ADVANCEMENTS an EXCLUSIVE NEWSLETTER for MUSEUM SUPPORTERS Interpreting Historic Spaces Olossal

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ADVANCEMENTS AN EXCLUSIVE NEWSLETTER FOR MUSEUM SUPPORTERS Interpreting Historic Spaces olossal. Immense. Gigantic. These are and a team of archivists and exhibit designers, some of the words that come to mind is working to answer these questions. when visitors arrive at the Intrepid Sea, C The Museum’s main indoor exhibit space on Air & Space Museum and fi rst see the historic the hangar deck provides much information aircraft carrier Intrepid. At approximately 900 on the history of Intrepid. Through artifacts feet long, if you were to stand the ship upright, and historic photographs, the exhibits shed Intrepid is only 150 feet shorter than New York light on the lives of those who served. The City’s Chrysler Building and 595 feet taller than challenge arises when visitors venture into Intrepid’s Combat Information Center (CIC) the Statue of Liberty. The mammoth ship, which the ship’s historic interiors—spaces where the as it looked in 1959. at the height of World War II was home to more men lived and worked. Sometimes, a docent or than 3,000 sailors, is now the centerpiece of tour guide can offer insight into the functions the Museum—hosting the country’s only state of particular spaces and share stories of those of the art collection storage facility on board who worked there, but without this staff, a ship, a 243 seat theater, an 18,000 square interpretation is left to the imagination. foot education facility which includes fi ve classrooms, and enough offi ces to house the That is all about to change, thanks to two Museum’s entire staff. grants from NEH and the diligent work of the Museum’s Exhibits team. In 2009, NEH While the immense size of Intrepid allows us awarded the Museum a $35,000 planning to do so much, it also presents some unique grant focused on interpreting historic spaces challenges. Each year, our Operations team on the ship. For the next fi ve years, Williams uses 1,500 gallons of paint to maintain the gathered research from Intrepid former crew Alfred “Pete” Smith, an Intrepid Operations Offi cer, ship. This past winter, they had to clear over during his recent oral history interview. members, historians, curators and exhibit 400,000 cubic feet of snow from the fl ight designers. The project gained traction in the deck. But there is a more subtle challenge spring of 2013, when the Exhibits team was that lies below decks, and it is one that the awarded a $300,000 implementation grant Museum’s Exhibits team is working diligently from NEH. The goal? Make the ship’s history to address: how does one tell the story of a come to life by sharing the thoughts, feelings massive ship that saw three decades of active and experiences of the ship’s crew within the duty? How do you share what it was like to historic spaces where they lived and worked. survive a kamikaze attack during World War II, and also interpret the complex emotions Armed with years of painstaking research, of those who served aboard Intrepid during the Exhibits team will roll out the fi rst the Vietnam War? The Museum’s Curator of interpretation prototype this summer in History, Jessica Williams, with the help of the Intrepid’s combat information center (CIC). A historic photo of Intrepid’s anchor chain room. National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) CIC was the operational “brain” of Intrepid, Continued on page 4

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is a non-profi t, educational institution featuring the legendary aircraft carrierIntrepid , the space shuttle Enterprise, the world’s fastest jets and a guided missile submarine. Through exhibitions, educational programming and the foremost collection of technologically groundbreaking aircraft and vessels, visitors of all ages and abilities are taken on an interactive journey through history to learn about American innovation and bravery. The Intrepid Museum fulfi lls its mission to honor our heroes, educate the public and inspire our youth by connecting them to history through hands-on exploration while bridging the future by inspiring innovation. INTREPID ADVANCEMENTS

Masters of Disguise: The World of Camoufl age temporary exhibition at the Museum, of countershading, popularized by artist Precision, one of the leading tactical gear Masters of Disguise: The World of Abbott H. Thayer, plays with light and shadow design companies in the country. Crye’s A Camoufl age, examines camoufl age in such a way that the object appears fl atter company, based at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in the natural world and explains the variety and thus less visible. developed MultiCam, a now standard-issue of ways humans have adapted methods of camoufl age pattern that helps the wearer Interactive components throughout the camoufl age for our own needs. hide in different environments. An example exhibition make the visitor’s experience both of the popular MultiCam pattern is on display fun and educational. Visitors can crawl into The exhibition highlights four types of in the exhibition. camoufl age—obscuring, mimicry, disruptive an 8-foot high tree stump to peer through and countershading. Eric Boehm, the holes and try to spot subtly hidden images Masters of Disguise: The World of Museum’s Curator of Aviation and Aircraft of a ship, a cannon, a tank and an airplane. Camoufl age is open to the public through Restoration, wanted to showcase samples The stump is evocative of the faux tree August 24, 2014, and is included with from the natural world along with examples stumps that were used as surveillance posts Museum admission. of human camoufl age in order to illustrate during World War I. To see examples of dazzle the close correlation between the two. painted ships, visitors can gaze through a periscope to see what these camoufl aged ships looked like from the perspective of a “This exhibit on not seeing submarine commander, and in a hide and is well worth seeing.” seek display, guests will enjoy trying to fi nd the camoufl aged object. — the Wall Street Journal From the beginning of World War I, When people imagine an exhibition on camoufl age experts consulted with and camoufl age they may often think of used techniques from artists—such as traditional obscuring camoufl age, such Thayer—who provided insight into colors and as when an object or animal blends in design that would trick the human eye and with its background. When you fi rst enter make equipment and uniforms less visible. Masters of Disguise, you are faced with a Museum visitors can peruse books by scholar Roy R. Behrens, who has extensively This artifact model of the RMS Mauritania shows life-sized ghillie suit covered with foliage. the dazzle scheme camoufl age used by troop The ghillie suit, an example of obscuring studied the connection between the world ships during World War I. camoufl age, helped scouts blend in with of art and design and that of camoufl age. their surroundings. A model P-40 Warhawk, Today’s top camoufl age and tactical gear with its sand-colored paint scheme that hid designers are almost as likely to come from it from view as it fl ew over the North African art school backgrounds as they are to have desert, is another example of man-made service experience. obscuring camoufl age on display. One such designer, Caleb Crye, is the Mimicry camoufl age is demonstrated with a founder and Chief Executive Offi cer of Crye display on owl butterfl ies and their huge eyespots, which resemble an owl’s eyes and protect the butterfl y from predators. Disruptive camoufl age includes the use of bold patterns and dazzling colors that are meant to confuse the eye, while hiding the true features of the target. The camoufl age concept The Museum’s latest exhibition, Masters of Disguise, offers examples A life-size ghillie suit covered with webbing of camoufl age and invites visitors to interact with displays. and foliage welcomes visitors as they enter.

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Engaging our Community or each visitor who gets to experience artifact-based learning that provides and children maintain a sense of normalcy the Intrepid Museum first-hand, there enriching activities that enhance out- during a challenging period of their life. All Fare many others who would love to visit, of-school experiences for students and of these events include tours, educational but are unable due to age, health or financial promote family learning. This programming programs, demonstrations, activities and restrictions. In direct response to this need, is set apart by its engaging historic and meals. A portion of these events also include the Museum created Community Engagement science content, produced by the unique theatrical performances by professional NYC programs which are designed to reach those objects in the Museum’s collections— performance groups. individuals by venturing into the community to including the aircraft carrier Intrepid and One performance group that Tom Barry, deliver cultural programs to diverse audiences space shuttle Enterprise—and the human Manager of Community Engagement and STEM throughout the city. stories behind them. Initiatives, works with is Story Pirates—a Museum Educators head to hospitals, Additionally, in collaboration with the New musical comedy troupe that performs fun libraries, and community and veteran York City Department of Homeless Services and imaginative stories written by students. centers to lead demonstrations, and the New York City Administration for After a recent Story Pirates performance at experiments and discussions, and guide Child Services, the Museum hosts events for the Museum, nearly every child that attended children and families worked with other family members and in transitional housing submitted their own creative tale to Story and children awaiting Pirates. It is our hope that the next time Story placement into a foster Pirates visits the stage at the Museum, they home. These sessions feature one of the original stories written by occur during school these children. breaks, holidays and Community Engagement programs at the weekends; select Intrepid Museum are generously supported events coincide with by: the New York City Department of Cultural the Museum’s Kids Affairs; the New York State Council for the Arts; Week and Thanksgiving the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation; celebrations. The aim of the Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable these on-site programs Trust; the Cowles Charitable Trust and Julia and is to help these families Tom Barry, Manager of Community Engagement and STEM Initiatives, Patricia Peloso-Barnes. leads a tour in the Space Shuttle Pavilion.

Story Pirates perform for a Community Engagement audience at the Museum during Kids Week. 3 INTREPID ADVANCEMENTS

Interpreting Historic Spaces Continued from cover. a vital hub where sailors gathered, analyzed and disseminated information about nearby aircraft and ships. The prototype will feature a touch-screen kiosk, where visitors will be able to navigate through first-hand accounts from men who served in the space. This kind of exploration is made possible by the launch of the Museum’s Oral History Project, which has recorded 31 oral histories to date. For this project, Williams interviewed four individuals who served in CIC. Their service dates ranged from World War II to the ship’s final years of service. Ray Stone, of South Salem, NY, served from the day of Intrepid’s commissioning on August 16, 1943, until 1945. He was a radarman 2c, and in his interview The Museum’s Exhibits team examines documents in the squadron ready room as part of an NEH-funded project to interpret historic spaces on Intrepid. he recalled the two kamikaze attacks that hit Intrepid on November 25, 1944: “I was both Peter Carle, a radarman 2c, like Ray Stone, the tedium of staring at a radar screen for blessed and lucky. The terrible thing about served in a very different CIC from 1969–1971. hours, and, of course, humorous stories of life having 26 of your fellow radarmen killed is that Intrepid was not at war, but operating an at sea. I think our visitors will enjoy hearing you knew them. You knew their hopes, and you aircraft carrier was still a dangerous activity: these very different points of view, and see knew their aspirations, and you hurt for them “We had pilots go in the water. You had to react how these sailors are connected across the and their families, and you think of that all the immediately. You had to get right on the DRT span of time.” time. That never left me.” [Dead Reckoning Tracer] and start plotting In addition to the first-hand accounts, the where you were, where the plane went in the prototype will also feature an illustrated text water, and announce throughout the ship panel that will help visitors visualize what the where this plane was so they could go and space was like when the ship was in active rescue the pilot. Ten seconds ago was too late.” service. The prototype will be on display for Williams also had the opportunity to interview an four to six weeks this summer, during which individual who led the entire CIC department— time the Exhibits team will make observations Alfred “Pete” Smith, who was an Operations and collect visitor feedback, which will Officer from 1970–1972 while the ship was influence the design of the final elements. serving in an antisubmarine role. His time Following CIC, the next areas of focus will be aboard Intrepid was a challenging one: “My two the squadron ready room, the mess deck, the Radarman Ray Stone survived a kamikaze attack years on Intrepid were probably the hardest I’ve anchor chain room and officer berthing. Oral aboard Intrepid in 1944 that killed 26 men in his ever worked in my entire life. Two hours sleep histories are now being collected from those division. at any one time was a luxury. We all did it really who lived and worked in these areas, and the proud of our contribution because we felt so kiosks will debut in the fall of 2015. Once these Richard Schacht, LTJG, served in CIC from strongly about the national need to stay strong are complete, the Exhibits team will look to 1965–1968, during the ship’s service in the and deter the threat [of Soviet submarines].” other areas awaiting interpretation—including Vietnam War. His interview shed light on the the submarine Growler. skills required to work in the department: “I After concluding her research on CIC, Williams liked the technology, and I liked geometry reflected: “The interviews were fascinating. We look forward to sharing updates on this and trigonometry, and figuring out course While each story was personal and unique, extensive project as they develop, and we and speed. Mathematics and science always many of them touched on similar themes: encourage you to visit the Museum this fascinated me. When I told the Navy that, that’s the stress during combat or other critical summer to give your feedback on the prototype when they thought the CIC would be a good operations, the thrill of being at the center of as we work to craft a more immersive Museum place for me.” it all, the relationships between fellow sailors, experience.

4 Do you have artifacts relating to our collection that you are interested in donating? Please contact [email protected] for further information. INTREPID ADVANCEMENTS FORMER CREW MEMBER HIGHLIGHT Don (and Eloise) Bee on and Eloise met in December 1943, one They kindly shared their letters with month before Don was assigned to the us, which our Collections staff scanned DUSS Intrepid and headed off to fi ght in the into the Museum’s digital archives. Pacifi c War. On a recent visit to the Museum, The originals remain in the same box the two sat down with Museum staff and retold they’ve been in for the past 70 years, their love story. securely tied with a velvet ribbon in Eloise’s dresser drawer. Don, originally from Cherry Tree, PA, and Eloise from Titusville, were introduced to each other by February 1, 1945. My darling, I am friends on a blind date. “She was beautiful,” Don doing fi ne and still being true. Which I said. “The moment I saw her, I knew that was my always will....I am sending two dollars in girl. That was the girl I wanted to marry.” this letter and if you need more, please let me know. — Eloise A month later, Don shipped off to war. The two kept in touch periodically over the coming February 3, 1945. We just came through months, and when Intrepid was struck by a Ogden, Utah, where we had an hour kamikaze on November 25, 1944—an attack lay over. I dashed from the train, got a Don and Eloise Bee sat down with Museum staff to share that killed 69 men and wounded 35—Don was shower and a shave and bought this their love story. sent home while the ship was repaired. While stationery and pen. Then back again to back home in Pennsylvania, Don and Eloise the train and on our way again. Right now we’re letter. Why can’t you come home now and stay decided to get married. From then on they crossing the Great Salt Lake...my hat and coat forever? — Eloise smell like you still. — Don wrote to each other nearly every day until the Eloise got her wish on January 9, 1946, when war was over. Feb 9, 1945. I was so disappointed last night Don headed back to Pennsylvania from Long when we got back I didn’t know what Beach, CA, and arrived on the Erie Railroad. to do—there weren’t any letters from “When the train got in, he started running you yet, so I’ll keep waiting until next from the train, and I started running towards mail call. — Don him,” Eloise recalled, laughing. Don shared the memory with a huge smile on his face saying, Feb 24, 1945 This letter tonight was “We had a big hug right out on Main Street.” more like a line should be. Sorta gave Don experienced four kamikaze attacks while me all the little things. For instance, serving on Intrepid—he and his friend Harold your kid brother had been up to say Patterson were so close to one attack, they hello, the furniture company had extinguished the fl ames from the resulting fi re brought the stove, Dorothy came before the fi remen even arrived on the scene. over and you’d taken a bath and He knows how fortunate he was to make it gone out into the wind—all that stuff home, when so many did not. makes me feel nearer to you. Just as if I’d been there to see it all— Refl ecting on their 69 years of marriage—the wonderful. — Don fi rst of which was sustained by their love letters while Don served aboard Intrepid—Don May 19, 1945. Dorothy and I went to said, “I just don’t know what I would have done see the movie “Hotel Berlin.” It was without her.” good, but the reel broke in the middle of the picture and when they got it January 27, 2015, will mark their 70th wedding fi xed part of it was clouded over. anniversary. They plan on returning to Intrepid – Eloise to renew their vows. May 20, 1945. I have the blues If you’d like to watch an excerpt from their something awful tonight. I’ve cried interview, visit youtube.com/IntrepidMuseum ever since I sat down to write this A letter from Don to Eloise, dated February 6, 1945.

Are you a former crew member of Intrepid or Growler? We want to hear from you! 5 Please contact Carly Goettel at 646-381-5279 or [email protected]. INTREPID ADVANCEMENTS

STUDENT HIGHLIGHT Anisah Rahaman nisah Rahaman is an incredibly particular—when Anisah came back to intern “I felt so strong whenever energetic 17-year old—you would at the Museum after she completed LIFTT, A never guess that just two years ago she helped lead a “touch tour” specially I was leading or participating she was so shy she rarely talked to other kids designed for children with limited vision. in programs at the Museum — at school. But that was before she entered “We were in Growler , guiding the students like I could do anything. the Intrepid Museum’s Leadership Institute through the submarine and describing what And now I know that I can.” for Today and Tomorrow (also known as LIFTT) they were feeling. One student got to a in the fall of 2012. LIFTT looks for students particularly small space, and was nervous to Anisah says she woke up every morning who have yet to realize their full potential, keep going. I told her we could turn back, but of the program excited to head to the but have the drive and desire to improve she said, ‘If I try hard enough, I know I can do Museum, and realized she wanted to fi nd a their lives and the world around them. When this.’ And then we kept going. I thought that career that gives her the same feeling. She Anisah applied, Museum educator Tom Barry was really incredible.” plans to become a cardiothoracic surgeon, knew she fi t the bill. minoring in education so that she can work as a museum educator to help pay “My guidance counselor knew I loved for medical school. So far, she has been history, so she said, ‘you’ve got to apply accepted into eight universities, and we for this!’ I was so nervous when I came in to can’t wait to see what the future brings for interview for the program, but the Museum this bright, young woman. staff made me feel at ease. I am so glad I took the leap.” The LIFTT program is made possible through the generous support of the Pinkerton When asked if she had a favorite experience Foundation and the ADP Foundation. during the program, she exclaimed, “There were so many!” But one stuck out in LIFTT graduate Anisah Rahaman.

DEDICATE A SEAT COMMEMORATE A SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION Reserve a personal Seat of Honor in the Intrepid Sea, Air Join us in supporting the exhibition of the space shuttle & Space Museum’s Allison & Howard Lutnick Theater. Enterprise in the Space Shuttle Pavilion on the fl ight deck Honor an American military service person’s contribution to of Intrepid and help create a thriving center for science, our nation through the Seats of Honor theater seat naming technology, engineering and math education programs program. Honor a family member or friend who served and designed to inspire future scientists, engineers and create an enduring link to our nation’s proud military history. researchers. Seat reservations, including a solid brass seat plaque and personalized inscription, are offered at $2,500 per With a donation of $250 or more you may sponsor a star seat. Dedication ceremonies occur twice a year on Memorial that will be prominently represented in the Pavilion. Join Day and Veterans Day. For more information visit Enterprise on its fi nal journey by making a donation via www.seatsofhonor.org or call 800-223-0062. www.intrepidmuseum.org/ProjectEnterprise.aspx or by calling 646-381-5274.

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Submerged: a New Interactive Experience he Exploreum is the Intrepid Museum’s the opportunity to experience the inside of will allow visitors to understand life as a home for hands-on learning, a place that this type of vessel. Providing access is a submariner, exploring such concepts as the T brings many elements of the Museum core mission of the Intrepid Museum, and we multiuse of small spaces, “hot bunking” and together in one engaging, interactive space. are glad to extend this experience to a wider food preparation on board. As the Museum’s collection has expanded to audience. encompass sea, air, space and large-scale The interactive submarine will be comprised artifacts, Exploreum exhibits have evolved. of four sections: Propulsion, Navigation, Mess This summer, the Exploreum will unveil its Deck and Bunk Compartments. Propulsion will largest interactive exhibit yet—a forty-foot explain how submarines move through the submarine where visitors can learn about its water powered by multipurpose diesel-electric mechanics and what life was like on board. engines and will showcase comparisons This new exhibit not only presents opportunities to vehicles of today, like hybrid cars. The for our education department to immerse Navigation area will include an interactive students in science, technology and history, periscope where visitors will observe sight-lines it also affords visitors who may not have the and learn how submarines dive and surface. mobility necessary to visit submarine Growler Lastly, the Mess Deck and Bunk Compartments

DONOR HIGHLIGHT Robert La Blanc Robert La Blanc has lived the American child by making it their lives’ work to share with scholarships for high school and dream. Born in Forest Hills, Queens, he the American dream with as many young college education. And when Bob started put his nose to the grindstone and won a adults as possible. volunteering as a Museum docent two years scholarship to MIT, but opted to stay close to ago, he and Betty decided they wanted to Since 1981, Robert and Betty have his family by attending Manhattan College invest in the Museum’s education programs. provided more than 325 inner city students and graduated with a degree in Electrical When asked whether there was a specific Engineering in 1956. He secured a job at area of education he thought was most New York Telephone and was conscripted by important, he said: “Science, math, history, the U.S. Air Force shortly thereafter, honing technology, the stories of human triumph— his telecommunications skills as a Base all of it! It’s all important for kids to learn. Communications Officer in Newfoundland And I’m fortunate enough to help them monitoring Soviet activity—including the do that.” recently launched Sputnik satellite. When he returned home, he quickly rose up the corporate ladder, eventually founding “ The American dream his own firm specializing in information technologies consulting. is still alive, and it Robert and his wife Betty had five children— exists in our education Elizabeth, Robert, Paul, Michelle and programs. Through Jeannie. At the young age of 14, Jeannie asked a question that would have far education, anything is reaching implications: why was their family possible.” so fortunate, while others were not? When Jeannie passed away suddenly, Bob and Betty made a commitment to honor their Robert La Blanc on the flight deck ofIntrepid .

Stay connected! Follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and email us at 7 [email protected] to receive email updates and invitations. From the Archives In this 1950s photograph from the collection of William Young, crew members take a break on Intrepid’s flight deck in front of an A-1 Skyraider. The Skyraider series of aircraft played an important role on Intrepid and Museum visitors will be able to see a Skyraider being restored on the flight deck this summer. We are excited to welcome this brand new addition to the Museum’s aircraft collection!

VOLUNTEER HIGHLIGHT James Eng ames Eng, of Fresh Meadows, Queens, fly Avengers, he flew them off Intrepid! A “ I love making the history began volunteering at the Museum friendship was struck, culminating in Jim Jin 2012. A 37 year veteran of the and his colleagues pooling together to come alive for our visitors. aerospace industry, Jim has always had purchase a Seat of Honor in the Museum’s The Intrepid Museum is so a fascination with the Museum’s aircraft theater for Ben, which will be dedicated on much more than the artifacts collection and decided to become a Memorial Day. volunteer the moment he stepped aboard on display—each object Intrepid. Jim has worked as a Human Factors comes with its own story, from Engineer at Northrop Grumman in Bethpage, NY, since 1983. His job is to analyze how the people who designed the humans interact with technology with technology to those who put the aim of designing more “user friendly” it to use and maintained it. control systems. I’m glad to be a part of it!” With the heart of a researcher, he started visiting Northrop Grumman’s History Center Jim, who has always been interested in soon after becoming a volunteer to research history, found his interest taken to a whole the Grumman planes in the Museum’s new level by volunteering each Sunday at collection (six of the Museum’s aircraft were the Museum. He loves turning the facts built by the company, in addition to space that he learns into stories, and enjoys shuttle Enterprise’s wings). He soon learned serving as a link between the aerospace of a retired Grumman employee named industry and those who actually used the Ben St. John, who had flown Avengers in equipment he helped create (one of Jim’s World War II. Jim reached out to Ben to learn James Eng standing in front of the Grumman projects at Grumman was the redesign of more about his experiences, and he was Avenger, the type flown by his friend Ben St. John the F-14 cockpit). amazed to discover that not only did Ben from Intrepid in World War II.

Are you interested in volunteering at the Intrepid Museum? Contact our Volunteer Hotline 8 at 646-381-5058 or email us at [email protected]. SUMMER EVENTS AT THE INTREPID MUSEUM

oin us throughout the Monday, May 26 9:00am to 10:30am MEET THE PILOTS summer to meet pilots Memorial Day Members Breakfast: Enjoy Over the summer, top pilots who are spectacular views of the Hudson River and connected to the Intrepid Museum’s aircraft connected to Intrepid’s J have breakfast under the Concorde. The collection will share stories of their fl ight aircraft, enjoy Movie and event is open to members at the Family/Dual experiences and their place in aviation Astronomy Nights, celebrate level and above. history. Dates are coming soon. space exploration and SUBMERGED EXHIBIT OPENS SPACE & SCIENCE FESTIVAL much more. Summer 2014 July 16-20 Visit the Exploreum, the Museum’s hands-on Interested in space, science, technology, FLEET WEEK gallery, to experience its newest addition, a astronauts and robotics? This fi ve-day May 21-27 40-foot interactive submarine. Members will celebration of space, STEM and innovation is Watch the Parade of Ships from Pier 86, be the fi rst to experience the exhibit. Check for you! enjoy activities on the pier and join us to our website for details. honor our veterans at the annual Memorial ASTRONOMY NIGHTS Day Ceremony. Museum Members receive Thursday, May 29 Friday, May 23 free admission, advance registration Friday, July 18 opportunities and invitations Our free Summer Movie series kicks-off on Saturday, August 23 to special events. Friday, May 23. Movie Nights on the fl ight 7:30pm to 10:30pm deck continue on Thursdays in July and To join today, call 646-381-5030 or Join amateur astronomers for stargazing August. Museum Members enjoy early ticket visit intrepidmuseum.org. and guided viewings of celestial events. reservations and priority admission.

Intrepid Museum Launches Patron Program n April , the Intrepid Museum launched the Anchor Society—a distinctive group of museum patrons whose generous support Iinspires exploration, innovation and wonder. The Anchor Society plays an integral role in charting a course to establish the Intrepid Museum as a leading institution that utilizes history and technology to inspire innovation, as we develop the next generation of leaders in science, technology, engineering and math.

Members enjoyed a cocktail reception on April 22 with astronaut Mike Massimino, following a discussion on the future of space exploration. Members of the Anchor Society enjoy a wide array of benefi ts, including access to Museum curators, invitations to special events like our annual symposium on the future of the Museum and private behind- the-scenes tours—all while providing vital support for the Panelists Mike Massimino and Ira Flatow with Anchor Society members Museum’s education programs and exhibits. following the Future of Space panel discussion.

If you are interested in becoming a founding member of the Anchor Society, please visit intrepidmuseum.org/AnchorSociety.aspx or call Carly Goettel at 646-381-5279. 9 Offi ce of Institutional Advancement NONPROFIT One Intrepid Square U.S. POSTAGE W. 46th Street & 12th Avenue, New York, NY 10036-4103 PAID CENTRAL ISLIP, NY PERMIT NO. 9

For more information, please contact the Offi ce of Institutional Advancement at 646-381-5201 or [email protected] INTREPIDMUSEUM.ORG

ADVANCEMENTS AN EXCLUSIVE NEWSLETTER FOR MUSEUM SUPPORTERS

In this issue:

Interpreting Historic 01 Spaces

Masters of Disguise: 02 The World of Camoufl age

Engaging our 03 Community

Former Crew 05 Member Highlight: Don and Eloise Bee Student Highlight: 06 Anisah Rahaman

Submerged: A New Exhibit/ 07 Donor Highlight: Robert LaBlanc From the Archives/ Volunteer 08 Highlight: James Eng

Summer Events/ 09 Anchor Society