The Old Faithful Museum of Thermal Activity is one of a series of four "trailside" museums built in Yellowstone National Park in 1929. Funded by a $ 118,000 grant from Laura Spelman Rockefeller, the museum interprets the park's features for visitors, and represents an early version of the concept of a widespread visitor information center throughout the Park Service. The four museums are a famous example of the National Park Service Rustic style, and they are all designed by Park Service architect Herbert Maier. The surviving Norris Museum, the Fishing Bridge Museum and the Madison Museum are collectively listed as the National Historic Landmark.
The Old Faithful museum, the first of the series, was built at a cost of $ 8,500 and completed in 1929. The museum is a low T-shaped one-story building of rural logs and stone construction. The two rooftop sections that dominate the main part of the building with a deep overhang are supported by curly brackets leaning on an elevated stone platform. A wing is perpendicular to the parking lot. The building resembles the Madison museum and the Fishing Bridge. The museum's neighborhood features amphitheater for ranger talks and a small park of original botanical specimens.
The Old Faithful Museum was destroyed in 1971 to pave the way for a full-scale Mission 66 visitor center on site, halfway between the Old Faithful Inn and Old Faithful Lodge, overlooking the Old Faithful fountain. The visitor center was in turn demolished in 2006 and replaced by the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center, which opened in August 2010.
Video Old Faithful Museum of Thermal Activity
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Maps Old Faithful Museum of Thermal Activity
External links
- Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museum at the National Park Service
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