BGuthrie Photos: Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference -- Briefing on the Hill @ Rayburn House Office Building

Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference -- Briefing on the Hill @ Rayburn House Office Building:

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Description of Pictures: Briefing on the Hill: Smithsonian Around the Country
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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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SITEB1_171005_026.JPG: Smithsonian Secretary David J. Skorton
2. SITEB1_171005_028.JPG: Exhibit curator Lynn Heidelbaugh and David Skorton
3. SITEB1_171005_050.JPG: Jennifer Schommer
4. SITEB1_171005_158.JPG: Congressman Tom Cole and David Skorton
5. SITEB1_171005_160.JPG: Lynn Heidelbaugh and Congressman Tom Cole and photographer David Skorton
6. SITEB1_171005_170.JPG: Christina Di Meglio Lopez and Marc Wynne
7. SITEB1_171005_178.JPG: Bert Vescolani, Patricia Bartlett, and Roy Blunt
8. SITEB1_171005_188.JPG: Tom Cole, Patricia Bartlett, and Roy Blunt
9. SITEB1_171005_189.JPG: Tom Cole
10. SITEB2_171005_001.JPG: Patricia Bartlett, Associate Provost for Education and Access and Senior Advisor to the Secretary
11. SITEB2_171005_065.JPG: David Skorton
12. SITEB2_171005_195.JPG: Tom Cole
13. SITEB2_171005_220.JPG: Ann Thompson
14. SITEB2_171005_279.JPG: Patricia Bartlett
15. SITEB2_171005_287.JPG: Senator Roy Blunt
16. SITEB3_171005_020.JPG: Bert Vescolani, President and CEO, Saint Louis Science Center
17. SITEB3_171005_120.JPG: Congressman Tom Cole
18. SITEB3_171005_153.JPG: Ann Thompson, Director and CEO, Oklahoma Humanities Council
19. SITEB3_171005_221.JPG: Ann Thompson, Director and CEO, Oklahoma Humanities Council
20. SITEB3_171005_332.JPG: Roy Blunt, Ann Thompson and Tom Cole
21. SITEB3_171005_343.JPG: Roy Blunt, Ann Thompson and Tom Cole
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- Blunt, Roy appears on:
  - 2022_DC_USCHS_Freedom_221219 USCHS -- Freedom Award (2022)
  - 2022_DC_Grant_Bicent_220426 USCHS -- Ulysses Grant Bicentennial Commemoration
  - 2019_DC_APG_191117 Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: American Portrait Gala 2019
  - 2018_DC_USCHS_Freedom2_181128 USCHS -- Freedom Award (2018) to Architect of the Capitol -- Formal Presentation
  - 2017_DC_Book_Present_171108 USCHS -- Presentation of "The American Spirit" to Senators on Capitol Hill
- Cole, Tom appears on:
  - 2019_DC_Journalists_Mem_190626 NPC -- Announcement of Fallen Journalists Memorial and Foundation
- Skorton, David appears on:
  - 2018_DC_Long_ConvoS1A_181207 Smithsonian -- Long Convo -- Session 1 (of 3) w/Rachel Goslins, David Skorton, Larisa Martinez, Michael Govan, Obi Felten, Danny Hillis, Liz Cottrell, Carla Hayden, Cheech Marin, Jacqueline Suskin, and Mily Treviño-Sauceda @ Arts and Industries Bldg
  - 2017_DC_Honors_171203 DC -- Kennedy Center -- Kennedy Center Honors (2017)
  - 2017_DC_Skorton_171120 Reynolds Center -- Secretary Skorton Checks Out Visitor Services
  - 2017_DC_SIAH_Gown_171020 Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Melania Trump Inaugural Gown Donation
  - 2017_DC_Folklife_Opening_170629 Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2017) -- Opening Ceremony
  - 2017_DC_SIAH_NWB_Opening_170628 Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: The Nation We Build Together Opening
  - 2017_DC_ChineseFD_Lions_170128 Reynolds Center -- Family Day -- Chinese New Year (2017) -- Lion Awakening Ceremony and Visitors
  - 2015_DC_SINMAA_CFP_151116 NMAAHC -- Event: Commemorate Freedom Program
  - 2015_DC_SIRG_Opening_151113 Renwick Gallery -- Event: Reopening Day -- Ribbon Cutting (WONDER)
  - 2015_DC_SI_Secretary_151019 Smithsonian Installation of David J. Skorton as 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution @ Arts and Industries Bldg
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