Katie and alison continue the story of american diplomacy beginning with artifacts from the cold war. Katie we are kind of in the thick of the cold war now. Late 1950s. And there was some not so much thawing but conversations happening to exchange culture and understand each other better between the United States and the soviet union. So, in 1959, there was this big exchange of National Exhibitions. The soviets sent their National Exhibitions to new york city. In 1959. And here is the exhibition booklet. As you can see, on the cover, they featured sputnik. Alison what message were they trying to send . Katie right . The exhibition covered sputnik and covered of course, soviet industry, agriculture, and cultural arts. Foretelling americas role as host, president eisenhower flew from washington for a preview tour in a lastminute decision. With Vice President nixon, he and the russian delegation toured the elaborate show. All jovial despite the size of the crowd. Almost a mob scene. The s
Exhibitions and public programming for the future musician the future museum, continuing to collect artifacts. We are looking forward to opening to the public in a few years. The state departments u. S. Diplomacy center of the opened pavilion opened in 2017. The center uses programs, exhibits and artifacts to educate the public about diplomacy and they plan to eventually open a museum at the location. Up next, in the second part of a twopart program, we visited the collection storage area to see some of their 7000 artifacts. Alison continue the story of american diplomacy beginning with artifacts from the cold war. Katie we are kind of in the thick of the cold war now. Late 1950s. Some not so much sawing, but conversations happening to exchange culture and understand each other better between the United States and the soviet union. So, in 1959, there was this big exchange of National Exhibitions. The soviets sent their National Exhibitions to new york city. In 1959. And here is the exh
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Director of interpretation here at the museum, operated in partnership between the General Services administration, and the National Museum of civil war medicine. I always like to ask this question, how many of you have been here before . Show of hands. All right, everybody. Great. Welcome back to the museum. Always like to make a shoutout when i see mr. Richard lyons in the audience, the reason that we are here in this space is because mr. Lyons made an incredible discovery back in the 1990s that saved this building from being torn down. So always like a round of applause for mr. Lyons for his discovery. This Evenings Program is a pay what you please event meaning at the conclusion of the program we encourage you to leave a donation based on what the program and the evening was worth to you, for an evening of civil war history. The donation bin is at the bottom of the stairs at the front of the Visitor Center on the first floor, as youre heading out this evening, drop something in the
1863 cartoon drawn by thomas nast also talks about the political role of christmas in america. The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Museum hosted the event. Were going to get started for this evenings events, my name is jake win, im the director of interpretation here at the museum, operated in partnership between the General Services administration, and the National Museum of civil war medicine. I always like to ask this question, how many of you have been here before . Show of hands. All right, everybody. Great. Welcome back to the museum. Always like to make a shoutout when i see mr. Richard lyons in the audience, the reason that we are here in this space is because mr. Lyons made an incredible discovery back in the 1990s that saved this building from being torn down. So always like a round of applause for mr. Lyons for his discovery. This Evenings Program is a pay what you please event meaning at the conclusion of the program we encourage you to leave a donation based on what the prog