Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -
The Electric Map - Closed

The Electric Map at the National Park Service Visitor Center at Gettysburg, PA, will close its doors forever on April 13, 2008, four weeks from today. This famous attraction, which has served millions of visitors for decades, will be replaced by a film on Monday, April 14, 2008, when the National Park Service opens its new Visitor Center 3/8 of a mile away. The former Visitor Center, formerly the Rosensteel Museum, will be closed permanently on April 13, 2008, and will eventually be razed as part of a plan to restore segments of the battlefield. This is the very last chance to see the Electric Map one last time. [Truman Eyler, 03/19/2008]

[RA: August 2010: Truman sent a recent news story -- The Electic Map is on permanent loan to the Gettysburg Foundation, the Gettysburg National Military Park's fundraising and management partner. The 12-ton attraction, chopped into four pieces, had been in storage since 2008. There is talk of creating an Electric Map show, or simply storing it again. Several parties that wanted the map for local museums are not pleased. And whoever does something with the Electric Map will have to deal with this: it's covered with crumbly asbestos.]