Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Seminar

This is the planned agenda for the 2010 Conference. Final agenda will be distributed in Welcome Packet at Registration.

	SATURDAY, MARCH 27
	Registration and Reception at the Washington Court Hotel on Capitol Hill

	3:30 - 8:00 p.m.	Conference Registration

	5:00 - 6:30 p.m.	Opening Reception/Networking (light hors d'oeuvres)

	6:30 - 7:30 p.m.	Welcome Peter L. Jakab, Associate Director, Collections and Curatorial Affairs Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum News from the Field This is your opportunity to give a three-minute update (when the bell rings, you're done) on what's going on at your museum. If you would like to give an update, please email nasmmutualconcerns@si.edu by March 19, 2010 with your name, museum and the topic you'll discuss.

	SUNDAY, MARCH 28
	Registration & sessions at the Washington Court Hotel

	8:00 a.m.	Continental breakfast provided

	9:00 - 11:00 a.m.	Welcome Opening Plenary Session: The International Year of Astronomy: Promoting Literacy in Science, Technology and Society Speakers: - David DeVorkin, Senior Curator, Space History Division, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Lucy Fortson, Vice President for Research, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum - Margaret Glass, Communications Manager ASTC/NISE Network, Association of Science-Technology Centers - Katie Moore, Astronomy Educator, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Megan Watzke, Public Affairs and Multi-Media, High Energy Astrophysics Division, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Chair: - Steve Pompea, Manager, Science Education, National Optical Astronomy Observatory A panel of activists from a wide range of organizations and backgrounds explore and assess how the International Year of Astronomy educational programming was developed and disseminated in public venues including museums of air and space. Speakers will talk about the sustainability of this particular program and outline the lessons learned. They will also provide information how these types of programs in general can be developed and coordinated successfully.

	11:00 - 11:15 a.m.	Break

	11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions: Volunteers--Managing the Resource Speakers: - Sue Paul, Director, Warhawk Air Museum - Mark Peapell, Past President, Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum Chair: - Karen Hinton, Director of Development, Planes of Fame Air Museum The need to recruit and utilize volunteers is now more important than ever for the aviation museum community. Learn how two different museums manage this incredible resource for their institutions. Presenters will discuss new ideas to recruit, engage, manage and retain volunteers and to integrate their role into your operational plan. --- OR --- Is Your Aircraft Trying to Tell You Something? Speakers: - Eric Boehm, Aircraft Collections Specialist, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum - Dik Daso, Curator, Modern Military Aircraft, Aeronautics Division, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Dave Morris, Curator of Aircraft, Fleet Air Arm Museum Chair: - Christopher Knapp, Conservation Manager, Imperial War Museum The Fleet Air Arm Museum took on a groundbreaking restoration of the rare Corsair KD431 aircraft in 2000 with the aim to see if it was possible to remove an inaccurate paint layer from 1965 and leave intact the totally original paint and markings from 1944/45. This presentation would explain how a poor ‘60s paint job was painstakingly removed to expose much hidden detail about the aircraft, its manufacturer, and even the Royal Navy’s preparations to go to the Far East. All too often mistreatment of museum objects, either before they come in to the museum or poor museum practice of years ago, covers important historical evidence. This session aims to show that with a little thought and some careful work, this evidence need not be lost but can be uncovered and recorded for future generations to learn from. Using the Corsair as a case study, the panel will discuss the importance of this kind of approach to your collection.

	12:45 - 2:00 p.m.	Lunch and free time

	2:00 - 3:15 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions: e-Strategy for Your Air and Space Museum Speakers: - Allan Pressel, CEO/Founder, Charity Finders - Adam E. Smith, Museum Director, V.P. Education Outreach, EAA AirVenture Museum Chair: - Jonathan Hallenberg, Senior Web Developer, Interactive Media, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum This session will show how any air and space museum, large or small, can develop and execute an internet strategy to further its mission. It will examine how air and space museums are using the internet, how they would like to be using the internet, and how they should be using the internet--but may be unaware of--and how to bridge that significant gap easily and quickly. Participants will learn how to drive more traffic and fundraising through a museum’s site and specific suggestions will be given on how to improve any web site to offer lots for visitors to see and do. Participants will come away from the session with an understanding of how to build an effective internet strategy and the tools for quickly and easily creating an e-philanthropy website that incorporates these new strategies. Through case studies, live analyses of participant museum web sites and search engine optimization techniques, the participants will also have the confidence to begin thinking about a specific action plan for their organization. --- OR --- Collecting and Preserving Veterans' Stories: Participating in the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project Speakers: - Karen Hinton, Director of Development, Planes of Fame Air Museum - Robert Patrick, Veterans History Project, Library of Congress American Folklife Center - Sue Paul, Director, Warhawk Air Museum Chair: - Barry Hill, Veteran History Project Volunteer Director, Warhawk Air Museum The Veterans History Project, designed and promoted by the Library of Congress, is one of the most important contributions that a museum can make to the preservation of America's history, by assisting future generations in hearing directly from veterans and better understanding the realities of war. This session will begin with an overview of the Project by the Director Robert Patrick. Next, the Warhawk Air Museum will present the work involved in creating their successful oral history program which has contributed over 450 personal histories to the Veterans History Project. The Planes of Fame Air Museum will detail their beginning efforts to contribute to the Project. The discussion will help participants decide if this is a program right for their museum.

	3:15 - 3:30 p.m.	Break

	3:30 - 5:00 p.m.	Plenary Session: What Do We Do After This Conference? Building an Online Air and Space Museum Community Speakers: - Hal Bryan, Online Community Manager, EAA AirVenture Museum - Benjamin Kristy, Aviation Curator, National Museum of the Marine Corps - Jennifer Levasseur, Museum Specialist, Space History Division, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Victoria Portway, Chair, Web & New Media, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Chair: - Martin J. Collins, Curator, Space History Division, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum While evaluations from Mutual Concerns regularly show that the meeting is a useful experience for most everyone attending, a big question is what could and should be done to continue conversations beyond the three days of Mutual Concerns? Who might lead this effort and who is willing to participate? Is there value in creating an electronic environment to share information (i.e. collections, exhibit ideas, restoration materials, etc)? This panel discussion is an attempt to restart conversations from previous meetings in an effort to gauge interest in such a project. Each presenter will briefly discuss their experience or perspective on possible formats for creating an online community for air and space museums. The session would then become more conversational. Topics that all Mutual Concerns participants may want to consider as for this discussion include: How aviation and space museums might engage in social media; the potential for building a cooperative online community to connect aviation and space museums with the public and with each other will be discussed; the concept of "federated collections" as a means to access online collection information from multiple museums; resources involved in monitoring user-generated content; how museums might look to volunteers and interns to help them prepare their collections information and engage in social media; and most importantly; is a project such as this of worth to the community?

	6:30 - 9:00 p.m.	National Air and Space Museum Reception and Keynote Address

	6:30 - 8:00 p.m.	Reception

	8:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Keynote Address Graham Mottram, Director of the Fleet Air Arm Museum. In observance of the 100th anniversary of U.S. naval aviation, Mr. Mottram will highlight naval aviation history of the past century.

	MONDAY, MARCH 29
	All sessions at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Complimentary shuttle will be provided at the beginning and end of day between the Udvar-Hazy Center and the Washington Court Hotel.

	7:30 a.m.	Buses depart the Washington Court Hotel for the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

	8:30 - 10:00 a.m.	Breakfast, tours and free time at the museum

	10:00 - 11:30 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions: ACCESSing Intrepid: Programs for Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Blind/Partially Sighted and Autistic Audiences Speakers: - Miranda Appelbaum, Education and Access Coordinator, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum - Fredda Plesser, Chair and Executive Director, MTF Center for Education, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Chair: - Sheri Levinsky Raskin, Assistant Vice President, Education and Interpretation, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Developing access programs at any museum is challenging and air and space museums often face special obstacles, especially in historical settings; however, such programs truly reach an under-represented audience, providing them with a comfortable setting for educational, social and memorable experiences, while broadening the museum's audiences and encouraging repeat visitors. Through a forum-facilitated discussion using the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum as a case study, this session will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about the development of educational programs for the deaf/hard of hearing, the blind/partially sighted and autistic audiences. The presenters will discuss the importance of institutional considerations across departments and offer take-away ideas for a range of institutions including planning, research, implementation, fundraising and evaluation. The forum discussion and a lessons-learned review will demonstrate that these programs can be developed in all sizes of museums with ranges of staff, budgets, and resources. --- OR --- Less Money = Free Web Tools: How to Get Them and How to Use Them Speakers: - Sean Fitzpatrick, Special Projects Manager, Flandrau: The University of Arizona Science Center - Cia Romano, Founder and CEO, Interface Guru - Kate Granat Simmons, Program Director, Heritage Flight Museum Chair: - Victoria Portway, Chair, Web & New Media, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum All museums are suffering layoffs, budget cuts, and resource constraints. Now, more than ever, museums, large and small, need to reach their audience using the web. Can't afford a new web site? Don't despair. There are many free web resources that can be used to reach -- and build relationships with -- existing and emerging audiences. You just have to know how to use them. The presenters will apply their collective years of web research to help participants ensure they are using web tools to maximum benefit. They will cover familiar names such as Facebook and Twitter, while teaching participants how to use powerful and lesser-known free Web tools. Attendees use - and take home - a workbook that contains these tactics, as well as an underlying strategy.

	11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions: Interactive DIY: Creating Low Cost Interactives and Touch Screens In-House Speakers: - Douglas Lantry, Research Historian, National Museum of the United States Air Force - John Luchin III, Exhibit Designer, National Museum of the United States Air Force - Joshua Stoff, Curator, Cradle of Aviation Museum Chair: - John R. Zukowsky, Museum Consultant This session will focus on low cost do-it-yourself interactives. The discussion will showcase some of the hands-on interactives that have been installed at the Cradle of Aviation Museum -- all of which were created and produced in house and at very little cost. They can be easily duplicated and have proven to be durable, wildly successful, and a visitor highlight. The session will also feature the process used at the National Museum of the United States Air Force for creating touch screen interactives. Museum staff members will offer a case study of an institution that quickly and affordably created a technically complex exhibit element from scratch. They will also explain the collaborative development steps from the design and research perspectives, review lessons learned, and offer technical and curatorial insights to help others create their own in house touch screens. --- OR --- Building Systems of Education in Museums Speakers: - Beverly Clevenger, Chief Curiosity Officer, Curiosity Unlimited Consulting - Kenneth DeHoff, Executive Director, Pacific Aviation Museum - Pearl Harbor - Rachel Krumwiede, Education Coordinator, Yankee Air Museum - Barb Salo, Education Coordinator, Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour Chair: - Andrew H. Bro, President, Prentice Company Expand your visions and practices for formally designed informal education in air and space museum learning programs. This session presents three different and effective approaches to ensuring high quality education programming. The session includes suggestions and examples for building programs to address all content areas with emphasis on STEM, how to create rigorous and challenging learning tasks that address the school system goals for student learning through curriculum/program designs. Learn how to develop and promote authentic alignment with standards and required learning knowledge, skills and concepts, and how to leverage relationships with districts, schools, principals, and teachers.

	1:00 - 2:30 p.m.	Luncheon Talk Secretary G. Wayne Clough, Smithsonian Institution Lunch provided

	2:30 - 4:00 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions: What You Need to Know about Your Best (and Future) Friends Speaker: - Poonam Prasad, Principal, Prasad Consulting and Research - Barry Smith, Executive Director, The Future of Flight Foundation Chair: - Andrew H. Bro, President, Prentice Company The process of fundraising is essentially a networking one. Leveraging gifts, especially major ones, entails access to prospect giving history, peer relationships, knowledge of corporate or foundation roles, of close colleagues, hobbies and affiliations, even of family influences. Few institutions actually know the effective reach their governance teams have into funding sources. Such information can be mined on the Internet following disciplined pathways. This session will model search processes through case histories. Participants will receive tools and methodologies for doing extensive research on sites that are both free or are reasonably proprietary. In addition to offering participants tools and techniques for building a networking database, follow-up strategies, especially those that custom-tailor the cultivation process, will also be discussed. Small museums will be given some extra instruction to be sure they are not underutilizing their best avenues to capital access. Conference participants are urged to bring laptops for this session. Wireless Internet will be provided so participants can investigate web sites along with the speakers. --- OR --- Disaster Strikes, Don't Panic: Apply the Plan Speakers: - Roberta Carothers, Curator, National Museum of the United States Air Force - Michael D. Leister, Director, Air Mobility Command Museum - Jennifer Myers, Conservator, National Museum of the United States Air Force Chair: - Krista Strider, Chief, Collection Management, National Museum of the United States Air Force According to the Heritage Health Index, "80% of collecting institutions do not have an emergency plan that includes collections, with trained staff to carry it out." This session will prepare museums how to write a disaster recovery plan, ways to prevent disasters, and guidelines to implement a disaster recovery plan, as well as, basic salvage methods of damaged artifacts. Museum staff from the National Museum of the United States Air Force and the Air Mobility Command Museum will guide participants in the process to create and apply a disaster plan. Through the use of historic and current case studies, a table top exercise (i.e. water damage in a museum), followed by problem analysis, individuals will learn hands-on techniques to better prepare themselves in the event of a disaster, large or small.

	4:00 - 4:15 p.m.	Break

	4:15 - 5:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions: Story Time and Hands on Activities: Introducing Aerospace Concepts to Pre-K and Early Elementary Visitors Speakers: - Ann Caspari, Early Childhood Education Specialist, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Kara Fahy, Aerospace Educator, Fairfax County, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Jillian Finkle, Early Childhood Specialist, National Children's Museum - Diane Kidd, Early Childhood Program Manager, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Chair: - Jennifer McIntosh, Discovery Station Program Coordinator, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Almost everyone enjoys seeing artifacts in an air and space museum, but what if you are so young you don't even know what the name is for an airplane or that people have gone to the Moon? This session is intended to address the needs of the youngest visitors and offer solutions to creating appropriate activities for them. Tips, success stories, and resources will be offered to help museums walk away with new ideas on how to create an educational and entertaining experience for the littlest visitors in a fun and informative way. --- OR --- Presenting and Exhibiting War Speakers: - Dean Oliver, Director Research & Exhibition Canadian Museum of Civilization - Dominick Pisano, Curator, Aeronautics Division, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Chair: - Richard Beckerman, President, Museum Consulting Services Following on last year's "Interpreting War & Civic Engagement," this session presents the approach taken by two museums to develop exhibits related to war. Dr. Oliver will draw on both permanent and temporary exhibits shown at the Canadian War Museum to illustrate how to tailor shows at the exhibits design stage to convey the historical message, and at the same time, soften the potentially contentious aspects of topics such as war. Dr. Pisano will describe his experiences as lead curator of the major NASM gallery, Legend, Memory, and the Great War in the Air, and how public perceptions and reactions to the gallery have changed since the 1991 opening. Moderator Richard Beckerman will guide the discussion with emphasis on helping curators and exhibit designers at small- and mid-size museums to understand the "how" and "why" of presenting the topic in the context of venues with a narrower audience than a national museum.

	5:45 p.m.	Conclusion of Monday's sessions Buses depart museum for Washington Court Hotel

	TUESDAY, MARCH 30
	All sessions at the Washington Court Hotel

	8:00 a.m.	Breakfast provided

	9:00 - 10:15 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions: Maximizing the Impact of Special Events Speakers: - Elissa Lines, Vice President, Donor & Business Relations, Experimental Aircraft Association - Sharon Maguire, President/CEO Palm Springs Air Museum Chair: - Ralph Bufano, President Emeritus, The Museum of Flight Special events are very time intensive, requiring hundreds of hours of planning and preparation, but the rewards can be great. Come learn how to organize a special event that both raises critical operational support and creates new relationships. The session will include presentations by two museums, one large, one small, that operate successful annual gala events: the EAA and Palm Springs Air Museum. Session will cover goal-setting, building effective volunteer leadership, remaining true to mission or vision, gaining in-kind support, and developing audiences, as well as tracking results, conducting follow-up and evaluating impact. --- OR --- Update on Legal Issues in Museum Administration Speakers: - Jason Baletsa, Assistant General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution - Craig Blackwell, Assistant General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution Chair: - Erik Satrum, Head Registrar, Collections Division, National Air and Space Museum This session will review legal and legislative developments over the past year related to museums and their activities. It will address developments in areas like deaccessioning, tax, general liabilities, and other topics of interest to museum professionals. The session will also take a look at recent cases in the area of fair use under copyright law. The speakers will allow a generous amount of time for questions and answers, so participants may bring their own legal questions to the mix. Participants should come away with a basic understanding of some developments in areas

	10:15 - 10:30 a.m.	Break

	10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions: Creativity from the Heartland: Two Midwestern Case Studies Speakers: - Robert E. Ellis, Executive Director, Air Zoo - Robert Fuhrman, Executive Director, Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center Chair: - James Kidrick, President/CEO, San Diego Air & Space Museum This session will feature presentations from the leadership of two private non-profit aviation museums in the Midwest. The Air Zoo is well known for their important aircraft collection, as well as their approach in reaching broader audiences through the use of themed educational interactives. Although the Bong Veterans Historical Center has only one aircraft - a P-38 to memorialize America's 'ace of aces' in World War II, Richard I. Bong -- the new museum building also includes collections and exhibitions on historic conflicts such as the Cold War and Vietnam War, as well as more contemporary ones. These two museum directors from, respectively, a large and small institution, will present the creative ways in which their museums have revitalized their presence and increased audience and revenue in times that are not necessarily conducive to expansion in any way. After their presentations there will be an opportunity to discuss the different activities at both museums which may well serve as a model for other aviation institutions. --- OR --- Whose Stuff Is This Anyway? Archival Items vs. Artifacts Speaker: - Christina Douglass, Museum Manuscripts Curator, National Museum of the United States Air Force - John Luchin, Jr., Registrar, National Museum of the United States Air Force - Lonna McKinley, Museum Manuscripts Curator, National Museum of the United States Air Force - Mike Rowland, Curator, Museum of Aviation Chair: - Krista Strider, Chief, Collection Management, National Museum of the United States Air Force Air and space museums of all sizes have collections that contain a mixture of both two-dimensional (archival) and three-dimensional material (artifacts). Both require specialized handling and storage techniques. Speakers from the National Museum of the United States Air Force and the Museum of Aviation will discuss the differences between the two categories, problems they have identified, and procedures they developed to physically separate the two while keeping an intellectual connection between them. Specifically, issues such as registration, accessioning, processing, preservation, storage, and exhibition of both archival items and artifacts will be addressed. Participants will see how two different institutions deal with mixed collections, with an eye toward enhancing intellectual and physical control, while providing professional care for the items regardless of the medium.

	12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch

	1:00 - 2:15 p.m.	Concurrent Session: 1859 Balloon Voyage: An Immersive Experience About Ballooning in the 19th Century Speakers: - Tom Crouch, Senior Curator, Aeronautics Division, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - BJ Sullivan, Chief Pilot, 1859 Balloon Voyage, Conner Prairie Chair: - David Allison, General Manager for Experience Delivery, Conner Prairie In June 2009, Conner Prairie Interactive History Park opened a first-of-its kind experience geared around the first airmail delivery in the United States. This immersive exhibit culminates in a tethered helium balloon voyage up to 350 ft. above the Indiana landscape. Dr. Tom Crouch, Senior Curator of Aeronautics at NASM, was a key collaborator in ensuring the historical fit for the experience. This session will show how expert consultation at critical points during the exhibit design can help to lead a project to a successful conclusion. --- OR --- Funding Resources and Grant Opportunities--and How to Apply for Them Speakers: - Steven B. Shwartzman, Senior Program Officer, Institute of Museum and Library Services - Kathleen M. Williams, Executive Director, National Historical Publications & Records Commission Chair: - John R. Zukowsky, Museum Consultant Representatives from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the grant-making arm of the National Archives will provide overviews of the IMLS and NHPRC and their various grant programs and funding opportunities. Advice will be given on the application processes and how to write competitive grant proposals. Examples of prior successful award winners and links to their websites will be featured.

	2:15 - 3:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions: Partnerships & Collaborations Do They Benefit You? The Next Question: Are Your Institutions Getting Married or Are You Just Dating? Speakers: - Ralph Bufano, President Emeritus, The Museum of Flight Chair: - Anthony Smyth, Director General, Canada Aviation Museum This session will provide the principles and methodology to identify and evaluate opportunities for significant and meaningful relationships for your organization. It will help you evaluate the formal and informal relationships you presently have or are thinking of developing by introducing you to tools that can help identify and evaluate types of partnerships--which can include, strategic, economic, public relations, programmatic or donor. There will be group discussions, problem analysis, and instructive walk-through of handouts that will help you determine the nature of your organization's current collaborations and ways to make them work best for you. For this session, we ask that you come prepared with your own project to discuss. You are also encouraged to send this information to the chair ahead of time. You can send your information to nasmmutualconcerns@si.edu. --- OR --- The Wider Implications of Suspending Your Objects Speakers: - Christopher Knapp, Conservation Manager, Imperial War Museum - Tim Wallis, Conservation Manager, Royal Air Force Museum Chair: - Stephen, Quick, Associate Director General, Canada Aviation Museum More and more museums are suspending aircraft in their galleries. If care is not taken, this can cause major damage to the aircraft and the loss of important historical information. It is hoped that this session will complement and follow on from the National Air and Space Museum presentation in Ottawa in 2009 and show different ways of approaching the same task that may be better suited to smaller museums. It is also an opportunity to explore alternatives to suspension that with a little imagination may be easier to maintain post-installation and more flexible when trying to accommodate the needs of other museum departments.

	3:30 - 4:00 p.m.	Sessions conclude Critiques, door prize drawings and closing remarks

	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 - OPTIONAL FIELD TRIPS

	9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.	George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens, Mount Vernon, Virginia Mount Vernon is the most popular historic estate in America. Located just 16 miles south of Washington, D.C., the plantation rests on the banks of the Potomac River. On this trip, you will be welcomed by senior staff and presented with a brief overview on the development of the new Ford Orientation and Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center. Design concepts and new exhibit technology will be highlighted. The talk will be followed by a private screening of We Fight To Be Free. Participants will then have two-hours of free touring where you can choose to tour the Center and experience, first-hand, the new galleries, artifacts, videos, and immersion theater. You may also choose to take time to visit the mansion and grounds that include slave quarters, kitchen, stables, and greenhouse as well as four different gardens and the George Washington: Pioneer Farmer site, a four-acre working farm that includes a re-creation of Washington's 16-sided treading barn. For lunch, you will dine in the colonial ambiance of the Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant while sampling cuisine from Washington’s era. Roundtrip shuttle transportation from the Washington Court Hotel and the luncheon will be provided. Shuttle departs Mount Vernon at 1:30 p.m. for the hotel. With advance request, participants can be dropped off at Washington Reagan Airport for afternoon flights scheduled for 3:30 p.m. or later. For more information and to help plan your self-guided touring time go to: www.mountvernon.org. --- OR ----

	8:30 - 11:45 a.m.	National Museum of the United States Navy, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC To celebrate the centennial of naval aviation, join us in touring the Navy Museum at the Navy Yard. Tours will include detailed guided descriptions of the exhibits and collections of the museum, which span colonial through current naval efforts. A second part of the tour offers participants a chance to walk around the decks of the decommissioned destroyer USS Barry. Roundtrip shuttle transportation will be provided. Photo ID will be necessary. Shuttle departs museum at 12:15 p.m. for the hotel. Lunch not provided. For more information: www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm. --- OR ---

	9:00 - 11:45 a.m.	Newseum, Washington, DC the history of journalism and freedom of the press over our nation's history. The tour, guided by a museum staff member, covers the highlights of the museum from an insider’s perspective, and details the making of the museum, its exhibits, and artifacts. After the tour ends, feel free to wander the exhibits to learn more or try out some of their unique and innovative interactives. Lunch is not provided, but participants are encouraged to grab a bite at the Newseum’s Food Section or take in a dining experience at The Source, Wolfgang Puck's award winning restaurant in the Newseum. The Newseum is in walking distance of the Washington Court Hotel. Participants will be escorted on the walk to the Newseum. For more information: www.newseum.org.