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Mon, Jan 03, 2005

'The Aviator' Credited For Boost In Museum Tours

Visits To See Spruce Goose Are Way Up

Have you seen the Martin Scorcese film, "The Aviator" yet? Apparently, a whole lot of Oregonians have. Attendance at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, OR, has gone through the roof since the film about aviation pioneer Howard Hughes release. For good reason: Hughes' Spruce Goose is on display there.

"People can't believe it's still in their own back yard," said museum spokeswoman Nicole Wahlberg in an interview with the Salem Statesman-Journal. "They have to see it when they're done (watching the film)."

She told the paper that attendance has continued to climb right after Christmas every year. While that number tails off quite a bit during the week before New Year's, she said, it didn't in the wake of the film's release. Typically, the museum handles about 200 visitors a day. Over the past two weeks, Wahlberg said the museum's average daily attendance has been up around 900.

FMI: www.sprucegoose.org

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