GDG- Cyclorama Painting

[Teej Smith]

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>
> the three NC Business men should try to get a major art museum like the 
> metropolitain
> Museum of Art in NY to buy it, they would have to build a facility to show 
> it off properly
> though. I bet they could to it and make back their investment.

    Several years ago the North Carolina Civil War Tourism Council was given 
the opportunity to purchase the cyclorama. First of all, raising enough 
money to pay for the paintings was daunting, not to mention the cost of 
building a facility to house it, plus the cost of moving something that 
weighs 10 tons, and, as I recall, some of the panels needed work. In the end 
it proved to be more than the NCCWTC could realistically handle. At that 
time a banking corporation was looking at it as well with the idea of 
breaking up the panels and hanging them in their various branch offices but 
I think they came to the same conclusion. I wish the Tar Heel businessmen 
the best of luck in finding a good home for the cyclorama because, from the 
slides I saw of it, it truly is breath-taking.

Regards,
Teej