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[[File:Carpenters'_Hall,_Philadelphia,_USA,_May_2015.jpg|thumb|[[Carpenters' Hall]]]] | [[File:Carpenters'_Hall,_Philadelphia,_USA,_May_2015.jpg|thumb|[[Carpenters' Hall]]]] | ||
[[File:Independence_Visitor_Center_Exterior.jpg|thumb|Exterior view of the Visitor Center]] | [[File:Independence_Visitor_Center_Exterior.jpg|thumb|Exterior view of the Visitor Center]] | ||
The [[National Park Service]], a federal agency within the [[Department of the Interior]], is responsible for the park's maintenance and preservation. In the 2003 | The [[National Park Service]], a federal agency within the [[Department of the Interior]], is responsible for the park's maintenance and preservation. In the 2003 fiscal year, the National Park Service spent approximately US$30.7 million on the park. Personnel and benefit costs represented about 41 percent of expenditures, and non-recurring construction and investment projects represented about 25 percent of expenditures. The Independence Visitor Center is operated as a joint venture between Independence National Historical Park and the Independence Visitor Center Corporation, a nonprofit organization. The National Park Service employs 247 permanent employees and seven seasonal employees. The park's cultural resource management program protects the historic buildings, archaeological sites, and cultural landscapes within the park, and approximately 1.5 million artifacts within the park. In 2003, the park's major projects primarily addressed repair and rehabilitation of park buildings and grounds.<ref name="BP" /> | ||
The Independence Visitor Center has information on Independence National Historical Park, the City of Philadelphia, the [[South Jersey]] and [[Delaware River]] waterfront, and the surround Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to the Independence Visitor Center|url=https://www.phlvisitorcenter.com/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=www.phlvisitorcenter.com}}</ref> The {{convert|50000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} building was constructed in 2001 as the result of a cooperative effort among many area organizations, with funding from [[The Pew Charitable Trusts]], the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the [[Delaware River Port Authority]], the [[Annenberg Foundation]], the [[Connelly Foundation]], and the [[John S. and James L. Knight Foundation]]. | The Independence Visitor Center has information on Independence National Historical Park, the City of Philadelphia, the [[South Jersey]] and [[Delaware River]] waterfront, and the surround Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to the Independence Visitor Center|url=https://www.phlvisitorcenter.com/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=www.phlvisitorcenter.com}}</ref> The {{convert|50000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} building was constructed in 2001 as the result of a cooperative effort among many area organizations, with funding from [[The Pew Charitable Trusts]], the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the [[Delaware River Port Authority]], the [[Annenberg Foundation]], the [[Connelly Foundation]], and the [[John S. and James L. Knight Foundation]]. | ||