Major donor to sue over MOSI move to downtown Tampa

Former museum board chairman Robert Lang is not excited about MOSI's plan to move to downtown Tampa.

Lang told The Tampa Bay Times he will proceed with a lawsuit he filed against the museum for violating the terms of a $1.4 million donation he made to MOSI in 2004.

Lang's lawsuit, filed in December, alleges that a move downtown would violate the terms of an agreement to name a wing of MOSI after his deceased wife, Whitney Lang, for at least 20 years. Under the agreed-upon terms, the wing was supposed to house and facilitate Head Start operations for early childhood learning programs.

The Lang Center for Learning would be a shell of itself in a smaller, downtown location, Lang said and he's seeking reimbursement of his donation.