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Pearl Harbor Memorial Visitor Center & Museum
National Park Service Preview

In an unprecedented effort to inform Pearl Harbor Survivors, their families, and others interested in plans for the new $54 million USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center & Museum, a National Park Service (NPS) team hosted a series of special previews in ten Arizona, Nevada, and California cities during the last week of August, 2008.

NPS Pacific Area Director Frank Hays led the distinguished group which included Museum Curator Scott Pawlowski, Chief of Interpretation Eileen Martinez, and Historian Daniel Martinez. The press release for the events read as follows:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Veterans and History Enthusiasts Invited to Special Preview of New $54 Million Pearl Harbor Museum & Visitor Center at the USS Arizona Memorial

Part of a series of presentations hosted by the National Park Service in Arizona, Southern California and Las Vegas to engage Veterans and ensure their experiences are a part of the vision of the new Center.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Pearl Harbor Survivors (military and civilian,) WWII Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars and those interested in the history of the Pearl Harbor Attack and WWII in the Pacific are invited to a series of special previews of the new $54 million Pearl Harbor Museum & Visitor Center at the USS Arizona Memorial, August 25 – 31, in Arizona, Southern California and Las Vegas.

Scheduled for groundbreaking at the end of 2008, the new Center will replace the current USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center shoreside facility.  The current building is failing and a new facility will better accommodate the more than 1.5 million annual visitors.  The project will allow for a greatly expanded museum and comprehensive interpretation of the attack on Pearl Harbor and WWII in the Pacific.

The new Center, scheduled for completion in 2010, will be rebuilt in phases allowing it to remain open to the public during its entire 2-year construction period.

As the National Park Service moves forward with the new Center, Veterans and history enthusiasts are invited to be a part of the process and ensure their thoughts and experiences are a part of the vision.