The Museum of History in Granite is a museum in the town of

Felicity, California Felicity is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California. The town was established in 1986 by Jacques-Andre Istel. Istel first bought the land in the 1950s and later developed it in the 1980s after selling off his parachute busin ...

. The museum exhibits

monuments A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...

made from Missouri Red Granite. Each is long. Conceived as an historic record of humanity designed to last for four millennia, the Museum of History in Granite is a collection of over 900 large granite outdoor panels. The museum was conceived and commissioned by Jacques-André Istel and its lead artist is Gene Britton. Development has been underway for several decades with most of monuments completed. However the eight monuments of the "History of Humanity" are only 31% engraved. Subjects include the History of California, Dedicated in 2016. Smaller monuments include the Felicity Stone, a "

Rosetta Stone The Rosetta Stone is a stele composed of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The top and middle texts are in Ancien ...

for the future" located at the center of the History of Humanity monuments.

Exhibits

#Felicity Stone (9 panels) - using a concept similar to the

translation from English to several ancient languages # History of Humanity (416 panels - 25% complete) - Centerpiece exhibit includes Michaelangelo's ''Creation'' on panels #11-13. #USMC Korean War Memorial - List of the 4,617 Marines and 107 Navy Corpsmen who gave their lives during the Korean War. # Quest for the Sky - History of aviation (Recipient of the Air and Space Medal in Europe in 2003), # The History of the French Foreign Legion (51 panels) # The History of Arizona # Hall of Fame of Parachuting # The Wall for the Ages - record your name here for the ages # The History of the United States of America (62 panels) - Dedication was on Washington's Birthday 2014. # The History of California

References

External links

HistoryInGranite.org
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