World War II museum is expanding Posted on May 8th
NEW ORLEANS - The $300 million expansion of the National World War II Museum is under way.
The project, slated for completion by 2015, “will be a fitting monument to the sacrifices of a generation of Americans,” says Gordon “Nick” Mueller, president and CEO of the museum.
The first two buildings in the expansion are scheduled to open next year.
Plans call for an advanced format theater and a restaurant and entertainment venue to be built across the street from the popular museum at 945 Magazine St.
The expansion will eventually include seven buildings on six acres.
The 250-seat theater will present a signature film being developed in cooperation with Tom Hanks. It will feature what’s called a 4-D theater that will provide a “multisensory experience,” Mueller says.
For more information, go to www.nationalww2museum.org.
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