This is going to be a truly unique opportunity to see this important museum with the lead designers of the building and the exhibitions. Please circulate this invite. MUSEUMS COUNCIL OF NEW YORK CITY MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS WORKSHOP MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT MUSEUM & RESEARCH CENTER JULY 13, 1999. The Museums Council of New York City is planning a day-long Museum Professionals Workshop at the recently opened Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center in Mashantucket, CT. The visit will be on Tuesday July 13, 1999. We will be accompanied by Mike Hanke, the head of Design Division, the exhibition designers for the museum; and Susan Rodriguez and Don Weinreich, who led the building design for Polshek Partners Architects. This will be an extraordinary opportunity to get a museum professional's look at the "best exhibit of North American Indian materials in the world, and among the very best anthropological museum exhibits anywhere." (William Sturtevant, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History.) Archaeology Magazine (November/December, 1998) hailed the Museum as "an outstanding achievement in museum presentation and public education and sure to set the standard for decades to come." The 85,000 square feet (!) of permanent exhibitions feature some of the richest, most imaginative, and most engaging interactive and immersive exhibition technology I've ever encountered. The 300,000 square foot (!!) building also houses a research center including a library with an ambitious acquisitions program and a state-of-the-art archaeology lab. Taken together, this is among the premier new museums of any kind in America. We will get an exclusive insider's view of the exhibition and building development from the key designers and Museum staff. The Museum is very hospitably providing a bus, an afternoon meal, and comfortable meeting space for our day. We anticipate a large turnout for this event, so please register early. We will not set a "per-institution" limit for registration, as we have in some of our previous popular events. But we may come back to you with a limit (and a refund) as the event approaches if we are over-booked. Please forward this notice to other members of your institution who might be most interested in attending. Best Regards, Eric Siegel Chairman The Museums Council of New York City PRELIMINARY AGENDA MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS WORKSHOP MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT MUSEUM & RESEARCH CENTER JULY 13, 1999 8:00 AM - Bus leaves Metropolitan Museum of Art 11:30 AM - Arrival at MPM&RC 12:00 - 1:00 PM - Lunch/Orientation 1:00 - 4:30 PM - Exhibitions Tours Breakout Sessions: Archaeology Lab/Library Tour; Architectural Tour; Archaeology Site tour. 4:30 - 5:30 - Question/Answer session with MPM&RC staff, Exhibition Design firm, and Architects 6:00 - Bus returns to Manhattan REGISTRATION INFO: If you are a museum professional in NYC, a student in the field, or in an affiliated profession, you are welcome to come to the meeting. We will be able to fit about 40 people on the bus. If we need to limit the number of people from any one institution, we will do that as we get closer to the event. The Museums Professionals Workshop costs $50.00 per person. Please mail the check to: Amy Fischetti, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, NY 11004 (718) 347-3276 x 13. The check must arrive by July 6. The bus is going to fill quickly, so if you want to take the bus, register early. If you want to get there on your own, we'll have a bit more leeway.` Any other questions about the program or about the Museums Council of NYC, please email me. Eric Siegel Director, Planning & Program Development The New York Hall of Science http://www.nyhallsci.org ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).