Renovations Revealed at Wright Brothers Visitors Center

By Aaron Tuell
Oct. 08, 2018

The Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center is set to welcome guests again on Saturday, October 20th, with the day open to the public at no cost.

Although the monument and park grounds stayed open, the area many visitors think of as the national park’s museum has been closed for two years. During that time, the building’s interior and exterior have undergone careful renovation, and the full exhibit experience inside has been reworked. The work includes two concurrent projects: a 5.8 million dollar effort to preserve and restore the architecturally significant Mission 66 era features that were part of the building’s original 1960’s design, plus a separate 1.5 million dollar project to design, fabricate, and install all new interactive exhibits and present some existing materials in a more contextual way.

The fully accessible exhibits provide a closer look at Wilbur and Orville Wright, including what inspired them and the obstacles they encountered on the path to flight. The exhibits also explain why the brothers selected Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills for their flight experiments from 1900-1903, while showing what life was like for them during their time on the Outer Banks.

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Author: Aaron Tuell, Public Relations Manager at the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau

Categories: History & Heritage

Tags: Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills