Area LEGO enthusiasts have recreated some of the area’s historic spots using the interlocking plastic bricks as part of the inaugural Augusta Museum of History’s The Great Building Showdown: Building History Brick by Brick.
The LEGO buildings will be on display July 1 through 12 in the museum’s rotunda.
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“Seeing them create these lifelike structures is amazing,” said Daisha Calhoun, the museum’s operations manager.
The museum announced the event several months ago and gave would-be builders a list of approved structures as well as a specific set of criteria for the pieces. They could be no bigger than 4-foot tall by 4-foot-wide by 4-foot deep and could be no smaller than 3-feet tall by 3-feet wide by 3-feet deep.
Builders received $500 toward the purchase of materials.
The entries include The Miller Theater by students from A.R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School; Old Engine Co. No. 7 by Matthew Hines; The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History by Kim Davies; and the Old Cotton Exchange and the Augusta Canal Headgates both by Mark Lorah.
Each of the pieces will be available for purchase. Bid sheets are in the rotunda as well. Auction proceeds will benefit the museum.
In addition to the prebuilt pieces, the “It Takes a Village” section will be available for a community build, said Calhoun.
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LEGOs will be placed on a few tables with a section for toddlers and younger children and a section for older children and adults.
Calhoun said the idea is that people will begin something on the first day that can be added to each day of the exhibition. Nothing will be disassembled at the end of each day.
“At the end of the show, we want to see what the community has done,” she said.
Although the show hasn’t even started, Calhoun said the builders are excited about it.
“Every builder is already asking about next year,” she said.
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Museum officials would like to expand the program next year to include more structures if this event is received well by the community.
Visiting the rotunda to view the structures is free. The Augusta Museum of History is located at 560 Reynolds St.
Charmain Z. Brackett is the Features Editor for The Augusta Press. Reach her at charmain@theaugustapress.com.
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