Golden Gate Bridge’s 1st Visitor Center to Open
San Francisco, CA – The Golden Gate Bridge, over its nearly 75 years of existence, has evolved into one of San Francisco’s most-visited landmarks. On Tuesday, it will finally get its first visitor center.
The new Bridge Pavilion, a 3,500-square-foot prefabricated building painted international orange, like the bridge itself, houses an information desk, a small collection of historic and interpretive displays, and a wide range of gifts and keepsakes ranging from jackets and scarves for those who didn’t anticipate foggy weather to scale models of the bridge and jewelry and prints created by local artists.
“We try to tell the story of the bridge in many different ways,” said Robert Lieber, a vice president of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, which worked with the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District and National Park Service to create the pavilion. “We bring in historic artifacts, tell the story in panels, and give people the chance to buy something to take home.”
