If I only had $85K: Fundraiser for 'Oz' Scarecrow 衣装
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Now that the Smithsonian has reached its （人が）群がる-基金ing goal to 保存する the ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz," the museum is asking for more money to 保存する another 遺物 from the beloved movie.
The 国家の Museum of American History 発表するd Monday that it has 延長するd the Kickstarter （選挙などの）運動をする that brought in $300,000 in one week to 持続する the ruby slippers. The museum will 捜し出す another $85,000 to care for and 陳列する，発揮する a Scarecrow 衣装 worn by actor Ray Bolger and 寄付するd to the museum by his 未亡人, Gwendolyn Bolger, in 1987.
If the （選挙などの）運動をする is successful, the museum will place the Scarecrow's hat と一緒に the slippers in a new pop-culture 展示（する） that's scheduled to open in 2018. The entire 衣装 would be shown 一時的に but is too delicate to go on 永久の 陳列する，発揮する.
FILE - In this April 11, 2012, とじ込み／提出する photo, Dorothy's Ruby Slippers, from the "Wizard of Oz" are on 陳列する，発揮する as part of a new 展示（する）, "American Stories," at the Smithsonian 国家の Museum of American History in Washington. The Smithsonian 開始する，打ち上げるd a Kickstarter （選挙などの）運動をする to raise $300,000 to help 保存する the slippers that 素早い行動d Dorothy 支援する to Kansas at the end of the movie. 公式の／役人s said they reached their goal late Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, thanks to more than 5,300 支持者s. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn ツバメ, とじ込み／提出する)
The slippers, one of four pairs made for the 1939 movie that are known to 存在する, are の中で the most popular items in the museum's collection. They were sold at auction in 1970, 寄付するd to the museum in 1979 and have been on 近づく-永久の 陳列する，発揮する ever since. Not built to last, the sequin-covered shoes have 悪化するd from （危険などに）さらす to light and moisture, and most of the $300,000 will go toward 科学の 研究 on how best to 建設する a new 陳列する，発揮する 事例／患者 that will better 保護する them.
The 成果／努力s 伴う／関わるing the Scarecrow 衣装 will be 類似の: Museum staff will 査定する／（税金などを）課す what needs to be done to 保存する and 扱う／治療する the 衣装 and 準備する it for 陳列する，発揮する.
News of the 成果／努力s to 保存する the slippers and 衣装 was bittersweet to at least one 最高の-fan of the movie: Michael Shaw, a Los Angeles-based 演劇 coach who owned another pair of slippers. His pair was stolen in 2005 while on 貸付金 to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand 早いs, Minnesota, and has never been 設立する.
"Ever y time I hear anything about the ruby slippers, I get nauseous because I keep thinking about 地雷," Shaw, 80, told The Associated 圧力（をかける） by phone on Monday.
Shaw used to take his slippers around the country and 陳列する，発揮する them, and he also used them to raise money for charity. When not on 陳列する，発揮する, they were kept in a safety-deposit box, and he believes they were in better 形態／調整 than the Smithsonian's pair. Shaw's trove of movie memorabilia also 含むs a hat and ざん壕 coat worn by Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca."
"I'm very happy that the Smithsonian is going to be doing this 保護, because that was my goal for years ― to save, 保存する and to put a lot of these things on 陳列する，発揮する," Shaw said.
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