Foyer, Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill
Affiliate participants are invited to attend a briefing in the foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building hosted by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). The briefing will provide information to members of Congress and their staff about the Smithsonian’s presence around the country. Guests will hear remarks from Smithsonian Secretary David J. Skorton, Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), and directors from the Saint Louis Science Center (hosting Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission) and the Oklahoma Humanities Council (a regular partner in the Museum on Main Street program). Guests will also have a chance to see Mail Call, a SITES exhibition developed in collaboration with the National Postal Museum. The exhibit curator was Lynn Heidelbaugh from the postal museum.
Speakers in Sequence:
- Patricia Bartlett, Associate Provost for Education and Access and Senior Advisor to the Secretary
- Smithsonian Secretary David J. Skorton
- Senator Roy Blunt
- Bert Vescolani, President and CEO, Saint Louis Science Center
- Congressman Tom Cole
- Ann Thompson, Director and CEO, Oklahoma Humanities Council
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