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Marathon to fund Detroit Science Center gallery on oil, alternative fuels

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An oil company sponsoring an exhibit about alternative energy? That's precisely what's going on with Marathon's new gallery at the Detroit Science Center.

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Marathon Oil Corp. has made a $2.4 million grant to the Detroit Science Center to fund a new gallery scheduled to open in 2010.

The 6,000-square-foot, three-story, “Future Fuels Gallery” will be the Midwest’s only public, educational display of petroleum and alternative fuels technology, the science center said in a release.

It “will provide visitors with a glimpse into one of the greatest engineering challenges of the future — providing the energy to power a growing world,” said Kevin Prihod, president and CEO of the Detroit Science Center.

Read the rest of the Crain's Detroit story here.