-- which will also house the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, set to open in 2015. The Pérez Art Museum had a smooth opening last year except for one slight hiccup: naming it. While the majority of board members voted in favor of naming the museum after Pérez, four resigned in protest. It seems they had their heart set on the Miami Art Museum. That's because $100 million of the $167 million raised was city and county taxpayer money and the city of Miami donated the waterfront land where PAMM sits. Some of the board members argued the name of the museum should represent the city's central art museum. I can not speak for others. However, the great majority of the board was supportive. On a board of 47, 43 voted in favor of the renaming, Pérez said. Pérez has been involved with the museum since well before the building project began and he said he is honored the board chose to recognize him in that way. I think most people want to be remembered with the causes they feel worthwhile and helped promote, Pérez said. It seemed odd that PAMM received its share of strife for naming it after donor when just a few years ago the Miami Science Museum's name was changed to the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science after a generous donor who gave $35 million to construct the new museum in Museum Park. The name change has been extremely well received by the