Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

Exhibits and Museum servicesexhibitsthe Museum offered a range of on-site and digital experiences to immerse visitors into the Museum themes of the intersection of history and innovation and expand on the stories of space science and Intrepid during its eras of service. Onsite: these new exhibitions were free with Museum admission. Postcards from earth: holograms on an interstellar journey february 16 - october 9, 2023 (temporary exhibition):in collaboration with cornell university this exhibition blending art and space science showcases a university thought experiment reach other star systems at a speed never thought to be achievable. Final flight: the story of a wwii corsair. September 14, 2023 (ongoing):on march 18, 1945, a young, newly married naval aviator flew from the uss Intrepid on his first combat mission; it would be his last. He and his f4u-1d corsair were shot down near the city of saiki on japan's southern main island of kyushu. Fifty years later, a japanese fisherman found what is thought to be the remnants of his corsair. Through artifacts, photos, and a visually engaging installation of the aircraft's engine and a section of the wing, this exhibit tells the story of the discovery of the aircraft elements, the story of the young pilot, and the science and technology of the artifact preservation.free content supporting physical exhibitionsbloomberg connects app (first phase complete and ongoing):this free digital guide is available on the bloomberg platform. Stories about the historic naval vessels, aircraft and the uss Intrepid come to life through interviews with former crew members, curators, archival photographs and films. Telling a wide range of stories enables the Intrepid Museum to share a rich and full history of our historic vessels. This includes exploring the barriers that some navy personnel faced based on their race, gender, sexuality, or nation of origin. This content (from wayfinding to storytelling) can be translated into multiple languages to engage our international audiences. Making history accessible: digital toolkitthe Museum is committed to creating accessible experiences for visitors with physical and cognitive differences as well as visitors who may never be able to come on-site but want to access the stories of history and innovation. With partners we are developing tools that support our and other historic landmark museums. The four-year long collaborative project (extended due to covid) concluded with a digital, accessible toolkit to help national historic landmark museums create low-cost, impactful and inclusive tactile experiences for visitors. The project received the museums association of new york award for museums over 1 million budgets in the "engaging communities; members of the project working group were invited to regional and national conferences to present on findings httpsintrepidmuseumorgresourcesac... scanning project and digital exhibition vr pilot project engine room/fire room (to be complete by q4 2024):after years of developing the scans and data sets of the interior spaces of Intrepid, the Museum initiated a pilot project (with a third-party vendor) to create (a vr experience) to introduce audiences to the stories and functions of heart of an aircraft carrier.every ship of the u.s. navy depends on the hard work of their engineering crew. The men of uss Intrepid's b and m divisions spent four-hour shifts in 100-degree heat day and night to keep Intrepid's planes flying, propellers turning, food warm and lights on. Our guided vr experience will showcase some of this largely unsung labor in the context of an urgent peacetime mission, as 25-year-old boilers and turbines are pushed to their limits to drive more than 30,000 tons of steel at 29 knots.learning goals discover the specific machinery that propelled Intrepid, exploring its capabilities and deficiencies; understand the day-to-day experiences of individuals assigned to work in the ship's navigation bridge, engine rooms, and boiler rooms learn how steam powered uss Intrepid (we will explore how steam continues to be used in today's navy in the self-guided experience).research and development for second deck expansion project: sickbay, barber shop and post office (to be complete by 2027):this long-term, multi-phased project will help to achieve one of the Museum's strategic goals of "opening more spaces" of this historic vessel and tell the stories of the crew in these site-specific compartments. Intensive research has begun to restore and open a large section of the ship's second deck, including the ship's post office, barber shop, sick bay and torpedo handling compartment.key exhibition and curatorial staff, along with a guest historian of medicine are developing a comprehensive outline and vision for the exhibition in this 7,000 sq foot space, that includes traditional text panels and photos, physical props, interactives and sound installations to bring these amazing stories about naval medicine (sick bay); rules and regulations (barber shop); and maintaining morale (post office). Collections are the heart and soul of the Museum, and the staff work to ensure that we are building the collection, protecting and preserving it (both physically and digitally) so that it can support ongoing exhibitions and education efforts and serve as a resource for researchers, for years to come.restoration project - concorde aircraft:one of the core artifacts concorde the supersonic jet was removed from the premises, brought to the brooklyn navy yard to undergo preservation and restoration (by a third party) to support its long-term maintenance. (to be returned to the Museum in spring 2024)collections acquisitions/donations calendar year 2023 stats:approximately 797 artifacts were added to the collection in 2023 and there were 86 total acquisitions (including collections found on board, found in collection, and purchased). Examining the 2023 against the prior year, nearly all categories have increased. 86 total acquisitions: (74 gifts, 5 found on board, 4 found in collection, 3 purchased)- artifacts consisting of 46 archival collections, 65 objects, 686 media items (including scan and return donations) - oral history participants who donated artifacts this year: 11- repeat donors: 11- acquisitions resulting from the 80th commissioning anniversary: 21.- current records published to emuseum: 1,275 (241 archives, 361 objects, 623 media, 50 oral histories). This was an increase of 206 records from last year.2023 estimated total collection = 22,549. Archives (records) = 1,864; objects = 3,624 media = 17,061 a few collections highlights: loren isley collection - ensign loren isley piloted a f4u corsair with fighting squadron 10 (vf-10) and died on march 18, 1945, during an attack on a military airfield near saiki, japan. Remnants of the aircraft likely flown by isley are on loan from nhhc and are on display in final flight: the story of a wwii corsair. The isley family graciously offered to donate letters written by loren to his brother dale, letters and telegrams relating to his death, his flight logbook and purple heart and air medal awards among other artifacts. Intrepid baptism photos - james j. tritten served on board Intrepid as a pilot with anti-submarine squadron 27 (vs-27) from 1972 to 1973. He was on board the ship during its last two cruises to the north atlantic and the mediterranean. His daughter, kimberly, was baptized on board Intrepid on may 14, 1972. He and his sister have donated photographs (as scan and return) from the baptism to the collection. We only know of one other baptism that took place on Intrepid, in 1954, which is described in a ketcher newspaper article from the time. Additionally, we also have received multiple collections related to the post office, engine and firerooms, all relevant to on-going exhibit research and development. Digital collections websiteour digital collections website (http://intrepid.emuseum.com/) has grown each year and currently has over 1,275 records free and available to the public from our internal database comprised of:objects: 361archives: 241media: 623oral histories: 50

Other programspublic programs:from january - december 2023 the Museum hosted a wide range of free and paid public events both on site and virtual, to engage local, regional, national and international audiences. 21 public programs were produced, with 11 all virtual programs and 10 onsite programs.the core series included astro live (a collaboration with nasa spaceflight.com) with 2 onsite and 8 virtual programs. Each month we give our viewers a behind the scenes look into the world of space, science and technology. We have leading scientists and engineers, as well as current and former astronauts that come on and talk about the latest and newest stem focused content within the world of space. These experts give us a real behind the scenes preview of what they are working on exclusive for our program. Topics each month are diverse and inspire innovation and curiosity. Every month the viewers hear and see something new and look to us to learn and get inspired. All programs are live streamed via the Intrepid Museum's facebook, youtube, and x, as well as nasa spaceflight's youtube and x, and kerbal space academy's twitch.the astro live series had a virtual audience of 291,777 viewers, while onsite had 6,170 people in attendance. The total audience impressions were 7,290,738 with 12,448 in virtual engagement. Virtual topics included cubesats, a launch initiative by nasa providing opportunities for small satellite payloads on upcoming rocket launches to conduct research that addresses science, exploration, and technology development. Viewers heard from nasa marshall's deputy chief technologist john carr and members of the alpha cubesat team at cornell university including joshua umansky-castro, mission manager, as they discuss the role of cubesats in technological innovation, and learn more about alpha cubesat, which was on display in the museums space shuttle pavilion. Another featured virtual topic included robotic arms, which are essential to space operations offering a helping "hand" to missions onboard space shuttles and the iss. Today, the iss has a number of robotic elements, including canadarm2 and the european robotic arm. Viewers heard from mission controller of the canadian space agency danielle cormier and european robotic arm engineer vinita marwaha madill about these two remarkable pieces of technology and the future of robotics as humanity sets its sights on the moon, mars, and beyond!onsite astro live programs included a special talk from nasa astronaut jessica watkins, as she talked about her life in space as a mission specialist on nasa's spacex crew-4 mission to the international space station. Along with a special onsite program featuring art in space with a panel discussion from former nasa astronaut nicole stott and inspiration4 astronaut dr. sian proctor in conversation with former nasa astronaut mike massimino about art in space. While the temporary exhibit postcards from earth was on display in the space shuttle pavilion, exhibit artist c bangs and professor greg matloff talked about their work that inspires collaboration between science and art as a means to reach other star systems at speeds never thought to be achievable.the Museum also hosted two additional series, its annual summer movie series, and a behind the scenes virtual series. Both series celebrated the ship's 80th commissioning anniversary with special themed programs. First, the summer movie series which is a free event in which films are screened on the Museum's flight deck. To celebrate the 80th anniversary the series featured all classic "ship" themed films.guests enjoy views of the hudson river and city skyline while screening classics films. The movie series opened with the annual screening of top gun on friday, may 24, kicking off memorial day weekend. The movie nights continued on each of the Museum's free fridays june, july and august (august was cancelled due to weather) and included movies like crimson tide and pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl. Movie night attendance was 2,129. During the second series celebrating the ships 80th anniversary, the Museum hosted behind the scenes live: 80th anniversary edition. Viewers got to go behind the scenes and virtually tour some of the unique spaces within the Intrepid Museum, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the uss Intrepid's commissioning, taking viewers on an exclusive journey. Total viewership was 4,192, with impressions of 31,762 and 365 in viewer engagements. Behind the scenes took place in march, august and november and included inside Intrepid's island, where the Museum's curator of history and collections jessica williams took viewers on a live tour of the ship's bridges. Jessica was joined by former Intrepid former crew member joseph speicher, who served as an officer on board Intrepid. Joseph speicher served as an officer on board Intrepid from 1971 to 1973. Next, the behind the scenes went inside Intrepid's hangar deck where the curator of aviation eric boehm and collections manager danielle swanson took viewers on an exclusive virtual tour through the hangar deck. And finally, we went inside Intrepid's third deck, with curator of history jessica williams on an exclusive virtual tour of Intrepid's mess deck and galleys where cooks prepared seven tons of food each day. Jessica was joined by Intrepid former crew member alan schumacher who served on board the aircraft carrier Intrepid from 1971 to 1973. He was an aircraft survival equipmentman third class with helicopter squadron hs-11. The Museum hosted some programming as one-off events.public programs in collaboration with education's access team, created an lgbtq panel discussion during nyc pride month, merging the current veterans program and bringing it to a wider public audience.the panel discussion focused on the contributions and experiences of lgbtq service members and military children. This program was held on june 21, 2023 as veterans and family members shared stories of resilience, struggle and activism in the past and present. Guests learned about the evolution of the military's policies and practices affecting lgbtq service members as well as the new challenges service members and military children face today.the program was moderated by derick waller is a three-time new york emmy award-winning reporter for wabc-tv in new york city. Derick's father is a veteran of the u.s. marines. Derick is openly gay and lives with his partner of 6 years in manhattan.participants included tanya a. walker a combat engineers u.s army veteran. She is the board co-chair at equality new york and the co-founder of new york transgender advocacy group (nytag). Jay cook is a young professional who grew up in a marine corps family. His father was stationed primarily in camp pendleton and at the corpus christi naval air station. He has been openly gay since the age of 12 and is currently engaged to a trans man. James fitzgerald is a u.s. army veteran, where he served for nine years in the infantry, deploying to iraq and afghanistan. He received the purple heart for his injuries sustained during combat in afghanistan while serving with the 101st airborne division. In 2014, he was medically retired and honorably discharged from the military. James previously interned at the white house with first lady michelle obama on joining forces, an initiative connecting service members, veterans, and their families with public and private sector resources in education, employment and wellness. Presently, he is a strategic engagement and communications associate at amerivet securities.the event had 200 people registered and 50 people in attendance. While the number is smaller than we had hoped, the program had a much bigger impact on the Museum and our local community.

Education & evaluationin 2023, the education team continued to use the center for history and innovation as a guiding framework for their endeavors and worked to be on top of the latest best practices for supporting stressed youth and teachers. Education staff members continued to work from a place of welcoming and inclusiveness, offering programs such as the cultural immigrant initiative and programming explicitly highlighting typically marginalized stories and voices such as women in stem fields, lgbtq veterans and african american contributions during Intrepid's active service years. Ultimately, the Museum's education team served well over 40,000 individuals through various types of educator-led programming in the fiscal year spanning january 1, 2023 december 31, 2023 and over 12,000 more through self-guided materials, plus thousands engaging with online content. Center for history & innovation keystone projects:programming focused on supporting the Museum's mission by amplifying the experiences of those on the frontlines of history and the stories behind the engineering marvels in our collection, inviting individuals of all ages to experience wonder, ask questions and be inspired to seek creative solutions to the 21st century's greatest challenges. Programs promote the following mindsets: problem solving (defining the challenge; examining and assessing evidence; exploring how and why); growth (learning from failure, thriving on challenges); collaboration (inclusion of diverse viewpoints, voices and practices); synthesizing (making connections; understanding relationships and impacts).the Museum offers multidisciplinary, dynamic programs for schools and families, audiences with special needs, vulnerable groups, veterans and community groups as well as the general public. In a typical year, programs happen at the Museum, in the communities of new york city and through distance learning nationally and internationally. Over the course of 2023, programs happened primarily at the Museum, but virtual experiences were still available upon request, or, in the case of teacher professional development, intentionally developed. School partnerships such as casa and a local school residency saw Museum education team members offering programming in many schools. The Museum prioritizes securing funding that allows it to offer education programs at no cost to students, families and individuals from high-need schools and communities. A large percentage of those served are people with disabilities and multilingual learners. School and teacher programs (in and out of school time):over 31,000 k-12 students, including those with physical, developmental or learning disabilities, and teachers took part in programming in person or virtually during 2023. Programs focused on the intersection of history and innovation and were aligned with the state standards, the new york city scope & sequence and the next generation science standards. These programs included onsite or virtual exploration of the ship's restored historic spaces, inquiry-based discussions, primary source analysis and design challenges. Students viewed the Museum's historic aircraft collection, discussed aircraft design and use, and engaged in physics demonstrations and experiments to discover how flight is possible; participated in space science programs focusing on the space shuttle enterprise, the history of the space race and space exploration in relation to Intrepid's own history; created robotic arms, experienced simulated microgravity, discovered how astronauts work in space; discussed waterways, the need for water on a u.s. navy ship and preservation challenges for a ship docked on the hudson river. With remote instruction, students from all over the united states and from multiple countries have experienced virtual tours of Museum spaces and collections, led by an educator whom they interact with in real time. In addition, the Museum was awarded a grant to collaborate with a local school to create and implement a pilot curriculum starting in fall 2023, utilizing the educating for american democracy framework to engage elementary age students with civics. The Museum's education team engaged school age participants with physical, cognitive or emotional challenges and their instructors through tailored programs that involved movement, sound, storytelling, use of touch-collection objects, pictures, and close examination of artifacts, such as the t-34a mentor airplane and hh-52a sea guardian helicopter. Many of these programs, particularly those for students with autism, included a pre-visit experience. These audiences are particularly challenging to connect with in virtual space, yet feedback to our remote programs remained positive. For teachers, Museum educators led free and low-cost professional development programs. Programs were offered onsite, virtually, during the school day and in the after-school hours to meet the need of educators across the city and awarded the participating teachers ny state department of education-endorsed professional development credits. The Museum welcomed 375 teachers and administrators through these professional development programs as well as through collaborations with different schools and nyc department of education offices. Forty teachers received professional learning through the educating for democracy grant. Funded by imls, outreach for 2024 inspiration academy for teachers programming began in october, including outreach within the doe and dodea.a paid in-school residency was completed once again in fall 2023 with hyper-local school ps 51, on west 44th street. Two second grade and one second/third grade split class with 84 total students learned about the Intrepid Museum and our ties to the hudson river watershed. As ps 51 continues to welcome recent migrant children from central and south america, Museum educators prepared and co-taught bilingual lessons. Spring 2023 had us finishing casa programming for 17 partnerships. For fall 2023 council members awarded the Museum 15 casa partnerships. Also, in spring 2023 we finished providing 8 schools cultural immigrant initiative (cii) supported programming. For the school year beginning in fall 2023, three council members are supporting 9 of these partnerships. As interpreted by our team, cii programming explores the contributions of immigrants to sea, air and space history and innovation.special city-wide council afterschool enrichment funds were awarded to the Museum for our Intrepid engineers program for the third year in a row, supporting five schools.the neh-funded crossing the line program completed its final year serving cohorts of students in 10-week residencies. Lessons learned about arts integration to connect with historical artifacts and stories are now integrated into other programs such as casa.youth leadership initiative & career pathway:this year challenged us to continue the excellence of the goals (greater opportunities advancing leadership and science) for girls summer program. With funding from the imls, targeted outreach was made to encourage participation of black girls and latinas. Youth leadership programming also included stem career mentorship days and stem panel forums throughout the year serving hundreds of goals alumnae along with their friends and families and paid internships for twenty alumnae of previous goals summers. In addition, channels of communication vital to providing the support network our youth leadership programming helps establish were maintained through alumni digital communications and events. Girls in science and engineering day had nearly 500 attendees pre-registered for the event, plus serving more than 1000 of the general Museum visitorship. The first museum-created mini hackathon focused on tech and our collections had 97 attendees. Approximately 1450 teen participants pre-registered and attended onsite and virtual teen events in 2023.

The Museum provides program support and administrative services to two 501(c)3 organizations with related missions: the Intrepid fallen heroes fund (ifhf) and the Intrepid relief fund (irf), both of which were originally founded by the Intrepid Museum Foundation. The Museum's support includes but is not limited to personnel, office space and facility services, as well as technology, data and communications systems support, all at no cost.