Elon Musk Will Donate More Money to Build the Oatmeal's Tesla Museum

The Oatmeal's effort to save Nikola Tesla's old laboratory and turn it into a museum took a major turn on Wednesday, when Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk committed to donating more money

Led by Matthew Inman, creator of The Oatmeal, the campaign, launched on Indiegogo in 2012, and raised nearly $1.4 million dollars. However, Inman said those funds will only be enough to save the existing laboratory, and that more funds are needed to actually build a new facility to house the museum

"To finish what we started and build an actual Nikola Tesla Science Center, we need something closer to the tune of $8 million," Inman wrote in a recent update on his website. (Inman's personal interest in tackling the project is explained in a video, below, which details the significance of his crowdfunding effort.)

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