Gettysburg battlefield: February 2008 Archives

The National Park Service has set a date of April 14 for the formal opening of the new $105 million museum and visitors center at the Gettysburg National Military Park. Nearly everything is complete at the new 139,000 square-foot Baltimore Pike facility, except for transferring the artifacts from storage and the old VC to the new building. The Cyclorama will notbe ready on time, and is expected to reopen this autumn. There are nearly 2 million visitors a year to the battlefield, and the new VC is expected to be a showplace and a solid introduction to the battle. Nearly half the visitors go into the visitors center, according to the Park Service.