CONWAY — The board of trustees of the non-profit Mount Washington Observatory announced last Friday it is permanently closing its Weather Discovery Center museum as part of a plan to focus on the observatory’s scientific mission.
In a press release, the board said it had taken significant steps in recent months to evaluate and refocus its core work and program offerings with an emphasis on its mission of performing weather observation and climate research.
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