Vicksburg Civil War Project
Vicksburg National
Military Park
Vicksburg
Interpretive Center
Perkins & Will, PLLC, d/b/a Perkins&Will
Mark Richard Walsh, Architect 4
Our cultural projects
foster human connection.
Clockwise from above left:
Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and
Culture, Calexico Land Port of Entry, Sycamore Hill Gateway, Smithsonian
Institution’s Bezos Learning Center, Southwest Library.
Concept
The Campaign
The Siege
INHABIT THE EARTH
Site Approach
NATURAL MAN-MADE
Journey
Narrative Themes
Diagram by G&A
Visitor Experience
Vicksburg Today Occupation and
Aftermath
Siege
Retail and
Cafe Toilets
Gathering
The Porch
Intro
Visitor BOH
Services Multi-Purpose Corridor Campaign
and
Support
Level 1
I-20 View
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The Clearing
The Campaign
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Occupation & Aftermath
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Vicksburg Today
The Porch
Living History
The Ravine Walk
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G&A
Who We Are
Social and Cultural History Music and The Arts Natural History and Science Sports and Corporate
Design Beloved Impactful Visitor Experiences
Mississippi Arts + National World War II The Alamo Monticello
Entertainment Experience Museum
Center
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Design
Approach
ORGANIZING IDEA
Interwoven Stories
Explore how connected experiences can help us
understand conflict.
By exploring the different journeys taken by soldiers and
civilians on both sides and their culmination at Vicksburg,
visitors will see where individual perspectives converge
and highlight the critical differences that separate them.
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Visitor
Experience
Content in Plan Commemoration
Occupation &
Aftermath
Orientation 4
Retail
+ Cafe
Lobby
Orientation
Gathering Space
3 Siege
Vicksburg In Their Words
Today
Stewardship
and Site
Orientation
Orientation 1
Orientation 2
Campaign
Pre-War Vicksburg
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What do you
want to see?
Questions
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 601-576-6850
