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The Building
The new Education and Interpretive Center
will serve as a gateway to the history of the region, spotlighting its
impact on the development of the United States. The 14,000 square foot
facility, designed by nationally acclaimed architect Susan Maxman of Philadelphia
to grace its woodland setting, will include 
- 4,500-square feet of exhibit space;
- a 60-seat auditorium and theater;
- a 700-square foot education/special programs room;
- interactive information kiosks providing linkage to other regional
historic, cultural and recreational attractions;
- a bookstore and gift shop;
- rest rooms
- museum standard storage and office space.
The new facility will replace a small, 40-year-old Fort Necessity Visitor
Center that was designed for summer use only, accommodates no more than
50 people at a time, and offers only an extremely limited interpretive
exhibition. Even with these limitations, nearly 100,000 people visit Fort
Necessity annually, albeit more than half of them visiting trails and
picnic areas only. The approximately 8,000 visitors to National Road interpretive
sites are now served even more inadequately by tiny facilities staffed
only sporadically by volunteers.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/fone/gmp/iecenter.htm
Last updated: Thursday, 25-Aug-2005 16:47:20 Eastern Daylight Time
 
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