A new multi-media exhibit and museum upgrades are coming to the Lincoln Memorial, the National Park Service announced.
A new immersive museum and additional upgrades are coming to the Lincoln Memorial, the National Park Service announced in a release Monday.
The new exhibit will be at the base of the memorial known as the undercroft, which NPS describes as"a tall grid of concrete columns surrounded by large expanses of open space." Once the museum is complete, visitors will be able to learn about the site's construction history, its significance to Civil Rights demonstrations and the famous speeches that took place on the memorial's steps, including those by Marian Anderson and Dr. Martin Luther King, according to a National Park Service release.Get Chicago local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox.The museum has been the work of a public-private partnership since about 2016.
The National Park Foundation's CEO Will Shafroth said 8 million people visit the Lincoln Memorial every year and that it has one of the largest visitations of a national memorial.
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