Our conference check-in starts at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, June 23. The Museum is open until 5:00 so you have that time to wander our galleries and enjoy the Museum shop. While the cafe will be closed at that time, there are several coffee shops nearby should you need some refreshment.
Our welcome reception starts at 5:00 and we hope that you will take this time to mingle and meet each other and enjoy snacks and beverages courtesy of the NEH and the Newark Museum. At 6:00 pm, we will adjourn to the Museum auditorium for our keynote speaker, Dr. Clement A. Price of Rutgers University-Newark. After the reception, the Museum is closed. Should you need some more nourishment, Kilkenny's Pub, 27 Mix, McGovern's, and Nick's on Central are all within a short walk of the Museum and on the way back to both the Hilton and Best Western hotels.
Complimentary breakfast on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday mornings starts at 8:15 at the Museum. Our morning sessions begin at 9. We break for lunch at about 12.
There is jazz in the Museum gardens on Thursday, so if the weather is good, you may wish to take your lunch out there. The Museum has arranged for a special $10 conference lunch for us - choice of several chicken, grains, pasta or green salads, dessert, cold beverages, and coffee/tea. Our afternoon sessions begin at 1 and finish around 3:45. You may stay to visit the Museum galleries until we close at 5.
On Saturday, our sessions will end at approximately 11:00.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Neither sleet nor snow nor closed airports shall deter educators from their conferences...
What a terrific turnout for the first NEH Picturing America School Collaboration Conference at The Newark Museum. 54 teachers arrived from Wyoming, Vermont, Florida, New Mexico, Nebraska, and lots of points in between for three packed days of lectures, gallery work, and more.
Stay tuned for materials, slides, lesson plans, and more...and thank you for making our conference the great experience that it was.
What a terrific turnout for the first NEH Picturing America School Collaboration Conference at The Newark Museum. 54 teachers arrived from Wyoming, Vermont, Florida, New Mexico, Nebraska, and lots of points in between for three packed days of lectures, gallery work, and more.
Stay tuned for materials, slides, lesson plans, and more...and thank you for making our conference the great experience that it was.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Just in time for the start of the first NEH Picturing America conference at The Newark Museum: an article in the January 27, 2010 New York Times reminds us of the difficult work of historians, archeologists, and those who teach with material culture as they try to help us understand the past.
www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/arts/design/27sankofa.html?scp=1&sq=african burial ground&st=cse
www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/arts/design/27sankofa.html?scp=1&sq=african burial ground&st=cse
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
HOTEL ALERT!
For conference attendees who will be staying at the Best Western Robert Treat Hotel - a participant has let us know that she secured a better rate for her hotel room from the Best Western website, www.bestwestern.com, rather than from the hotel directly as we had suggested you do. While we look into this ourselves, we STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU
PLEASE confirm your rate, call or check online with Best Western, and get a confirmation number for your rate and reservation details to secure the best deal on your hotel for the conferences!
For conference attendees who will be staying at the Best Western Robert Treat Hotel - a participant has let us know that she secured a better rate for her hotel room from the Best Western website, www.bestwestern.com, rather than from the hotel directly as we had suggested you do. While we look into this ourselves, we STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU
PLEASE confirm your rate, call or check online with Best Western, and get a confirmation number for your rate and reservation details to secure the best deal on your hotel for the conferences!
We are happy to host a welcome reception for you on the Wednesday evening that opens each NEH conference, and light breakfast will be provided all three mornings of the conference.
Newark has so many choices for those of us who love to seek out new, fun, interesting, and delicious meals...
Check out newarkrestaurantguide.info for more details on what the city has to offer.
Newark has so many choices for those of us who love to seek out new, fun, interesting, and delicious meals...
Check out newarkrestaurantguide.info for more details on what the city has to offer.
Happy New Year, Educators!
We hope you have enjoyed the holidays and wish you peace in the New Year. We have been busy over the holidays continuing to finalize plans for our 2010 conferences and look forward to working with you at The Newark Museum this year.
In the next several days, we will be posting more resource links as well as more detailed agendas for the each day of the conferences, starting with the Early America conference scheduled for February 10-13.
Please be sure to make your travel and lodging arrangements for the conferences if you have not yet done so, and be sure to contact me via email at eaaron@newarkmuseum.org if you have questions.
We hope you have enjoyed the holidays and wish you peace in the New Year. We have been busy over the holidays continuing to finalize plans for our 2010 conferences and look forward to working with you at The Newark Museum this year.
In the next several days, we will be posting more resource links as well as more detailed agendas for the each day of the conferences, starting with the Early America conference scheduled for February 10-13.
Please be sure to make your travel and lodging arrangements for the conferences if you have not yet done so, and be sure to contact me via email at eaaron@newarkmuseum.org if you have questions.
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