Pink Palace mansion reopens with new outlook on Memphis history
Woodworker Tim Giles adjusts thousands of moving parts on the Pink Palace's circus exhibit while working to complete installation in the remodeled Pink Palace mansion that opens to the public on Dec. 8, 2018. The mansion will now house Piggly Wiggly and Country Store exhibits as well as the popular Clyde Parke Miniature Circus. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Supervisor of Exhibits and Graphic Services Caroline Carrico conducts a tour of the new Piggly Wiggly store exhibit, which opens to the public in the remodeled Pink Palace mansion on Dec. 8. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Tim Wilson installs protective plexiglass in the Cossitt Museum room while working to complete the remodeled Pink Palace mansion that opens to the public on Dec. 8. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Tomas Lara (right) and Alfred Delgado (left) help install protective plexiglass around the Pink Palace's circus exhibit while putting the finishing touches on the remodeled Pink Palace mansion that opens to the public on Dec. 8, 2018. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
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