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The Southern Food and Beverage Museum (SoFAB) http://www.southernfood.org/ opened its doors in the Riverwalk Marketplace on June 5, 2008. SoFAB, a museum dedicated completely to food and beverage and its impact on the South, will be home of the Museum of the American Cocktail (MOTAC) which is scheduled to open on July 21, 2008.

The National World War II Museum http://www.nationalww2museum.org/about/news_092503.html will undergo a $300 million expansion that will quadruple the size of the existing facility. The expansion will be completed in phases by 2009 and will feature galleries, exhibits and a national center for research on the war.