Phil Gast
Private
- Joined
- May 24, 2016
Sultana Disaster Museum: Pluses, challenges for plans to build permanent museum in Arkansas city about maritime disaster. http://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2016/12/hanging-our-hat-on-sultana-arkansas.html
If they build it,this site and members like you,and other sites/members in the CW community can help raise and maintain awareness of the museum and it's focus. I'd go there.Sultana Disaster Museum: Pluses, challenges for plans to build permanent museum in Arkansas city about maritime disaster. http://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2016/12/hanging-our-hat-on-sultana-arkansas.html
Wish I could join you guys,would love to know more as I have looked at a lot of things about it.Me and @Rick Featherston plan to visit the existing museum on June 3rd.
http://www.sultanadisastermuseum.org/museum/
Our primary destination that day is Corinth by nightfall. We will be passing through Memphis and Marion,Arkansas is just across the river about 12 miles northwest of Memphis.Wish I could join you guys,would love to know more as I have looked at a lot of things about it.
And people seem to have an endless fascination with the Titanic. Seems like there's a hook there, somewhere....People only think of titanic when it comes to marine disasters.a proper museum to inform the people of these United States about the real disaster would be a good idea for a proper museum.it would definetly be on my list of places to see.
That's a really good blogpost. Lots of good info and ideas, shows that the people involved have definitely got their thinking caps on. I hope it comes to fruition!Sultana Disaster Museum: Pluses, challenges for plans to build permanent museum in Arkansas city about maritime disaster. http://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2016/12/hanging-our-hat-on-sultana-arkansas.html
Marion sits at the convergence of I-40 and I-55 and borders West Memphis, and the huge demarcation of the Mississippi River and Memphis on the other side. You're right. It would take some major advertizing signage. You'd need to really grab their attention because everyone travelling is just tryin' to get across the river.Is there a Kickstarter project to get funding for this?
Also, I hate to say this, since I live in a small town myself, and I know how badly Marion, if it's like every other small town, could really use the influx of tourist dollars... but if the prime object is to get maximum number of tourists, would it help to build a new museum in Memphis itself? I've never been to Memphis, so I don't have a good feel for the layout. I see from the map that Marion is less than 15 miles from Memphis, seems like people ought not to have too much trouble getting there! So maybe all that's needed is better media/publicity.