"Friends of state-supported museums and state historic sites are breathing a sigh of relief as many cuts and closings that had been proposed in the Senate budget last week have disappeared.

The Museum of the Cape Fear in Fayetteville and the Museum of the Albemarle, both slated to be closed under a proposed Senate budget a week ago, would be spared the budget ax.

The budget, which gained tentative approval in the Senate on Wednesday, proposes to phase out state funding of Tryon Palace in New Bern."

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ENC Today (6/1/2011)

For some of the historic site cuts that had been proposed . . . view story . . .from Eyewitness News 9 (5/25/2011)