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Across the United States, the small museums that keep everyday American stories on display are feeling the squeeze. Tickets sell slower. Field trips thin out. Grants arrive with more strings, or not at all. When budgets tighten, it is rarely the blockbuster institutions that disappear first. It is the places that preserve diner signs, rail timetables, hometown music legends, and the odd little inventions that once made life feel new. In 2025…..