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House Bill 9191




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9191

        By Representatives Trovillion, Feeney, Starks,
    Constantine, Posey, Reddick, Brooks, Sublette and Sindler





  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution welcoming the Imperial Tombs of

  3         China exhibition to Florida.

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  5         WHEREAS, the people of Florida will be privileged to

  6  have the Imperial Tombs of China art exhibition at the Orlando

  7  Museum of Art from May 2 through September 15, 1997, and

  8         WHEREAS, the Orlando Museum of Art, one of only five

  9  United States venues to exhibit this collection, will be the

10  final host for the exhibition before it is returned to

11  mainland China, and

12         WHEREAS, this priceless exhibition, covering 2,500

13  years of Chinese art and culture, consists of 250 national

14  treasures, more than 60 percent of which until recently were

15  never permitted outside of China, and will provide a

16  once-in-a-lifetime exposure to Chinese art and culture

17  spanning seven dynasties of Chinese emperors from 500 B.C. to

18  the twentieth century, and

19         WHEREAS, it has been forecast that the Imperial Tombs

20  of China will attract over 400 thousand visitors, with a

21  projected $137 million economic impact on the state, and

22         WHEREAS, this exhibition also marks the opening of the

23  $7.7 million, 30,786 square-foot Phase II renovation and

24  expansion of the Orlando Museum of Art, and

25         WHEREAS, the Imperial Tombs of China exhibition is

26  considered to be the most important Chinese collection ever to

27  be displayed outside of China, NOW, THEREFORE,

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29  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

30  Florida:

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9191

    563-140B-97






  1         That the House of Representatives pauses in its

  2  deliberations to recognize and welcome the Imperial Tombs of

  3  China exhibition to Florida.

  4         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

  5  be presented to Marena Grant Morrisey, executive director of

  6  the Orlando Museum of Art, as a tangible token of the

  7  sentiments expressed herein.

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