Kansas City's Linda Hall Library celebrates the centennial of the Panama Canal
Library opens Panama Canal exhibition April 8; announces year-long centennial programs and lecture series, including Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian David McCullough
A working scale model of a canal lock—created in partnership with graduate students at the UMKC School of Computing and Engineering—will be displayed on the Library’s front lawn
The Linda Hall Library — the world’s foremost independent research library devoted to science, engineering and technology — announces the opening of a special exhibition and lecture series celebrating the centennial of the Panama Canal’s opening in 1914.
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