Renovations at Civil Rights Museum move forward

By Washington Examiner
Published December 12, 2012 12:43am ET
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Renovations at Civil Rights Museum move forward
A crane moves a piece of a 7-ton sculpture from the lobby of the National Civil Rights Museum onto a flatbed truck on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 in Memphis Tenn. The sculpture was moved from the museum to make room for crews doing renovation work, which is expected to be completed in early 2014. The museum is located at the site of the old Lorraine Motel, which is where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz) | Adrian Sainz

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The imposing bronze sculpture that has awed visitors at the National Civil Rights Museum was moved Tuesday to make room for renovation work.

Workers used a forklift to slowly haul the 14,000-pound sculpture out of the lobby in two pieces. A heavy crane then hoisted each piece onto a flatbed truck, destined for a storage facility.

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