When visitors
first enter the museum, they will hear a sound like
wind chimes coming from above them and their
attention will be drawn upward 24 feet to the
ceiling of the two-story high atrium.
Dog tags of the more than 58,000 service men and women who died in the Vietnam War hang from the ceiling of the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago on Veterans Day, November 11, 2010. The 10-by-40-foot sculpture, entitled Above & Beyond, was designed by Ned Broderick and Richard Stein.
Dog tags of the more than 58,000 service men and women who died in the Vietnam War hang from the ceiling of the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago on Veterans Day, November 11, 2010. The 10-by-40-foot sculpture, entitled Above & Beyond, was designed by Ned Broderick and Richard Stein.
The tens of
thousands of metal dog tags are suspended 24 feet in
the air, 1 inch apart, from fine lines that allow
them to move and chime with shifting air currents.
Museum employees using a kiosk and laser pointer
help visitors locate the exact dog tag with the
imprinted name of their lost friend or
relative.
"If you can
read this, thank a
Teacher........If you are
reading it in English, thank a VET."
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