The New "Catfish Planet"
Exhibit is Set to Open Saturday, May 27
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
May 21, 2006
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Dubuque can expect a summer
crammed with visitors, catfish and scholars. At the center of it all will
be The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium. The museum opens
its "Catfish Planet" exhibit later this month and co-hosts an international
conference on rivers in June - all while anticipating attendance that could
push the facility close to 800,000 visitors since its 2003 opening. During
the school year, a busy weekend brings about 1,000 visitors per day to
the Port of Dubuque facility. "It really doubles in the summer," John Sutter,
director of marketing for the museum, said, as attendance swells to 1,000
per day on the weekdays and 2,000 per day on the weekends. "Catfish Planet"
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