Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

Exhibits and Museum servicesmuseum servicesover the course of fy 2022, the tourism market rebounded post pandemic and saw a resurgence of both domestic and regional visitation. The Museum welcomed over 720,000 visitors during the year as pent up demand for domestic travel was strong. The international market show signs of returning in the summer months and continued to increase in q4; however, visitation numbers were less than 50% of normal levels for most markets. The asian market, which is especially important to the Museum, was essentially non-existent due to continued lockdowns, quarantine measures, visa delays and political climate. Historically the chinese/asian market has been the second largest international draw for both nyc and the Museum. New local resident pricing was introduced during fy 2022 providing nyc residents with 50% off general admission prices. This special pricing was used by over 47,000 nyc residents, allowing the Museum to develop a stronger connection with our surrounding communities while lowering the barriers for entry. The Museum also brought back "free nights" on the last fridays of each month from may through august, welcoming over 11,000 visitors free of charge. The department continued to focus on staff development through enhanced training. The ves (visitor experience specialist) team welcomed additional members and began the process of training to deploy newly imagined guided tours in q1 of fy 2023.the Museum primary's focus was its targeted digital advertising options as most of the traditional outlets were still returning, resulting in strong margins in the return on investment. The Museum made significant progress with new branding and new website projects, both critical for future growth and increasing market presence. Both are expected to launch together in late summer/early fall of fy 2023.group salesin fy 2022 the Intrepid Museum's group sales offerings included a variety of programs for many different group types and, overall, welcomed over 100,000 guests through these offerings. These programs were aligned with our mission and offered our guests the opportunity to explore and learn in an informal setting. Included were specialized children's birthday parties with themes of sea, air and space, consistent with our exhibitions. In total, we hosted 106 birthday parties attended by over 4,100 guests aboard Intrepid. Our overnight program, operation slumber, hosted move than 2,750 children and their parents and chaperones over 17 dates. We hosted over 26,500 guests in fy 2022 through our receptive operators and over 8,100 guests via our tour operator partners. We hosted over 6,500 camp and scout groups, and over 14,500 students and adults/chaperones. We continued to host youth orchestras, bands, choirs, or dance groups for performances onboard as a part of their group admission, giving them the opportunity to honor and inspire by sharing their performances with Museum guests. The Museum also hosted commissioning ceremonies on board, which included complimentary admission to veteran and active members of the military and their families present to celebrate a military enlistment or promotion, as well as retirement ceremonies.volunteersthe expansion and enhancement of our Museum volunteer program continued in 2022. A concerted recruiting effort enabled us to restore the program to pre-covid levels for the time since march 2020. Visitor feedback reported interaction with our volunteers as a favorite aspect of the Museum experience. Our active and growing team of volunteers, many of whom are veterans and some of whom are Intrepid former crew members, offered the public a unique perspective on our exhibits and artifacts, with stories and anecdotes from their own service to our country. In 2022, 145 volunteers gave more than 17,400 hours of their time to the Museum. In addition to working with the public, volunteers also assisted in the information technology, institutional advancement, visitor services, operations and exhibits departments, and approximately 15 dedicated volunteers helped our aircraft restoration staff sand, paint, wash and dust historical aircraft. Volunteers continued to aid an increasing number of education programs, such as Intrepid after hours, teacher professional development workshops, and programs for children with autism. Along with their established duties, volunteers took on new challenges/tasks including: giving the concorde experience, organizing and cataloguing the Museum's internal archives, assisting visitor services in repairing elements of the complex, new administrative projects with the marketing and business development teams and an increased presence with education's access programs. Volunteers are also working with multiple departments (collections, exhibits and development) on several growler initiatives. These include former crewmember relations, fundraising and restoration work.the Intrepid Museum collaborated with a dedicated team of volunteers and continued the work of transcribing the Museum's interviews of former crew members of Intrepid and growler for its oral history project. To date, volunteers have assisted in transcribing more than 240 of the 60- to 90-minute interviews, each of which takes approximately eight to twelve hours of work.exhibitsthe Intrepid Museum continued to develop and implement exhibits that align with its strategic plan under the prong of "opening more spaces" to enable visitors to experience fascinating areas of the former aircraft carrier. Interpretation also continued to focus on stories of those who served, and the technological innovations present in each area. The exhibits department continues to refresh the Museum's exhibitions by implementing new storylines and artifacts into our permanent Intrepid story.the list below represents the physical and digital exhibits for 2022. All of the exhibits described are free with Museum admission. We do not have "people counters" installed in these exhibit galleries, so there are no details on attendance for each experience.mars rover display february 18-june 15, 2022 (temporary) - featured the full-scale models of the perseverance rover and ingenuity helicopter. "on the mend": restoring Intrepid's sick bay, march 24, 2022 - ongoing the temporary exhibition on the mend: restoring Intrepid's sick bay examines the history of medical care on the ship while also illuminating the Museum's current efforts to open sick bay to visitors. Objects, photographs, archives, and oral histories reveal the complexities of medical care on board an aircraft carrier at sea. Visitors can also explore an interactive 3d model of sick bay.40th anniversary panel exhibition may 2022- december 2022 (temporary)a panel show with large scale photos and brief description illustrating some of the key milestones of the Museum including major acquisitions, attendance by heads of state, focus on education and connection to the local community.women of the space shuttle era exhibit, october 6, 2022 - winter 2023 (temporary)with content originally created by the international women's air & space Museum in cleveland, Ohio, this exhibit shines a spotlight on the women astronauts who have made critical contributions to human space flight. Prior to the space shuttle program, no american woman flew in space with nasa. This bilingual panel exhibit in english and spanish is in the space shuttle pavilion.imls making history accessible: this federal leadership project brings together 7 historic site museums, 7 disability self-advocates, access smithsonian, and national trust for historic preservation, in partnership with new york university's ability project. Nearing the conclusion of this 4-year project the team is creating an accessible toolkit to help historic sites and museums create low cost, accessible interpretation to engage all types of visitors. This project spawned the accessible mobile guide, which in turn helped establish our relationship with bloomberg connects. Imls Museum's empowered: this federally funded project has helped the Museum complete all the infrastructure related to the 3d scanning of the Museum as well as to prototype and evaluate three prototypes 1) cic project created by education; 2) below decks created by exhibits; and 3) a tool to introduce new staff to the layout of the Museum (created by exhibits with visitor services). These small interventions related to the scanning expand our virtual reality efforts.

Other programspublic programsthe programs were focused and limited and had superior attendance. In total for the virtual astronomy live (the total audience attending the year of programs logged over three quarter of a million viewers (726,065). The double asteroid redirection test (dart) approach event, one of the big astronomical events of the year attracted nearly a half a million viewers for the single event. Additionally, the team realized on-going signature festivals including kids week, fleet week, free fridays and two (2) astronomy live sessions (on-site) and the annual summer movie night series.free fridays and the movie series welcome the community to the Museum for after-hours, free, engaging events. This year, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Museum there were several virtual experiences led by our talented curators. Public programs led a new project, in collaboration with education to create a short captivating theatrical production about the life and career of betty skeleton. Details of these projects below.2022 virtual astronomy live summary (val) programming for the Museum's val series included the following topics with panels of highly recognized american and international scientists, engineers, astronauts and other professionals who are experts in the respective topics. January 20, 2022: nasas artemis i launchartemis 1 is a planned un-crewed test flight for nasa's artemis program. It is the first flight of the agency's space launch system super heavy-lift launch vehicle and the first flight of the orion mpcv. Artemis 1 is expected to launch february 2022. Nasa's mars 2020 perseverance rover landed on mars one year ago on feb. 18, 2021. Perseverance is the most sophisticated rover nasa has ever sent to the red planet, with a name that embodies nasa's passion, and our nation's capability, to take on and overcome challenges. Viewers heard from the mars helicopter lead as he shared highlights from one year on mars and shows images captured by the perseverance rover and the ingenuity helicopter. March 20: virtual astronomy live topic: women in spaceviewers heard from commercial astronaut dr. sian proctor and former nasa astronaut nicole stott, as they shared their experiences and discussed exciting new achievements being made by women in space. May 22: virtual astronomy live - constructing the next generation space habitatthis program what it takes to develop a deep-space habitat will allow a crew to live and work safely in space for long durations on missions to explore the moon and mars. The habitation systems development office is a multi-center nasa team working together to develop sustainable living quarters, workspaces, and laboratories for astronauts on next-generation space missions. June 26: virtual astronomy live - topic: music from space/ astronaut playlistsmusic, the shared medium of all the inhabitants of the planet, the one thing we all can relate too. Viewers learned about what astronauts listen to in space and hear from former astronauts cady coleman and chris hadfield who brought her love for music into space. July 24: virtual astronomy live - topic: 10 year anniversary: decommissioning of the space shuttle this program also featured the 10 year anniversary of the arrival of the space shuttle enterprise to the Intrepid Museum, as well as a behind the scenes look at the decommissioning of the space shuttle orbiters and the transport to their final destinations. August 21: virtual astronomy live nasa's james webb space telescope: first science images description: nasa's james webb space telescope, a partnership with esa (european space agency) and the canadian space agency (csa), released its first full-color images and spectroscopic data on july 12, 2022. As the largest and most complex observatory ever launched into space, webb went through a six- month period of preparation before it began science work, calibrating its instruments to its space environment and aligning its mirrors. This talk explained webb engineering, first science images, and future science goals. September 26: special event - live coverage of dart approach and impact the double asteroid redirection test (dart) mission is a planetary defense-driven test of technologies for preventing an impact of earth by a hazardous asteroid. Dart will be the first demonstration of the kinetic impactor technique to change the motion of an asteroid in space. The mission of dart is designed to evaluate the kinetic impact technique by striking an asteroid with a spacecraft at high relative velocity and observing the resulting change in orbit. Our esteemed panel included scott bellamy, dart mission manager and dr. andy cheng, dart project science lead. October 23: virtual astronomy live - topic: mission astro accessastroaccess is dedicated to advancing disability inclusion in space exploration for the benefit of humankind. The project is supported through the whitesides Foundation and is part of sciaccess, Inc., an international non-profit dedicated to advancing disability inclusion in stem. Astroaccess flew a successful zero gravity flight in october 2021 and has flown several partner flights in 2022. Astroaccess' next chartered flight will be in december 2022. Viewers interacted with astroaccess ambassadors who talked about the mission, their experiences, and gave the audience a behind the scenes look into the next flight. November 20: virtual astronomy live - how new technology is driving exploration to the moon, mars and beyond nasa's technology demonstration missions (tdm) bridges the gap between: need and means; scientific and engineering challenges and the technological innovations needed to overcome them; early proof-of-concept tests; and the final infusion of cost-effective, revolutionary new technologies into nasa, government and commercial space missions. Viewers heard from the scientists and engineers who talked about these newly proven technologies and how they will enable future nasa missions to pursue bolder goals; make human missions safer and more rewarding; and enable new expansion of space industry in the government and commercial sectors. December 18: virtual astronomy live - artemis: after the launchon november 16, nasa launched the most powerful rocket in the world on its first test flight: artemis i. The technology behind the artemis program, which will ultimately land the first woman and first person of color on the moon, is the result of cooperative efforts by a number of commercial partners, crowned by the lockheed martin-built orion spacecraft. This crew module will provide life support for up to four astronauts, as well as avionics, power systems, and state-of-the-art thermal protection during launch, landing, and recovery. Members of the lockheed martin team discussed the vehicle that will soon take humans deep into space, its recent record-breaking orbit around the moon, and the innovative technology on board for the ride.free fridays: featuring astronomy nights and movies nightsthe Intrepid Museum kicked off its free friday program in april 2022 extending its hours free of charge to the public. Free fridays were conducted once monthly through september. In 2022 the Museum celebrated its 40th anniversary with special programs, including our popular astronomy nights with special guest speakers, demonstrations, stargazing on the flight deck and more. On site astronomy nights featured fun-filled and educational experiences for the whole family, including talks, demonstration and activities from the Museum's education department. Local astronomers were on hand with their high-powered telescopes and helped visitors navigate the night sky and answer questions about astronomy and stargazing. Its on-site astronomy night programs took place in the space shuttle pavilion and in april featured astronautica: voices of women in space and in september featured apollo 13 astronaut fred haise in conversation with former nasa astronaut mike massimino, on haise's new memoir, never panic early: an apollo 13 astronaut's journey. The Museum also hosted four (4) movie nights series free to the public with a movie under the stars on Intrepid's flight deck in may, june, july and august featuring classic films also celebrating the Museum's 40th anniversary.

Education & evaluationfy 2022 continued to show the effects of covid concerns in terms of group or individual participation in indoor activities, but also evidenced fatigue around virtual interactions. The education team worked to find a balance between virtual and in-person programming, and made sure to be on top of the latest information for supporting stressed youth for our longer touch programs such as goals, navigator interns and casa students. 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 served well over 30,000 individuals through various types of educator-led programming in the fiscal year spanning january 1, 2022 - december 31, 2022 and over 20,000 more through festivals, materials, and online content. 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 2022, programs happened both remotely and at the Museum. School partnerships such as casa and a local school residency also saw Museum education team members back in the schools. The Museum prioritizes securing funding that allows it to offer many 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 english language learners. School and teacher programs (in and out of school time)over 25,000 k-12 students, including those with physical, developmental or learning disabilities, and teachers took part in programming in person or virtually during 2022. 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 using the google arts and culture site featuring the Museum, 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 and competed in their own race to the moon; 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. 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 for teachers of grades pre-k-12. Program formats were offered over several weeks virtually in the after-school hours to meet the need of educators across the city and varied from 5 to 15 credits. The Museum welcomed 25 teachers from across the country to participate in a two-week long hybrid professional development. Funded by the national endowment for the humanities, the summer institute for teachers perspectives on world war ii in the pacific theater, allowed teachers to focus on diverse experiences of the war through lenses not often explored in general education textbooks. In addition, the imls cares grant awarded in september 2020 allowed the team to undertake the consolidation of curriculum, video and digital resources into a learning library of resource sets which has been made freely available to out of school time and classroom based educators, librarians and individual learners. A paid in-school residency was completed once again in fall 2022 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 an extra challenge this year, ps 51 welcomed over 150 recent migrant children from central and south america. In response, Museum educators prepared and co-taught bilingual lessons. Spring 2022 had the education team finishing casa programming for 15 partner schools. For fall 2022- 10 council members awarded the Museum 17 casa partnerships. In spring 2022 5 schools in staten island received cultural immigrant initiative (cii) supported programming from Intrepid through one council member. For the school year beginning in fall 2022, two council members are supporting 8 of these partnerships (5 in si and 3 in brooklyn). 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 second year in a row, supporting five schools.the second summer of the gsk supported science in the summer programming for 400 students was delivered for nycha and dycd-connected sites across the city.youth leadership initiative & career pathwaythis year challenged us to continue the excellence of the goals (greater opportunities advancing leadership and science) for girls program, as it was brought back to being an onsite program. The core of goals is an intensive, six-week summer intensive program, generally for 50 girls. This year covid fears and fatigue impacted on recruitment and retention so the summer only had 42 students complete. 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 an alumni digital communications and events. Once again, the Museum offered a full-day virtual youth summit.approximately 1,134 teen participants registered and attended onsite and virtual teen events in 2022. Access, veteran and military family programsprograms were provided online and onsite for 1,635 people with cognitive, sensory, physical or emotional needs, along with their families or support staff. Offerings included american sign language (asl)-led public tours for adults; verbal description and touch tours for adults who are blind or have low vision; programs for visitors with dementia and their caregivers; family programs for children with developmental or learning disabilities and their families; early morning openings for families affected by autism; and partner events. Asl interpretation for large virtual public events reached even more. With funding from the andrew w. mellon Foundation, the Museum expanded its offerings for individuals with dementia and their care partners. These programs integrated the arts for an enriching experience, and while the Museum was open, removed barriers by providing transportation to the Museum and programs at the care sites. The access team successfully facilitated 1062.5 direct service hours during three week-long all access maker camp sessions. Military family programs for returning veterans and active service members and their families and veterans' programs such as Intrepid after hours and veterans plus (including civilian guests) served 638 participants both on site and in the virtual space. The two part-time, paid positions created and staffed in collaboration with birch family services continued through 2022 with job path. One position is within education and the other works with exhibits.

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.