WASHINGTON, June 25 (DC Times Online) — Visitors planning a trip to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington will be able to enter its long-hidden undercroft for the first time on June 25, when the National Park Service opens the 15,000-square-foot exhibit space beneath the monument.
The undercroft has been closed to the public since the memorial opened in 1922, the park service said. The new space will include interactive exhibits and multimedia presentations on the memorial’s construction and its place in American history and civil rights.
Admission will be free, but timed-entry tickets are required. Advance reservations can be made through Recreation.gov or by calling 877-444-6777, and tickets reserved ahead of time include a $1 service fee, according to the park service.
Same-day tickets will be handed out starting at 8:45 a.m. at the Korean War Veterans Memorial kiosk on Daniel Chester French Drive, just south of the Lincoln Memorial.
The park service said the project is funded in partnership with the National Park Foundation. The opening adds a new timed-entry stop on the National Mall for travelers visiting one of the capital’s most heavily visited landmarks.
