Rubenstein. But the idea to renovate the undercroft had been under discussion for years, said Jeff Reinbold, the Park Service superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks. "Over time ...

Not of the hallowed edifice overlooking the National Mall, but of its vast “undercroft,” which for more than 100 years has been its dark basement, marked by stalactites and old graffiti.

This cross-section view shows the Lincoln Memorial atop the undercroft, part of which will house a new museum. National Park Service While building the Lincoln Memorial between 1914 and 1922 ...

the National Park Service announced in a release Monday. The new exhibit will be at the base of the memorial known as the undercroft, which NPS describes as "a tall grid of concrete columns ...

“The first time people see this, it’s unexpected that you have this enormous undercroft,” Mike Litterst of the National Park Service told WTOP News. “The columns that you’re looking at ...

Now, thanks to a big donation and a huge renovation, the undercroft will be open to the ... get a view of the area,” said Mike Litterst, a National Park Service spokesman. The cavernous area ...

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She and her husband had just become dues-paying members of the National Trust, a conservation society that manages historic properties like castles and country manors across England, Wales and ...