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November 27, 2009

Fort Lewis museum getting a $10M renovation

  • Upgrades mostly involve structural repairs to the 90-year-old building.
    • By SCOTT FONTAINE
    The News Tribune

    FORT LEWIS — If you've always wanted to check out the huge metal head and sword of Saddam Hussein brought back from Iraq, dioramas of famous battles, the jeep Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf drove when he was Fort Lewis' top officer or any of the other thousands of relics on display at the Fort Lewis Military Museum, you're going to have to wait a while.

    The museum has closed for a $9.6 million renovation project that should last until spring of 2011. Officials say the upgrades — mostly structural repairs to the 90-year-old building — should ensure the museum remains a link between Western Washington and its rich military history.


     
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