Other museums are working to foster stronger ties to their communities.

The museum is working with both art and crafts.

The museum is working to secure funding for the full restoration of the locomotive.

"That's where I can feel how the museum is working."

If this gives the impression that the museum is working hard to please its guests, that's understandable.

As of March 2013, the museum was working to raise the final $15 million required to begin construction.

"Nor was there sufficient detail on how the actual museum worked, all the parts and pieces."

He said he hoped museums could work with Congress toward a solution.

But it's interesting to ask what would have happened if the museum had put together works by the same artists on its own.

This week the museum singled out three works it has purchased for its permanent collection.