, I think there are plans to sink it as an artificial reef?

I've been a couple times since and only the Yorktown and Laffey remain there last I was there.
Hoping you get the chance to visit the Haida, if anything recent years looking at these naval museum issues has made me realize it's that everything can be fine one year and gone the next.