Leila Brown, Grace Forte, Dina Exil and Edwina Bien-Aime contributed to this story
On November 8th, 2008, the historical Intrepid warship reopened as an educational and hands-on museum. The Intrepid was closed in July 2006 to undergo restoration and repairs and was sent to its permanent home at Pier 86 in New York City. From the outside, the Intrepid doesn’t look like your everyday museum. Many wouldn’t guess from the dull gray exterior what kind of educational value awaits them on the inside. One key part of the museum is the Explorium area. The Explorium area contains four color coated exhibit highlighting the four areas that the Intrepid contributed to. Green was for Life on Earth, yellow for air, blue for Sea and orange for Space. Each exhibit has activities that are fun for young and old pertaining to the area, in which they are located. For example, in the Space exhibit, visitors can get inside a replica spacecraft that use to be recovered from the ocean by the Intrepid after landing.
