There is a convention center located west of the beach and southeast of downtown, with 600000 sqft of space, including a 200000 sqft main exhibit hall.
There's an image at the end of the main exhibit, just a small photograph, that makes the point about inspiration vividly.
(Will seems to think that these are the only ones in question; he offers as his main exhibit an anecdote from Philadelphia magazine about two students who'd had a prior relationship, and who got into bed consensually, but disagree about what happened next).
The main exhibit is a uniform of the Knights of Malta of the 16th to 18th centuries; also displayed are examples of the islands' traditional crafts such as model boats and fine lace.
As I made my way through the main exhibit hall — a comprehensive survey accompanied by disturbingly authentic sound effects, from the first combat jump (Algeria, 1942) through every subsequent conflict in which Airborne and Special Forces soldiers had played a role — I encountered several active-duty 82nd Airborne soldiers.
The main exhibit is a 1914 William Tod Co. rolling mill steam engine that was built in Youngstown and used at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Brier Hill Works.
Moving past the tanks, one enters the main exhibit through an elaborately reconstructed Hizbullah bunker, where mannequins dressed in fatigues and holding Kalashnikovs stare ponderously at maps of the battlefield.
The high-ceilinged main exhibit room contains a life-size replica of the flying saucer Ral boarded back in 1973 for his visit with the aliens.
At the main exhibit, called "Candy Canyon," a cinemascopic installation by Mike Anderson and the sonic duo Javelin, she scurried through a realistic-looking cabin and cavern, and past cactuses while a soundtrack of trippy cowboy music filled the darkness.
