WHAT IT IS: A modern art museum, education center and restaurant in the historic, vacant Franklin School.

BIG NAME BACKERS: Dani Levinas, local art collector and president of MiCash Inc., a purveyor of prepaid debit cards.

MISSION: ICE will be a “kunsthalle” — German for “art gallery specifically for cutting-edge temporary exhibitions.”

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WHAT YOU’LL SEE: The exhibits may change, but the attached Jose Andres restaurant will probably be open until the end of time.

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SUGGESTED SLOGAN: “Not Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”

Randall School/Rubell project, I and Half streets SW

WHAT IT IS: A modern art museum, education center and restaurant in the historic, vacant Randall School.

BIG NAME BACKERS: Don and Mera Rubell, Miami-based art collectors and owners of the Capitol Skyline Hotel, famed for its pool parties.

MISSION: The Rubells are known for giving emerging artists as much attention as established ones.

WHAT YOU’LL SEE: The Rubell Family Collection — portions of which travel the U.S. and the world — is rich with big names like Basquiat and Koons.

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SUGGESTED SLOGAN: “The other modern art museum in a former D.C. schoolhouse.”

National Museum of the United States Army, Fort Belvoir, Va.

WHAT IT IS: Around 185,000 square feet of, depending on your viewpoint, glorious Army history or overwrought propaganda.

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BIG NAME BACKERS: The Army, which REALLY wants a national museum because the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force each have one.

MISSION: The oldest branch of the U.S. armed forces desires that everyone know how much it’s contributed to society.

WHAT YOU’LL SEE: The Army’s collection of military art includes four original Norman Rockwell works.

SUGGESTED SLOGAN: “First in war, last in getting our museum together.”

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National Museum of LGBT History and Culture, location to be determined

WHAT IT IS: A hub for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history and scholarship.

BIG NAME BACKERS: Former Smithsonian researcher Tim Gold and his husband, furniture mogul Mitchell Gold.

MISSION: Among the museum’s many aims: to be a safe space for LGBT youth to feel accepted.

WHAT YOU’LL SEE: The Golds have more than 5,000 artifacts, like the sign from closed Dupont bookstore Lambda Rising and mementos from activists’ families.

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SUGGESTED SLOGAN: “We’re here! We have a gift shop! Get used to it!”

Museum of Science Fiction, location to be determined

WHAT IT IS: “A center of gravity where art and science are powered by imagination.”

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BIG NAME BACKERS: A ragtag fleet of volunteers on a quest for home. An Indiegogo campaign to raise money for a preview location ends March 9.

MISSION: The 3,000-square-foot preview museum will host events and test exhibition concepts.

WHAT YOU’LL SEE: The prospectus mentions a Stargate (from the “Stargate” franchise), a full-size X-wing fighter (from “Star Wars”) and “Star Trek” props.

SUGGESTED SLOGAN: “Live long (enough and you might see us open) and prosper (so you can give us money).”

unnamed Bible museum, 300 D St. SW, formerly the Washington Design Center

WHAT IT IS: The Newseum meets The Holy Land Experience (Orlando’s Disneyworld of religion).

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BIG NAME BACKERS: David Green, founder of Hobby Lobby, and son Steve Green, president of Hobby Lobby.

MISSION: The museum will serve as headquarters for the Green Collection, the world’s largest private hoard of Biblical texts.

WHAT YOU’LL SEE: The smallest Bible ever. A Bible that went to the moon. The first known New Testament written in Palestinian Aramaic. Elvis’ Bible.

SUGGESTED SLOGAN: “Full refund if Raptured.”

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