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Education & evaluationin 2024, 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 over 40,000 individuals through various types of educator-led programming in the fiscal year spanning january 1, 2024 - december 31, 2024, and over 31,000 more through self-guided materials and online content. Center for history & innovation keystone projects and strategic planning programming is 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. Museum programs happen at the museum, in the communities of new york city and through distance learning nationally and internationally. Over the course of 2024, programs happened primarily at the museum, but virtual experiences were available upon request, or, in the case of teacher professional development, intentionally developed. School partnerships such as cultural afterschool adventures (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.in 2024, management completed planning on elements to update the museum's michael tyler fisher center for education (mtfc) into a physical manifestation of the center for history and innovation, including increased use as a convening center for outside organizations. Through a collaborative, cross-departmental process, basic design elements were identified, and an exterior wall was removed, opening the center visually to the main exhibition area of the museum. First steps were taken to update the computer lab technology, allowing select education programs to incorporate more 21st century technical skills into their work. In addition, work began to tease out a strand of educational work surrounding collections and programming strengths in aviation and space - intrepid as the place for aerospace.school and teacher programs (in and out of school time)over 23,000 k-12 students, including those with physical, developmental or learning disabilities, and teachers took part in educator-led programming in person or virtually during 2024. 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 canada have experienced virtual tours of museum spaces and collections, led by an educator with whom they interact 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 and finishing in june of 2024, utilizing the educating for american democracy framework to engage elementary age students with civics. In late winter of 2024, the collaboration toolkit with sample lessons, which will be shared publicly, entered the final design process. 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 351 teachers and administrators through an imls supported inspiration academy professional development program aimed at early career and bipoc teachers in new york state, as well as providing experiences through collaborations with different schools and nyc department of education offices such as the stem program office and the civics for all initiative.a paid in-school residency was completed once again in fall 2024 with hyper-local school ps 51, on west 44th street. Two second grade and one second/third grade split class learned about the intrepid museum and our ties to the hudson river watershed. As ps 51 continues to welcome recent immigrant children from central and south america, museum educators prepared and co-taught bilingual lessons. In spring 2024 we finished programming for 29 school partnerships supported by city council funding. For fall 2024 council members awarded the museum funds to support 31 programs at 30 public schools, ranging from 5 to 40 hours of programming. In collaboration with the exhibitions team, educators also began the development of an exhibit guide for teachers and families to accompany the museum's upcoming underwater archeology exhibition and revamped/updated the age-leveled self-guide materials that are sold by group sales. Youth leadership initiative & career pathwaythis year we launched a collaborative summer program with the new york city department of youth and community development called techs of tomorrow for 25 nyc girls recruited through dycd channels and paid through the city's summer youth employment program for 180 hours of career-focused experiences in aerospace stem and workplace skills. Youth leadership programming for 2024 also included stem career mentorship days, a hackathon, collaboration with teens across the city on teens take the met, and the 10th anniversary of girls in science and engineering day serving museum program alumnae along with their friends and families. Eighty-hour paid internships were provided for 20 participants over the 23-24 school year ending in spring of 2024 and in fall 2024, 10 alumnae of previous goals summers, the techs of tomorrow program and our all access maker program began their paid internships. 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. Over 2250 teen participants attended onsite and offsite teen events in 2024.

Other programspublic programsthe museum staged 27 public programs (13 onsite programs and 14 virtual programs). This included festivals (kids week, fleet week); movie nights; astronomy nights. Nearly all the programs (but one) were free with admission to the museum. The museum hosts "free fridays" from april to october to create an inclusive and welcoming experience for all audiences who want to experience the museum after hours. Additional programming is provided including our free summer movie series (on the flight deck) and some of our onsite astronomy programs with celebrated astronauts and scientists. The summer tasting event was a paid experience.total onsite attendance: 62,229 total virtual attendance: 483,459another centerpiece event included intrepid as one of the new york city locations for the partial solar eclipse event (april 8, 2024) with educational programming provided and complimentary commemorative solar eclipse glasses for visitors.intrepid hosted several astronauts, among them the celebrated, astronaut fred haise who served as apollo 13's lunar module pilot for the dramatic mission, which was originally scheduled to be a ten-day trip to the fra mauro region of the moon. Approximately 55 hours into the flight, in which an intended moon landing was canceled because of a rupture in a fuel-cell oxygen tank in the service module. The crew, consisting of fred haise, and two other astronauts returned safely to earth, making use of the life-support system in the lunar module.another new event (september) was the introduction of our history & innovation series. The museum partnered with the metropolitan opera (the met) for a behind-the-scenes program featuring the met's newest opera, grounded. On september 13, 2024, attendees enjoyed a special performance of grounded, followed by a panel discussion. The panel included decorated retired female military officers and artists, who shared their perspectives on balancing service to their country with domestic life, as well as the challenges of navigating these dual identities. The panel was moderated by dana h. Born, ph.d. (brigadier general, usaf retired), who served as the faculty chair for the senior executive fellows (sef)program at the harvard kennedy school (hks) of government, and previously served as the co-director for the hks's center for public leadership and faculty advisor for the black family graduate fellowship for veterans and the national security fellows program. She retired from usaf with thirty years of service, having served as a military commander in times of peace, conflict, and crises. Another panel participant was lieutenant colonel tammy barlette the founder of athena's voice, a speaking collective featuring female pilots from around the united states as well as the founder and ceo of crosscheck mental performance training. She is a retired fighter pilot who served in the us air force for over 20 years, accumulating more than 3000 total flying hours and over 1500 hours of combat support time assisting and protecting troops on the ground in both iraq and afghanistan. The third panel participant was jeanine tesori, met opera composer, known for both opera and musical theatre, with five (5) tony award nominations amongst a wide output of musicals, notably winning the tony award for best original score in 2015 for fun home. She is also the first female composer to have two original musicals running at the same time on broadway. Festivalsthe museum once again hosted its annual festivals, kids week and fleet week. Kids week, which takes place in february and is held during the winter break of new york city public schools, is an eight-day event full of fun, family-friendly education programming. February 17-24: kids weekduring kids week, children of all ages and interests learned about steam (science, technology, engineering, arts & math) through fun-filled activities, nasa displays & exhibits, live animal shows, hands-on workshops, performances, special guests and interactive demonstrations designed to educate and inspire. Attendance for the eight-day festival totaled 24,833. Throughout kids weeks there were performances, presentations and talks as well as lots of opportunities for hands on learning and exploration for visitors. These were provided by almost 50 partners from nasa goddard space flight center, nasa marshall space flight center, nasa jet propulsion laboratory, space telescope science institute, space conceptual artist ashley zelinskie, 501st legion's empire city garrison, amateur astronomers association, future change makers academy, magic, balloons & more, ballet hispanico school of dance, legoland discovery center westchester, gazillion bubble show interactive, madame tussauds new york, zack and zoey adventures, author tami lewis brown, theater works usa, new victory theater, blue man group, beardsley zoo, wildlife conservation society, two by two animal haven, lamont-doherty earth observatory, hudson river sloop clearwater, international ocean discovery program, american society of civil engineers, naval air stem, naval surface center, philadelphia, naval submarine league and submarine force library & museum, the climate museum, billion oyster project, columbia university's society of women engineers, nyc ghostbusters, mad science, robofun, connection to creativity, the solomon r. Guggenheim museum, lincoln center for the performing arts, faro technologies, inc., society of hispanic professional engineers, the metropolitan opera, interverse mirror portal, author sharon mcdougle, author elise matich, wonderspark puppets, the ny mets' mascot, and that planetarium guy. Kids week garnered extensive media coverage in broadcast and online media, resulting in a total audience of 59 million, equal to last year (excluding a cbs local hit picked up yahoo and msn) and a 90 percent increase over 2022 (31 million). All major local broadcast outlet covered kids week, including multiple times. Highlights include demos and interviews featuring our spokespersons on cbs2, fox5, and numerous hits with wpix. Kids week was also mentioned in online media and key parenting websites such as gothamist, new york family, nj family, mommy poppins and more.we expanded our influencer outreach, particularly in the parenting space with engagement and attendance from jersey momma, nyc mama plus 2, mom uptown, the megan daily and new york city kopp. May 24-27: fleet week fleet week activities kicked off friday, may 24, with our annual free movie night on the flight deck, featuring top gun: maverick. Throughout the weekend, guests enjoyed musical performances featuring broadway shows and musicians and explored a variety of displays, hands-on educational activities and demos from the military, including the u.s. Marine corps, u.s. Coast guard, office of naval research. These are all free to the public on the pier. Total attendance for the four-day festival was approx. 26,600 visitors. Fleet week at the intrepid museum, inclusive of memorial day, garnered extensive coverage in print, broadcast and online media, leading to an impression total of 2.9 billion - an 84 percent increase compared to last year (2023: 1.6 billion) and the highest total since records were kept (2010). Major local and national broadcast outlets covered fleet week such as fox & friends, cbs news, telemundo, abc7, nbc new york and pix11. Our fleet week activities were also mentioned in print including the front page of amny and in the new york daily news. Online placements included syndication on msn and yahoo, along with articles in gothamist, usa today and time out ny.other public programs and eventsthe museum delivered multiple programs, nearly all free of charge, to its visitors. Below are our main public program offerings. Astronomy live events in 2024:- january 21 - space talk with mike massimino & garrett reisman- february 18 (onsite kw) - astronaut joan higginbotham- march 24 - mission update: mars- april 26 (astronomy night onsite/part of free friday) - artemis/orion- may 19 - suiting up for space- june 23 - apollo 13 astronaut fred haise- july 26 (astronomy night onsite/part of free friday) - charlie blackwell-thompson- august 18 - rs25: from the space shuttle to artemis- september 27 (astronomy night onsite/part of free friday) - space shuttle stories- october 20 - europa clipper- november 17 - cosmic cuisine: preparing meals for microgravity- december 15 - from tragedy to transformationmovie nightsthe museum screened four free movies on the flight deck during the summer. The movies shown in 2024 included: may 24 - top gun maverick; june 28 - apollo 13 (part of free friday); july 26 - first man (part of free friday/astronomy night); august 23 - moonfall (part of free friday)

The museum provides program support and administrative services to a 501(c)3 organization with a related mission: the intrepid fallen heroes fund (ifhf), which was 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.