OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The SS United States Conservancy is in the early design phase of a land-based museum to display artifacts and showcase the history of the SS United States.
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The museum’s exact location has not yet been decided, though renderings have begun based on dimensions of potential property in partnership with Okaloosa County.
Early rendering of the potential museum in Okaloosa County with ship parts of the SS United States. (Courtesy of SS United States Conservancy)
Warren Jones with the Conservancy Board of Directors said a meeting will take place this week with top donors to push forward the presented designs.
“The county has, again, partnered with us so we’ll help out with the search for property and bounce around some ideas on that as well, and then they’re involved in the transport of funnels to a temporary location,” Jones said. “We’ve looked at the exhibits, and we’ve kind of mapped out what we would exhibit in the museum. There are thousands and thousands of artifacts for this museum, and they are all over the East Coast.”…