Savannah River Plant exhibit has been expanded.
The Aiken County Historical Museum has expanded its tribute to the history of the Savannah River Site.
The Savannah River Plant exhibit now takes up three rooms on the museum’s main floor. The rooms cover the construction of the nuclear facility, the plant and its staff’s involvement with Aiken County civic organizations and the future outlook for the Savannah River Site.
“When I got here in 2006, this exhibit was downstairs in a tiny, dark room,” said the museum’s Executive Director Elliott Levy. “For something that had more effect on Aiken County than any other industry, that just seemed wrong. We wanted to give the Savannah River Plant exhibit the location it really deserves.”
Paul Sauerborn, who manages the Savannah River Site Cold War Historical Preservation Program, helped Levy collect many of the artifacts, photographs and information used in the exhibit redesign.
Levy pointed out that the redesigned exhibit is a precursor to the planned Savannah River Site Heritage Center, which Sauerborn’s program will also help stock.
“We think it’s appropriate that the Savannah River Site Heritage Center will be owned and operated by the Savannah River Site Heritage Foundation Inc., which is a nonprofit foundation. We have the artifacts, but the Center is going to curate them,” Sauerborn said. Full Story..
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