Nov 20, 2006 Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: November 20, 2006
Contact: Garry Adelman
E-mail: gadelman@historyassociates.com
Telephone: (301) 279-9697

HAI Helps to Secure Images for New Gettysburg Museum and Visitors Center

History Associates Incorporated (HAI) is currently tracking down the source, location, and copyright status of more than 800 images slated for use in the new Museum and Visitors Center near the site of the famous Civil War battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The new facility, a cooperative effort between the Gettysburg Foundation and the National Park Service, will offer a greatly expanded and enhanced experience for the site's nearly 2 million visitors each year. Garry Adelman, historian, deputy director of HAI's History Division, and also a licensed Gettysburg battlefield guide, is heading up the effort to secure use of the Civil War-related images to be used in the new facility. HAI is working with the Bethesda-based design firm of Gallagher & Associates to help the Gettysburg Foundation and the National Park Service realize its goals for a broader and better visitor experience.

The Gettysburg Foundation is a private, nonprofit educational organization—working in partnership with the National Park Service—to enhance preservation and understanding of the heritage and lasting significance of Gettysburg. The foundation is building the new Museum and Visitors Center, scheduled to open in 2008, at Gettysburg National Military Park. This project includes conservation of the massive 360-degree Cyclorama painting—the largest conservation effort of its kind in North America. For information about the Gettysburg Foundation or the new Museum and Visitors Center, call 1-866-889-1243 or visit www.gettysburgfoundation.org or www.friendsofgettysburg.org.

History Associates provides business, government, and nonprofit clients with professional historical research, writing, archives, and records management services. For more information, call (301) 279-9697 or visit www.historyassociates.com.