苏尔塔纳灾难博物馆11月14日在阿肯色州 Marion 开馆：纪念1865年密西西比河蒸汽船爆炸事故
美国阿肯色州 Marion 市，苏尔塔纳灾难博物馆11月14日开馆，讲述美国内战时期蒸汽船苏尔塔纳号的事故。
苏尔塔纳号是一艘明轮蒸汽船，1865年4月27日在密西西比河上爆炸起火，在 Marion 附近沉没。船上乘客与船员超过2200人，近1200人遇难。这起事故被报道称为美国历史上最严重的海事灾难。
博物馆展览空间为9000平方英尺，所在建筑面积21000平方英尺，原为 Marion 高中的体育馆与礼堂，由美国公共事业振兴署时期建成。项目筹备超过十年，2022年破土，2024年开工，耗资约1100万美元，资金来自 FedEx、Hartford Steam Boiler、阿肯色州政府与400名捐助者等。
博物馆馆长为 Jeff Kollath，他此前长期担任 Stax 美国灵魂乐博物馆执行馆长。博物馆位于 Military Road 114号，周二至周六上午10时至下午4时开放，门票成人15美元，长者与学生12美元，5岁及以下儿童免费。
图中是1865年载满乘客的蒸汽船苏尔塔纳号，船身可见 SULTANA 字样
Sultana Disaster Museum Opens November 14 in Marion, Arkansas, Telling the Story of the 1865 Mississippi Steamboat Explosion
The Sultana Disaster Museum opens on November 14 in Marion, Arkansas, dedicated to the story of the Civil War-era steamboat Sultana.
The Sultana, a paddle-wheel steamboat, exploded and burned on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865, and sank near Marion. Of the more than 2,200 passengers and crew aboard, nearly 1,200 were killed. The event is described in reporting as the most devastating maritime disaster in American history.
The museum's exhibition space covers 9,000 square feet inside a 21,000-square-foot building, a Works Progress Administration-built structure that housed the old Marion High School gymnasium and auditorium. The project was launched more than a decade ago, broke ground in 2022 and began construction in 2024, at a cost of around 11 million dollars, with contributions from FedEx, Hartford Steam Boiler, the state of Arkansas and 400 donors.
Jeff Kollath, the longtime executive director of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, heads the new museum. It is located at 114 Military Road in Marion and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is 15 dollars for adults, 12 dollars for seniors and students, and free for children aged five and under.
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图片来源：图：1865年载满乘客的明轮蒸汽船苏尔塔纳号，船身可见 SULTANA 字样（1865年锡版照片）。来源：Thomas W. Bankes，公共领域，维基共享资源。 / Photo: The paddle-wheel steamboat Sultana crowded with passengers in 1865 (tintype). Credit: Thomas W. Bankes, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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