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Tourism and poverty

Gates Foundation opens the doors, a crack, with new vistor center

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During the tour of the Gates Foundation's new visitor center.
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Even in the restrooms at the new visitor center, the learning goes on. The images on the doors are of a "home latrine in village of Kushumhi, Uttar Pradesh, India," according to the inscription.
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Curator Therese Littleton demonstrates in January an interactive display meant to show visitors that large problems take many solutions to solve at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitors Center in Seattle.
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Image of the Gates Foundation's new visitor center.

If you’ve ever been past the huge new Gates Foundation campus near Seattle Center and wondered what goes on inside – your time has come.

The foundation is opening up its doors, at least a little bit. This weekend, a new visitor center opens to the public.

Read more at KPLU's Humanosphere.

 

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