Calendar »  Apr 2011 » 550 pound LEGO® model of USS Intrepid

550 pound LEGO® model of USS Intrepid

When  Fri, April 15,10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where  Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, 46th Street and 12th Avenue, New York, NY (map)
Admission  Ticketed Event
Description 
Artist Ed Diment will assemble a 22-foot-long, 550 pound model USS Intrepid out of LEGO® bricks from Friday, April 15 through Saturday, April 16 from 10AM - 5PM, daily, at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, located at Pier 86 (46th Street and 12th Avenue), Manhattan. Diment, 39, will be flown to New York City by British Airways, will assemble the structure over two days, while also teaching children at the Museum how to build smaller ships, planes and structures out of LEGO® bricks. The final model USS Intrepid will be 22 feet long, nearly 4.5 feet high, 4.5 feet wide and weigh 550 pounds.
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