As the second-most visited museum in the United States, The
National WWII Museum attracts hundreds of thousands of patrons
every year to its campus in New Orleans. Guests can tour its
extensive permanent galleries and embedded multimedia displays,
view special or traveling exhibits, dine in one of the two on-site
restaurants, and stay at the facility's hotel, The Higgins Hotel
& Conference Center. But today's sprawling complex had its
start on a more modest scale, opening as The National D-Day Museum
on June 6, 2000, the fifty-sixth anniversary of D-Day and the
Allied landing at Normandy. Historian Stephen E. Ambrose
spearheaded efforts to construct the Museum, in part as a place to
gather the many hundreds of oral histories and artifacts he had
collected for a book project. Attendance surged after the kickoff,
and his friend, fellow historian, and collaborator on the project,
Gordon H. "Nick" Mueller, secured U.S. congressional designation in
2004, acknowledging the institution as America's official museum
dedicated to the Second World War. This recognition initiated a
245,000-square-foot expansion to realize the Museum's Master Plan,
incorporating immersive, story-driven exhibits and architectural
features meant to unify the growing campus. Building The National
WWII Museum, by Mueller and research historian Kali Martin Schick,
tells the story of the Museum's remarkable progress, from its early
days as The National D-Day Museum to the unveiling of the Museum's
final section, the Liberation Pavilion, in November 2023. As
Mueller and Schick take readers on this decades-long journey, they
highlight the exhibits, grand openings, and numerous benefactors
who helped bring The National WWII Museum to life. This beautiful
book—with 175 images and renderings, many never seen before by
the public—not only showcases the Museum's development as
envisioned in the 2004 Master Plan but also documents its important
and ongoing mission of celebrating the American spirit and the
teamwork, optimism, courage, and sacrifice of the men and women who
won World War II.
General
Imprint: |
Louisiana State University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Gordon H. "Nick" Mueller
• Kali Martin Schick
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Dimensions: |
241 x 279mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
192 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8071-7951-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8071-7951-5 |
Barcode: |
9780807179512 |
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