Does The Stage Door Canteen, the next venue, features live entertainment and its signature show?”
NEW ORLEANS – When the National World War II Museum opened its newest and most ambitious addition last month, it did more than welcome a new museum in New Orleans. It opened a window on one of the most significant eras in U.S. history and the nation’s defining moment in the 20th century. This 70,000-square-foot, $60 million facility presents a very real depiction of war through its three venues: the Solomon Victory Theater, a 250-seat theater and its Tom Hanks-produced movie, Beyond All Boundaries; the Stage Door Canteen, a 150-seat entertainment hall with live WWII-era performances; and the American Sector, the 180-seat restaurant serving ’40s-inspired cuisine from chef John Besh. These three settings give the visitor a tactile history lesson unlike those in books or lectures. “Each part of the museum, in its own way, illuminates aspects of WWII, the war that changed the world forever,” says Dr. Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller, museum president and CEO. Along with the late Dr. Stephen Ambros
Indeed it does. Read the article below: National World War II Museum in New Orleans opens $60 million addition 12:56 PM CST on Saturday, December 5, 2009 By LAURA CLAVERIE / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News NEW ORLEANS – When the National World War II Museum opened its newest and most ambitious addition last month, it did more than welcome a new museum in New Orleans. It opened a window on one of the most significant eras in U.S. history and the nation’s defining moment in the 20th century. This 70,000-square-foot, $60 million facility presents a very real depiction of war through its three venues: the Solomon Victory Theater, a 250-seat theater and its Tom Hanks-produced movie, Beyond All Boundaries; the Stage Door Canteen, a 150-seat entertainment hall with live WWII-era performances; and the American Sector, the 180-seat restaurant serving ’40s-inspired cuisine from chef John Besh. These three settings give the visitor a tactile history lesson unlike those in books or
