Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Conference

Saturday, April 27th – Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Optional Field trips planned for Wednesday, May 1 and Thursday, May 2.

Sponsored by:

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Co-hosted with:

The Museum of Flight

Online Registration for Mutual Concerns closed at midnight EST Monday, April 15.

Mutual Concerns is a unique, international meeting specifically focused on the needs of the air and space museum community. The conference features three days of panel discussions and concurrent sessions. Serving both large and small museums, the conference this year will center on the theme of What is Museum Professionalism? and will feature several plenary sessions on this theme, along with other important topics facing museum — like risk management, digitization programs, fundraising and generative boards, hanging artifacts, and collection management basics.

The meeting is designed to give participants ample learning opportunities as well meaningful and educational time at the Museum of Flight. The conference is also an opportunity to network with colleagues from around the world. More than 100 museum and museum-related organizations attend annually.

The meeting hosts a small Marketplace with exhibitors who offer special services or experience to air and space museums. The Marketplace venue and set-up allows participants to have ample time to get to know Marketplace exhibitors and their services.

Registration Fee Includes:

Optional Fieldtrips Wednesday, May 1, and Thursday, May 2. Full detail on trips and pricing are on the agenda.

Online Registration for Mutual Concerns closed at midnight EST Monday, April 15.

Red Lion Hotel Fifth Avenue Seattle
1415 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-971-8000
Toll Free Reservations: 855-515-1144

The Red Lion Hotel is located in downtown Seattle, between Pike and Union Streets, the hotel is in the center of the city surrounded by the city's finest restaurants, shopping, entertainment venues, museums, and attractions. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is 15 miles south of the hotel. See The Red Lion Hotel for more information.

The room rate has been negotiated to $137 for single room. This rate is being offered to conference participants from April 27 – 30. Additional dates at this rate before and after the conference are also being offered, subject to availability. You can call 855-515-1144 and ask for a room under the Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Conference to get this special conference rate.

Make your reservation before 10:00 pm, Friday, April 5, 2013 to take advantage of the conference rate. Space is limited. You can cancel a reservation up to 24 hours prior to your scheduled arrival date. Room rates are subject to availability after April 5.

The hotel has a fitness center that is open 24 hours a day.

Overnight parking is $32+tax ($39.04). Daily parking is available ranging from $18 - $28+tax. There are also other lots in the area for daily parking.

There are several ways to get to the hotel form the airport.

Shuttle Express is $21.25 for 1-2 people and 28.25 for 4 people. Requires at least 24 hours reservation. More info at: Shuttle Express.

Taxis range from $33 to $45 depending on traffic and time of day.

Light Link Rail costs $2.50 and drops at the Westlake Center, 2 1/2 blocks from the Red Lion Hotel. For more information see Light Link Rail Information.

If you are interested in sharing a room, please email nasmmutualconcerns@si.edu@si.edu. We will forward contact information of other interested participants for you to investigate possible room sharing.

Seattle is the gateway to the Pacific Northwest. Surrounded by expansive water, two mountain ranges and three national parks, it is two cities in one: a world-class metropolis set within wild, beautiful natural surroundings, offering the best of urban lifestyle while embracing the rugged outdoors.

Often recognized as one of the best walking cities in the U.S., Seattle's compact downtown allows visitors to easily explore some of the city's well-known attractions, including Pike Place Market, the oldest continuously-operated farmers' market in the U.S. A stroll through the market reveals Seattle's culinary bounty: wild salmon; Dungeness crab; fresh produce; strong coffee; craft beers and ales; and a wide selection of internationally acclaimed Washington wines.

If you have the time to stay before or after the conference, investigate some out-of-city excursions. Three national parks lie within a two-hour drive of Seattle. Mt. Rainier National Park features the snow-capped 14,000-foot mountain which backdrops the city's skyline; Olympic National Park offers the only temperate rain forests in the continental U.S.; and the North Cascades National Park offers stunning views of jagged peaks and glacial lakes. There are also day trips via catamaran to British Columbia and the popular San Juan Islands. The Port of Seattle also offers cruises to Alaska's Inside Passage, beginning in early May.

Mutual Concerns hosts a small exhibitor forum called the "Marketplace," featuring vendors that offer services and products of interest to air and space museum professionals. Every year, we welcome back some familiar sponsors with new information and seek a few new and different exhibitors to add to our forum, to provide our attendees with the latest information on areas that interest them. We integrate the Marketplace throughout our conference and events so our attendees and exhibitors have ample time to meet and talk in a relaxed atmosphere.

For more information about vendor opportunities contact Jean DeStefano at 202-633-2388 or e-mail nasmmutualconcerns@si.edu. If you are an attendee and would like to see a specific vendor attend the Marketplace, please contact Jean.

Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Conference Seattle, Washington

at the Museum of Flight

Sponsored by:

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Co-hosted with:

The Museum of Flight

Online Registration for Mutual Concerns closed at midnight EST Monday, April 15.

Online Registration for Mutual Concerns closed at midnight EST Monday, April 15.

Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Conference
Seattle, Washington