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Home School at the Museum: Naval Criminal Investigative Services

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States

Naval Criminal Investigative Services: What happens when a crime is committed in the Navy? Students will learn how NCIS uncovers evidence and fingerprints suspects.Participating families will be turned into “investigative teams” to solve a “crime” in the museum! Museum Staff can no longer accept RSVPs for Home School at the Museum during the week of

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For the Little Skippers! Shooting the Breeze: Using Target Kites during WWII

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States

Families are invited  to join the National Museum of the U.S. Navy staff as they explain the history of "target  kites," an innovative method of target practice during World War II. After a short tour of the museum, children can design their own target kites in the Museum Education Center to take home! Please visit

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Kickoff: “Year of the Chief” at the U.S. Navy Memorial

United States Navy Memorial 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, United States

“Year of the Chief,” A Salute to Chief Petty Officers Actor Gary Sinise to be Named Honorary Chief Petty Officer U.S. Navy Memorial Debuts New Exhibit Honoring Navy and Coast Guard Enlisted Leaders In honor of the Chief Petty Officers’ (CPO) 119th Birthday, the United States Navy Memorial unveils a new exhibit to support the

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Home School at the Museum: Crew Safety

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States

How do you protect pilots from injury if their plane crashes or they must eject? Students will learn about crew systems, which keep our pilots safe in the event of an emergency. Participants will construct an egg drop vehicle and test the strength to see if their “pilot” will survive the fall. All home school

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Home School at the Museum: Crew Safety

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States

How do you protect pilots from injury if their plane crashes or they must eject? Students will learn about crew systems, which keep our pilots safe in the event of an emergency. Participants will construct an egg drop vehicle and test the strength to see if their “pilot” will survive the fall. All home school

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Home School at the Museum: Crew Safety

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States

How do you protect pilots from injury if their plane crashes or they must eject? Students will learn about crew systems, which keep our pilots safe in the event of an emergency. Participants will construct an egg drop vehicle and test the strength to see if their “pilot” will survive the fall. All home school

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National World War II Museum: Mason Lecture and Special Exhibit Opening

National WWII Museum 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

(5:00 pm Reception / 6:00 pm Presentation / 7:00 pm Book signing) In conjunction with the opening of the special exhibit, Turning Point: The Doolittle Raid, Battle of the Coral Sea, and Battle of Midway, author Elliot Carlson presents the story of the man who cracked the code that helped make victory a reality in the Pacific. Lecture will

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Home School at the Museum: Crew Safety

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States

How do you protect pilots from injury if their plane crashes or they must eject? Students will learn about crew systems, which keep our pilots safe in the event of an emergency. Participants will construct an egg drop vehicle and test the strength to see if their “pilot” will survive the fall. All home school

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Navy Museum: Take Your Child to Work Day and Earth Day Celebration

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States

Stop by the U.S. Navy Museum for Earth Day related crafts or a scavenger hunt of the museum! Visitors without military ID or base decals on their cars should use the 11th and O St. SE gate to enter the Washington Navy Yard. Driving directions and maps of the Navy Yard are available at: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8_Visit.htm

Maine Maritime Museum: 40th Annual Maritime History Symposium

Maine Maritime Museum 243 Washington Street, Bath, ME, United States

The 40th Annual Albert Reed & Thelma Walker Maritime History Symposium will be held at Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, Saturday, April 28, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The theme for this year’s presentations is “The History and Future of the Maritime Experience.” Because of the broad topic, a wide spectrum of speakers will present

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Lunchtime Lecture with Christopher McKee

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, Select a Country:

Wandering Bodies: A Tale of One Burying Ground, Two Cemeteries, and the U.S. Navy’s Search for Appropriate Burial for Its Career Enlisted Dead The United States Naval Asylum (later the United States Naval Home) was built at Philadelphia in the late 1820s as a permanent residence for elderly and disabled long-service naval enlisted sailors and

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Lunch time Lecture: Utmost Gallantry – The U.S. and Royal Navies at Sea in the War of 1812

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, Select a Country:

With author Kevin McCranie Focusing on the oceanic war rather than the war in the Great Lakes, this study charts the War of 1812 from the perspectives of the two opposing navies at sea—one of the largest fleets in the world and a small, upstart navy just three decades old. While American naval leadership searched

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For the Little Skippers: Life on the Home Front

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, Select a Country:

Life on the Home Front: Family Life in the U.S. and U.K. during WWII Join the staff of the Navy Museum for a look at the differences and similarities between life on the home front in WWII in both the U.S. and the U.K. Whether "planting for victory" or "digging for victory" women and children

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Home School at the Museum: Hull Design

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, Select a Country:

Why are the fronts of Navy ships pointed, but submarines are round? Hull designs are constantly being tested and redesigned to ensure maximum displacement and speed. Students will design their own ship hull and test its effectiveness in the water. All home school families without military ID or base decals on their cars should use

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Home School at the Museum: Hull Design

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, Select a Country:

Why are the fronts of Navy ships pointed, but submarines are round? Hull designs are constantly being tested and redesigned to ensure maximum displacement and speed. Students will design their own ship hull and test its effectiveness in the water. All home school families without military ID or base decals on their cars should use

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