Heart Mountain Interpretive Center opens by appointment

Posted 5/19/20

Heart Mountain Interpretive Center reopened to visitation by appointment on Saturday.

The center had been closed since March due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19. In reopening, center …

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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center opens by appointment

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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center reopened to visitation by appointment on Saturday.

The center had been closed since March due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19. In reopening, center officials say they will follow all the orders and recommendations made by state and local officials.

In this first phase, visits will be by appointment only. Visitors may schedule an appointment by email (info@heartmountain.org) or by calling the museum at 307-754-8000.

Bookings are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. It is recommended that visitors wear face masks and observe social distancing measures while in the interpretive center, for the health and safety of others.

Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation executive director Dakota Russell said in a news release that the foundation’s top priority is making the interpretive center safe for staff and guests.

“We’re excited to share this important history with visitors again,” Russell said, “but we want to do that in a way that is safe for them. We have instituted aggressive new cleaning procedures and changed some of the ways we operate to minimize the risk.”

Russell said he hopes to expand the opening to include unscheduled visits in the near future, but believes this cautious approach is best.

Heart Mountain Interpretive Center tells the story of some 14,000 Japanese Americans incarcerated at the former Heart Mountain Relocation Center, located between Powell and Cody, from 1942 to 1945. For more information about the interpretive center, call 307-754-8000 or visit www.heartmountain.org.

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