First Phase of USS Arizona Memorial Center Open

The first phase of a new USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center is open to visitors. It includes a new bookstore an education and research center, a snack bar, administrative offices and ticketing facilities for all the other World War II-era attractions. These include the USS Arizona Memorial: the USS Bowfin Museum, USS Missouri Memorial and Pacific Aviation Museum-Pearl Harbor.

The new center is designed to improve the visitor experience and comfort. A 23-minute movie about the Pearl Harbor attack will be shown in temporary facilities until the primary facility for the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center is complete.