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National Museum of Air and Space
On April 14, the 2016 Fellows had the opportunity to visit the National Museum of Air and Space (NMAS), where the focus of the afternoon was spacesuits- construction, function, challenges and conservation. Our afternoon began with informative presentations by Cathleen…
National Portrait Gallery
April 7 found our group heading to the National Portrait Gallery for our annual visit. While this was a new experience for the Fellows, Mimi and Denise, were looking forward to seeing the NPG team that has worked with our…
National Museum of the American Indian
After Spring Break, the Fellows were eager for our meeting at NMAI (National Museum of the American Indian). We began the afternoon with Dr. Jose Barreiro, Assistant Director for Research and curator of NMAI’s exhibit, The Great Inka Road: Engineering…
Renwick Gallery
For our second museum visit, we found ourselves at the newly-renovated and reopened Renwick Gallery where we were met by curators Nicholas Bell and Nora Atkinson for our special look at the Wonder Exhibit. Prior to visiting the exhibit, we…
Opening Session
Today we began our actual museum visits, what our Fellows have been preparing for since the start of the semester. As is our tradition, our opening session was a panel discussion where various aspects of this year’s theme, American Ingenuity,…