Tourist attractions such as the redesigned Museum Campus and the polished-up Navy Pier, which gets 9m visitors a year, have opened up on Mr Daley's watch.

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The new Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, which opens on campus this weekend, is deliberately designed to put that rural image to rest.

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Honoring Admiral Yi Sun-Shin, famous for guiding victories against the Japanese during the Joseon Dynasty, the naval festival marks the only time during the year when Jinhae's Republic of Korea Naval Academy campus and Naval Museum are open to visitors.

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Visit the Art Museum with the Rodin collection on Stanford campus and head on to University Avenue afterward for some window shopping and lunch.

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Mr. Rush said that the campus's now-closed Kresge museum will move its collection, including 7, 000 objects of Greek and Roman antiquities, Old Master paintings and 20th-century sculpture, into the new space.

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"It's announcing to the larger world beyond the MSU campus that we want people to visit, " said museum director Michael Rush.

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