TRAVEL BRIEFS | WW II Museum begins major expansion
Posted on Sun, Apr. 20, 2008
NEW ORLEANS
MUSEUM EXPANSION: The $300-million expansion of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans is under way. The project is slated for completion by 2015, but the first two buildings are scheduled to be open next year. Plans call for a 250-seat theater, restaurant and entertainment venue dubbed the ''Stage Door Canteen.'' The expansion will eventually include seven buildings on six acres. Called the D-Day Museum when it opened June 6, 2000, it was designated by Congress as the official World War II Museum for the country in 2004 and subsequently changed its name. Currently the museum is hosting a special exhibition called ''Real to Reel: Hollywood and World War II,'' with artifacts, images, movie posters and audiovisuals ''from a time when Hollywood glamor merged with military grit.'' Details: 945 Magazine St.; www.nationalww2museum.org or 877-813-3329.
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