Groundbreaking for the new visitors center will take place near the end of the year. The current building, built in 1980, can't handle the 1.5 million annual visitors and it is settling as it was constructed on land fill in Pearl Harbor.
The new center is scheduled for completion in 2010. It is going to be built in phases so that the center can remain open. It will have indoor and outdoor galleries, interactive displays, and two movie theaters.
It will serve as the gateway to the other pearl harbor Memorial Sites, including the new USS Oklahoma Memorial (thanks Mr. Goodyear), USS Bowfin Museum and Park, Battleship Missouri Memorial, and the Pacific Aviation Museum--Pearl harbor.
I was fortunate to get to visit Pearl Harbor several years ago and went to the current center. It is woefully inadequate to handle all the visitors, so this is badly needed.
A Salute to Our Veterans. --Cooter
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