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The first thing a visitor will
see upon walking up the main ramp will be a large Aviary
stocked with bright red West Virginia Cardinals, the state bird.
To the left he will pass through
the Four Seasons Vacation Land Exhibit where many aspects
of West Virginia tourism, including a scale model of The Greenbriar,
will be displayed. Another highlight will be a giant, bas-relief
map of the State with its varied tourist facilities indicated.
Upon leaving visitors will proceed
to a Simulated Coal Mine where a guide in a miner's hat
will take him through the mine lighted only by a series of dioramas
depicting the history of coal ... from yesterday through tomorrow.
Next the visitor will pass to
the Glass-Blowing Exhibit where he will witness the actual
glass-blowing process. A special highly technical glass-blowing
chamber has been constructed where a four-man team of blowers
will perform their jobs as if they were in the glass factory.
The glass will be put on display and sold at the special section
where other varieties of West Virginia, handmade glassware will
also be offered for sale.
Immediately to the right of the
glass-blowing exhibit will be the Industrial Exhibit Area
of the Pavilion. Its concept will embrace the enormous potential
West Virginia has to offer the businessman and the industrialist.
Photographs depicting the vast chemical, coal, wood and other
industrial complexes will be prominently displayed and a concise
outline of West Virginia's broad
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industrial picture will be available.
Highly qualified personnel will man this exhibit to fully explain
the State's business advantages and on-the-spot industrial tours
of the State will be arranged. The state's Educational Facilities
will also be depicted in this area of the Pavilion.
The next stop on the tour will
be an Informational Rotunda where the visitor will be
given maps, brochures and literature of the State's myriad tourist
attractions.
As if to emphasize the progressiveness
of West Virginia in its second century of statehood, the visitor
goes from the industrial exhibit to the theater housing the Radio
Astronomy Sky. There the atmosphere of the Greenbank complex
will prevail and give the visitor the sensation that he is standing
amid the lovely mountains of the area observing the far-reaching
probings of the huge radio telescopes as they received radio
signals from unknown parts of the universe. These seemingly science
fiction shows will be continuous throughout the 14-hour day,
seven days a week.
Returning to the world of today,
the visitor can relax and sample some of West Virginia's fine
foods in the Refreshment Area.
As he leaves the Pavilion, he
will pass by an attractive gift shop featuring West Virginia
products and World's Fair souvenirs.
This standard tour is typical
of what millions of visitors will be offered from April 22 -
October 18, 1964 and April 21 - October 17, 1965.
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