“…This is the case with institutions such as the Exploratorium and its founder Frank Oppenheimer, or the Harvard Natural Science Museum and professor Louis Agassiz ( Andrewes, 2001 ; Ledbetter, 2013 ). At the same time, historians have described museums as institutions that support nation-building and governmental projects ( Bedini, 1965 ; Bergers, Van Trijp, 2017; MacDonald, 2002 , 1998 ; Rudolph, 2002 ; Sheets-Pyenson, 1988 ; Yanni, 2005 ). However, personal motivation does not exclude the motivations of nation-building or governmental projects.…”