5. The Interior Contains Marble From Around the World


The exterior of the museum is made of limestone, granite and Tennessee marble and the interior is covered in marble from all over the world. The floor contains pieces of orange marble from Italy. The walls have pieces of stone from various states including Maryland, Alaska, Georgia, and white cloud marble from Vermont and fourteen giant marble columns are made of stone from Switzerland. The columns and inlays of Swiss marble are some of the last pieces of their kind as there is no more of it in world!