GDG- new visitor center review

[Margaret D. Blough]

Laurie,

I think they all owe a lot to the Holocaust Museum which, in addition to its technological innovations, showed that it was possible to do justice to a complex, highly emotional historical event with class and integrity.

Regards,

Margaret

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From: Laurence Schiller <lds307 at northwestern.edu> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> Thank you all for your comments - I am looking forward to seeing the 
> VC when I get to the muster. It sounds rather like the Lincoln museum 
> in Springfield IL which also used great multi media to tell the 
> story. That is another museum I would recommend. 
> 
> best, 
> 
> laurie Schiller 
> 
> On Apr 11, 2008, at 6:25 AM, Michael Brubaker wrote: 
> 
> > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> > 
> > 
> > All, 
> > 
> > I'm not the most hardcore Civil War buff and have a long way to 
> > go to know all there is to know. But one thing I do know, is that 
> > Gettysburg has a world-class museum and visitor center in town 
> > now. Wow! That's about all I can say about what I saw last night 
> > at the sneak peek. Now I know where $104 million went. They 
> > spared no expense on the facility and it's a gem. I'm not sure how 
> > you could be disappointed in it as someone else mentioned, because 
> > it is one of the nicest museums I've been to. I was hearing about 
> > how there were so many fewest artifacts on display, but I thought 
> > the way they were displayed took my breath away in some cases. 
> > They made the Civil War come to life and I think it will be a huge 
> > benefit to newcomers to the war and it's history. I was amazed and 
> > surprised at how much of the museum is devoted to the entire war 
> > and not just the Battle of Gettysburg. In fact, the name of the 
> > museum is the "Gettysburg Museum of the 
> > American Civil War". The use of multimedia throughout and the 
> > storyline flow made it very entertaining and interesting to walk 
> > through. They have a great deal of interactive kiosks where you 
> > can try your hand at signal flags on Little Round Top, picking out 
> > bugle calls, packing a knapsack, etc. etc. There are several film 
> > rooms to watch well done History Channel films. I now know why 
> > they didn't want the Electric Map, because the History Channel 
> > created films show the troop movements in much clearer and up-to- 
> > date ways than the Electric Map did. I just don't know what else 
> > to say. In thinking back to the old VC, it's like comparing a TV 
> > Dinner and a five-star restaurant. There's no comparison. 
> > 
> > And yes, they have about 100 guns on display for those who were 
> > worried about losing the muskets! 
> > 
> > Mike Brubaker 
> > 
> > 
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