{"product_id":"building-the-national-wwii-museum-hardcover","title":"Building the National WWII Museum - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMueller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKali Martin Schick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the second-most visited museum in the United States, The National WWII Museum attracts hundreds of thousands of patrons every year to its campus in New Orleans. Guests can tour its extensive permanent galleries and embedded multimedia displays, view special or traveling exhibits, dine in one of the two on-site restaurants, and stay at the facility's hotel, The Higgins Hotel \u0026amp; Conference Center. But today's sprawling complex had its start on a more modest scale, opening as The National D-Day Museum on June 6, 2000, the fifty-sixth anniversary of D-Day and the Allied landing at Normandy. Historian Stephen E. Ambrose spearheaded efforts to construct the Museum, in part as a place to gather the many hundreds of oral histories and artifacts he had collected for a book project. Attendance surged after the kickoff, and his friend, fellow historian, and collaborator on the project, Gordon H. \"Nick\" Mueller, secured U.S. congressional designation in 2004, acknowledging the institution as America's official museum dedicated to the Second World War. This recognition initiated a 245,000-square-foot expansion to realize the Museum's Master Plan, incorporating immersive, story-driven exhibits and architectural features meant to unify the growing campus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilding The National WWII Museum, \u003c\/i\u003eby Mueller and research historian Kali Martin Schick, tells the story of the Museum's remarkable progress, from its early days as The National D-Day Museum to the unveiling of the Museum's final section, the Liberation Pavilion, in November 2023. As Mueller and Schick take readers on this decades-long journey, they highlight the exhibits, grand openings, and numerous benefactors who helped bring The National WWII Museum to life. This beautiful book--with 175 images and renderings, many never seen before by the public--not only showcases the Museum's development as envisioned in the 2004 Master Plan but also documents its important and ongoing mission of celebrating the American spirit and the teamwork, optimism, courage, and sacrifice of the men and women who won World War II.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon H. \"Nick\" Mueller\u003c\/b\u003e is the founding president and CEO emeritus of The National WWII Museum and the author of \u003ci\u003e\"Everything We Have\" 6.6.44, \u003c\/i\u003e based on eyewitness accounts of the Battle of Normandy. Before working in the museum world, he served as professor of European history and vice chancellor at the University of New Orleans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKali Martin Schick\u003c\/b\u003e is a former research historian at The National WWII Museum. She earned a bachelor's degree in international studies and German at the University of Miami, and a master's degree in military and public history at the University of New Orleans.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.61 x 11.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776656081184,"sku":"9780807179512","price":37.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c30e60909cb078e50afafea39144a704.webp?v=1780482845","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/building-the-national-wwii-museum-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}