Slated for completion in April 2024, the new 24,000 square foot visitor center will replace the current facility, which remains open and operational until the new building is finished. Built in 1965, the old visitor center is equipped to handle 25,000 visitors annually. In 2021, the site had more than a million people.
I know that initially the plan called for tearing down the present visitors center and moving everything into temporary quarters nearby until the new one was completed. I always thought this was a very wasteful plan. Hey, use the old one until the new one is completed. I'm glad they decided to do that.
Larger facilities will enable Fort Fisher to serve growing crowds with more exhibit space, storage for artifacts and offices for staff plus a new auditorium and multipurpose room for events, which Warren says will access a balcony with views of both the Atlantic Ocean and the Cape Fear River.
--Old B-Runner
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