Why does Gettysburg need a new museum and visitor center?
First, the previous visitor facilities could not meet the needs of modern visitors, including major inadequacies for visitors with disabilities. Nearly two million people visit the park each year; the facilities could accommodate just 400,000, and the parking lots fewer than that. No amount of interior renovation could resolve that problem, nor could it provide adequate storage space and conditions for the park’s collection of archives and artifacts, including the Gettysburg Cyclorama painting. When the park service purchased the building on Taneytown Road that served as the Visitor Center for 36 years, it said it would be removed and replaced with a more adequate museum within seven years. And the facilities that until recently housed the park’s collection of artifacts and archives lacked temperature and humidity control, dust protection, and adequate fire and intrusion protection. The new Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center provides a controlled environment, helping to ensure the fu
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