A little over a week ago, the new Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center opened outside of Cody, Wyoming.
Kevin J. Miyazaki, a very talented photographer, was on hand. He took some pictures that captured the spirit of the event. Here are a few.
This is the exterior of the museum. It is designed to capture the feel of the barracks that once stood at the site.
This is the largest gallery. It presents exhibits on various aspects of life behind barbed wire.
A highlight of the Grand Opening was a joint presentation by retired Wyoming Senator Alan K. Simpson (right) and former U.S. Commerce and Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta (left). The two met as boy scouts when Mineta and his family were confined at Heart Mountain. Simpson lived in neighboring Cody.
This display recreates a Heart Mountain barrack room as a family would have found it on the day they arrived in the fall of 1942.
It was very moving to see former Heart Mountain internees return to the site. Here a group of former internees visit an exhibit showing a barrack room as a resourceful family might have outfitted it in order to make it livable.
The last spot on the visit is the Hoshizaki Reflection Area, where visitors can sit and absorb what they've seen. That's Heart Mountain off in the distance.
Thanks for posting, Eric.
Posted by: Orin Kerr | August 31, 2011 at 02:32 PM