|
 ALL
EVENTS ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE
NOTED.
MEDIA
ADVISORY
WHAT: National Air
and Space Museum curators are available to discuss
the life and career of Amelia
Earhart.
This summer marks
several anniversaries in the life of the famous
aviatrix:
July 2 is the 70th
anniversary of her disappearance.
July 24 is the
110th anniversary of her birth.
May 20-21 was
the 75th anniversary of Earhart becoming the first
woman and only the second person to fly solo,
nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.
The Lockheed 5B
Vega she used on that flight (photo left) is
displayed in the museum's Pioneers of Flight
gallery on the National Mall.
WHERE:
National Air and Space Museum, National Mall
building, 6th Street
and Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC
WHO: Tom D.
Crouch, senior curator, Aeronautics
Division
Dorothy Cochrane,
curator, Aeronautics Division
SMITHSONIAN
http://www.nasm.si.edu/americabyair/
Peter
Golkin
Office of
Communications
National Air and Space Museum, MRC 321
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012
Washington D.C. 20013-7012
(202) 633-2374; fax (202) 633-8174
www.nasm.si.edu
AMERICA BY AIR
http://www.americabyair.com/
SEE THE USA
Introduction
Smithsonian
Institution National
Air and Space Museum
Public Information:
(202) 633-1000; TTY: (202) 633-5285
CONTACT:
Peter Golkin
(202) 633-2374 or golkinp@si.edu
Rebeccah Fahy
(202) 633-2373 or fahyr@si.edu
CALENDAR
A Stirring Musical
Event for Independence Day!
Fourth of July
Concert
U. S. Air Force
Band, "Airmen of Note"
Wednesday, July
4
6 - 7:30
p.m.
National Mall
building
Enjoy the world's
most-visited museum and get into the patriotic
spirit at the National Air and Space Museum's
annual Fourth of July concert.
This early-evening
concert by the United States Air Force "Airmen of
Note" is an annual tradition that never fails to
kick off the Mall's other festivities in a rousing
fashion. Stop by for this exciting event -- held in
the cool air-conditioned comfort of this great
Museum.
Details
MARS
DAY!
Celebrate the Red
Planet
Friday, July
20
10 a.m. - 3
p.m.
National Mall
building
MARS DAY! is an
annual event that celebrates the Red Planet with a
variety of educational and fun family activities.
Visitors can take part in a variety of activities,
talk to scientists active in Mars research and
learn about current and future missions.
• See a real
meteorite that came from Mars.
• View the
latest images just arrived from the Mars Odyssey
mission.
• See a
full-scale model of the Mars Exploration Rovers
currently on Mars.
• View the
surface of Mars in 3-D with special
glasses.
• Learn about
the latest missions and discoveries.
• And much
more!
Details
Saturday Star
Parties
Once a month
throughout the summer and fall, join Museum
astronomers and friends at Sky Meadows State
Park in northern Virginia for a view of the night
sky like you've never seen before! Look through
high-power telescopes and learn about the stars
from people in the know.
July 14
August
11
September
8
October
13
November
10
Curator's Choice
Lectures
Museum staff member
talks to the public about the history, collection,
or personalities related to a specific artifact or
exhibition in the Museum. Talks typically
last 10-15 minutes.
Full
Schedule
Daily
Activities
Guided Tours.
Docent-led tours highlight the museum's collection
and trace the history of air and space travel.
Daily at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Both
locations.
How Do Things Fly?
Loads of hands-on fun, live science demonstrations,
and paper airplane contests. Schedule posted daily
at the entrance to How Things Fly Gallery.
National Mall
only.
Stop, Look,
Discover!
Discovery Stations
located throughout the museum offer interactive fun
with an expert to guide you along. Both
locations.
IMAX® Movies.
Films projected onto screens that are several
stories high, producing some of the most stunning
visual images recorded! Both locations.
Flight Simulators.
Climb inside a simulator and enjoy the flight of
your life. Both locations.
Planetarium. Feel
the sensation of zooming through the cosmos,
enveloped in color saturated moving images and
spine-tingling sound. National Mall
only.
You are receiving
this e-mail because you have registered on the
National Air and Space Museum's Press Room web site
as a member of the media. To ensure delivery to
your inbox, please add whatsup@si.edu to your
address book.
Forward email to a
friend
This email was sent
to airhwy@dowco.com, by nasmmedia@si.edu
Update
Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with
SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy.
National Air and
Space Museum | 6th St. and Independence Avenue S.W.
| Washington | DC | 20560
Smithsonian
Institution
National Air and
Space Museum
April 2007 Media
Calendar
Contacts
Media
Only:
Peter Golkin (202)
633-2374, golkinp@si.edu
Claire Brown (202)
633-2371, brownch@si.edu
Public Information:
(202) 633-1000; TTY: (202) 633-5285
Web site:
www.nasm.si.edu
Ticketing info:
www.nasm.si.edu/ticketing
 Locations:
National Mall
Building
6th and
Independence
Avenue S.W.,
Washington, DC
Udvar-Hazy
Center
14390 Air and Space
Museum
Pkwy., Chantilly,
VA
ALL EVENTS
ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
|
..
