The museum gradually grew over the next two hundred years.

The museum grew; however, it struggled both due to the lack of funding and from administrative problems.

The museum eventually grew large enough that its own management was needed.

Since then, the museum has grown considerably both in size and features.

He predicted that the museum would grow in importance if it tapped into new media like the Internet.

The museum would grow at this site, developing its own heritage village, until 2004.

The museum opened in 1869 and grew into a vast storehouse of the world's cultural treasures.

The museum has grown over the years through various donations.

The community-based tradition continued as the museum grew to be nationally known, despite not having a paid staff until the 1990s.

The museum has steadily grown as a destination, in 2009 it attracted 103,298 and for 2010 106,396.