Visitor center planned for USS Arizona Memorial
The USS Arizona Memorial, the final resting place for many of the battleship’s 1,177 crew members who died Dec. 7, 1941, in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, is the most popular tourist attraction in Hawaii. Now a $52-million visitor center is planned, with construction to begin in September, as a replacement for the shore-side Pearl Harbor facility that has deteriorated and is sinking into the mud, according to the National Park Service, which oversees the memorial.
The new visitor center (shown above in a rendering) will be built in phases to prevent the closure of the existing museum and center. It will house comprehensive galleries, open-air exhibits and interpretive displays, an outdoor amphitheater and two movie theaters, which will be used for education and visitor orientation.
The estimated date for completion of the center is Dec. 7, 2010. Info: www.arizonamemorial.org
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