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Verkamp’s Visitor Center features exhibits on the human history of Grand Canyon Village and a Grand Canyon Association bookstore.

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The closing of Verkamp's Curios last fall may have marked the end of an era for the century-old, family-run business. But when the building on the Rim reopened in time for the park's 90th anniversary in February, it represented something new. Not only is the only visitor center on the Canyon's edge, it's also the first exhibit that explains Grand Canyon as a community where people live and work.

May 25, 2012