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InterActivity
2009: Declare Your Impact!
Children's museums are one of
the fastest growing cultural institutions in the
United States. In 1975, there were approximately
38 children's museums. Today, there are more than
300 and there is a combined total of nearly $1
billion in capital campaigns underway. Why? Because
children's museums uniquely provide something
that has otherwise been missing from communities:
a safe, enriching environment that nurtures creativity,
play and lifelong learning.
By demonstrating diversity in
action, growing healthy families and communities
and making the case for the importance of play
in the learning lives of infants through adults,
children's museums impact entire communities.
Children's museums are helping
to revitalize downtown economies; to advocate
for afterschool program funding; to restore a
child's natural connection to the outdoors; to
save art, music, science and history education
in the schools; and to ensure that cloud watching
and bubble making not become lost art forms. InterActivity
2009 will showcase the many ways children's museums
are making an impact. Join ACM in Philadelphia
and Declare Your Impact!
InterActivity 2009 Program
Committee
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ACM Staff
Janet Rice Elman
Executive Director
Korie
Twiggs
Program Officer, Education
Joy Jump
Program Manager, Events
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Host Museum Committee
Liaison
Tracey Soulges
Major Gifts & Government Funding Director
Please Touch Museum (Philadelphia, PA)
International Liaison
Leigh Anne Stradeski
Director
Eureka! The Museum for Children
(Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK)
Emerging Museums
Liaison
Sasha Best
Executive Director
Texoma Children's Museum (Sherman, TX)
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Programs/Education
2009 Program Committee Chair
Lois Winslow
Director of Education
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh (PA)
Jeanemarie Walsh
Be Together, Learn Together Program Manager
Long Island Children's Museum
(Garden City, NY)
Jayne Griffin
Director of Education
Creative Discovery Museum
(Chattanooga, TN)
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Exhibits/Environments
Rick Bluhm
Director of Experience Design
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, PA)
Shannon Johnson
Exhibit Development Manager
Creative Discovery Museum
(Chattanooga, TN)
Dana Thorpe
Executive Director
Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art &
Science (CA)
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Leadership
Adam Woodworth
Executive Director
Children's Museum in Oak Lawn (IL)
Bryn Parchman
Executive Director
Port Discovery Children's Museum (Baltimore,
MD)
Carol Scott
President/CEO
The Children's Museum of the Upstate (Greenville,
SC)
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Marketing/Public
Relations
Zoe Poltawec
Manager of Marketing and Communications
The Children's Museum of Denver
Dave Judy
Director of Communications
Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago
(Glenview, IL)
Cathy Fisher
Marketing & Community Relations Manager
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
(CA)
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Visitor Services/Operations
Peter Buonincontro
Assistant Director of Sales & Visitors
Services
Portland Children's Museum (OR)
Kelly Lyons
Museum Director
Garden State Discovery Museum
(Cherry Hill, NJ)
Joe Olson
Senior Director - Visitor Services &
Volunteers
Minnesota Children's Museum (St. Paul)
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Finance/Development
Tracey Soulges
Director of Major Gifts and Government Funding
Please Touch Museum (Philadelphia, PA)
Hannah Hausman
Director of External Relations
Miami Children's Museum (FL)
Rachel Anderson
Director of Education and Visitor Services
Discovery Center at Murfree Spring (Murfreesboro,
TN)
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Latest
News!
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SOLVING THE
CLIMATE CRISIS WITHIN A GENERATION
Richard
Fedrizzi to Keynote at InterActivity 2009
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Fifteen years ago green building
was just a good idea. Today it's a global movement.
In less than five years, the number
of LEED-certified children's museums has gone
from zero to more
than 10 percent. In a field dedicated
to nurturing the
next generation, a children's museum must consider
the environmental impact of its building, operations
and programs.
Richard Fedrizzi, founding chairman
of the U.S.
Green Building Council (USGBC) in 1993,
was appointed President &
CEO in April 2004. Under his leadership, the Council
has spearheaded a far-reaching agenda that has
cemented its
role as a leader in the global sustainability
movement.
A cornerstone of that agenda
has been the evolution of the internationally
recognized LEED Green Building Rating
System through a comprehensive realignment and
technical upgrade of all the existing rating systems
along with
enhancements to their usability. Additionally
USGBC has incorporated aspects that address the
unique needs of homes, neighborhoods, schools,
hospitals, the retail sector and large property
owners, with a special emphasis on LEED for
Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance,
in recognition of the huge need to bring existing
buildings up to higher
levels of ongoing performance.
At InterActivity, Fedrizzi
will address the environmental challenges that
confront us, and the crucial role that green building
plays in meeting these challenges. The greening
of children's museums is a major opportunity -
one that provides for
significant energy savings and natural resource
conservation while delivering inarguable health
benefits for children,
families and communities.
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ACM
SECURES THREE CUPS OF TEA AUTHOR TO KEYNOTE
AT INTERACTIVITY 2009
Greg
Mortenson to Share Impact of One Incredible
Promise
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Greg Mortenson is the cofounder
of nonprofit Central
Asia Institute, Pennies
For Peace, and co-author of New
York Times bestseller Three
Cups of Tea which has been a # 1 New
York Times bestseller for 83 weeks since its January
2007 release,
and was Time Magazine Asia Book of The Year.
Mortenson was born in Minnesota
in 1957. He grew up on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro,
Tanzania (1958 to 1973), where
his father Dempsey, founded Kilimanjaro
Christian Medical Center a teaching
hospital, and his mother, Jerene, started the
International
School Moshi. He served in the U.S.
Army in Germany during the Cold War (1977-1979),
where he received the
Army Commendation Medal, and later graduated from
the University of South Dakota (1983), and pursued
graduate studies in neurophysiology.
On July 24th, 1992, Mortenson's
younger sister, Christa, died from a massive seizure
after a lifelong struggle with epilepsy
on the eve of a trip to visit Dysersville, Iowa,
where the baseball movie, 'Field of Dreams', was
filmed in a cornfield. In 1993, to honor his sister's
memory, Mortenson climbed Pakistan's
K2, the world's second highest mountain
in the Karakoram range.
After K2, while recovering in
a local village called Korphe, Mortenson met a
group of children sitting in the dirt writing
with sticks
in the sand, and made a promise to help them build
a school. From that rash promise, grew a remarkable
humanitarian campaign, in which Mortenson has
dedicated his life to promote education, especially
for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan
and Afghanistan.
As of 2008, Mortenson
has established more than 78 schools in rural
and often volatile regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan,
which provide education to more than 28,000 children,
including 18,000 girls, where few education opportunities
existed before.
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PLEASE
TOUCH MUSEUM AT MEMORIAL HALL HOSTS OPENING
GALA
Momentous
Event Celebrates Culmination of 11 Years
of Expansion Planning
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Please Touch Museum, ACM's museum
host for InterActivity 2009, hosted an opening
gala at its new location at the
beautifully restored, historic Memorial
Hall in Fairmont Park on Friday, October
3. The grand celebration was complete
with local musicians and performers; cocktails,
heavy hors doeuvres and delicious desserts;
dancing; and free reign for
guests to explore the museums exciting new
exhibits and magnificently restored building.
The public Grand Opening for
Please Touch Museum will be October 18.
Please Touch Museum exhibit
and museum highlights include:
Registration
Information
Registration
Rates
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Early
Bird
(by 2/28/2009)
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Advance
(by 4/03/2009)
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On-Site
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Mon,
April 27
Pre-Conference: Emerging Museums
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Flat
Rate
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$200
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$200
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$200
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Tues-Thurs, April 28-30
InterActivity Full Conference
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Non-Member Rate
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$495
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$595
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$655
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ACM Member Rate
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$395
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$475
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$525
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Student Rate
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$225
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$270
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$300
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Tues, April 28
or
Wed, April 29
InterActivity One Day Only
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Non-Member Rate
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$345
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$415
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$455
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ACM Member Rate
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$245
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$295
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$325
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Student Rate
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$125
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$150
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$165
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Wed, April 29
ACM MarketPlace Only
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Flat Rate
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$125
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$125
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$125
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Thurs, April 30
InterActivity Half-Day Registration
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Non-Member Rate
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$175
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$210
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$230
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ACM Member Rate
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$125
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$150
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$165
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Student Rate
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$50
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$60
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$65
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Additional InterActivity
Options
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Study Tours
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$25
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Limited Availability
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Limited
Availability
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Evening Events
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$45
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$45
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Limited
Availability
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Trustee Reception
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$35
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$35
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Limited
Availability
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InterActivity Box Lunch
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$35
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$35
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Not Available
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Instructions
to Register Online
To Register Yourself:
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Go to
https://members.childrensmuseums.org
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Click View and
register for InterActivity
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Log on using your
ACM username and password.
To Register a Group:
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Each staff member must have an online account
with ACM. Attendees of InterActivity 2006,
2007 or 2008
may already have an account. Staff members
who you plan to register can check if they
have an account or set
one up by visiting https://members.childrensmuseums.org
and clicking Log on.
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Once your staff member(s) have created an
account, please allow one business day for
ACM to link them with your institutional account
and you may then proceed with registering
and paying as a group.
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Please note that you
are not required to register everyone together
as a group to take advantage of the Take 5!
Rebate;
you can register staff either through their
individual online accounts or through your
institutional account. The advantage
of registering everyone through the institutional
account is that you can pay for all the registrations
at once.
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To register multiple staff
and pay all at once:
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Go to
https://members.childrensmuseums.org
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Click View
and register for InterActivity
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Log on using your
ACM username and password. After logging
on, choose Register myself
to register the
institutional account holder and/or choose
Register someone else to complete
the registration process for
each staff member in your group.
Registration
Discounts
Early Bird and Advance
Registration Discounts
Early Bird Rate allows individuals to save up
to $100 by registering by February 28. Advance
Rate allows individuals to save up to $30 by registering
by April 3. See
the registration rate matrix for a complete list
of prices.
ACM Member Discount
ACM members
receive a discount on InterActivity registration,
as well as a host of other benefits. If you are
not currently a member, join
ACM now and Save!
Student Registration Rate
To qualify for the student registration
rate for InterActivity, an attendee must be a
full-time student in a degree-granting program
and not a full-time museum employee. Student must
fax or mail a copy of his/her current student
ID to ACM whether registering online or via a
paper form.
Take 5! Rebate
The Take 5! Discount has evolved into a rebate
offer. Member institutions sending five or more
individuals (full-time and part-time staff members,
interns, volunteers, Board and Trustee members)
to InterActivity will receive a rebate totaling
five percent of the institution's total InterActivity
registration fees. Surcharges, membership dues,
pre- and post-conference registration fees, tours
and ticketed events are not included in calculating
the total InterActivity registration fees. The
rebate will be issued to the member institution
as a check and mailed by June 30. Only full InterActivity
registration fees paid by the institution count
toward the Take 5! Rebate offer. Institutions
are not required to register all of its group
at one time. Institutions may register additional
museum-sponsored individuals online through April
3, and on-site to qualify for the Take 5! Rebate.
ACM's InterActivity cancellation policy will apply
to all Take 5! Registrations. A canceled registration
that reduces the number of individuals an institution
sends to the full InterActivity conference to
less than five will void the Take 5! Rebate.
2009 Diversity in
Action InterActivity Scholarship
Application
Deadline: January 19, 2009
The Diversity in Action InterActivity
Scholarship provides selected individuals
with complimentary registration and lodging at
InterActivity 2009. The purpose of the scholarship
program is to encourage professional development
and retention of museum staff of diverse ethnic
backgrounds. Individuals employed for at least
one year at an international or U.S. ACM member
children's museum that is in good standing are
eligible to apply for a scholarship. Additional
eligibility requirements are listed in the application.
Apply
now online.
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Award,
Recognition & Scholarship Opportunities
2009
MetLife Foundation and Association of Children's
Museums Promising Practice Award
Who: Nonprofit ACM U.S.
children's museums members that are in good standing
are eligible for this award.
What: Measurable impact
is the theme for the 2009 Award. Children's museums
that can demonstrate how its innovative program,
exhibit and/or management practice has impacted
the health, diversity or play of children, families
and/or communities through measurable evaluation
will be recognized for the 2009 Award. A maximum
of three cash awards totaling $20,000 will be
presented to selected museums. One of the awards
is designated for a small museum with an annual
budget of $499,999 or less.
How: Apply
online
Deadline: January
19, 2009
Where: Awards presented
at InterActivity 2009 in Philadelphia, PA.
2009
MetLife Foundation and Association of Children's
Museums Promising Practice Replication Award
Who: The award competition
is open to prior cash award recipients of the
Promising Practice Award that are voting members
in good standing with the ACM. Prior recipients
of the Replication Award are not eligible to apply
for the same practice.
What: The Promising Practice
Replication Award, a cash award of $10,000, will
be given to a museum previously honored with the
Promising Practice Award program (1999-2008).
The Replication Award winner will be expected
to document the program development process and
to create a tool kit that will enable
other museums to replicate the program in their
own communities.
How: Apply
online
Deadline: January
19, 2009
Where: Awards presented
at InterActivity 2009 in Philadelphia, PA.
Universal
Design for Learning Award
Who: Nonprofit ACM U.S.
children's museums members that are in good standing
are eligible for this award.
What: The award is an
innovative collaboration between VSA arts
and ACM identifies model programs in childrens
museums that demonstrate learning standards for
inclusive practice and provide sub-awards and
technical assistance to the selected museums to
refine and document their practices for dissemination.
A maximum of three cash awards totaling $30,000
will be presented to selected museums.
How: Apply
online
Deadline: January
19, 2009
Where: Awards presented
at InterActivity 2009 in Philadelphia, PA.
Diversity
in Action Showcase
Who: International and
U.S. ACM children's museums members that are in
good standing are eligible for this recognition.
What: The Diversity in
Action Showcase was created to give ACM colleagues
a venue to share their current efforts and work
in promoting, supporting and celebrating diversity
in their institutions as it relates to staff,
visitors and/or the community. Looking for ideas
of what kinds of programs to submit? See summaries
of the 2008
Showcase.
How: Apply
online
Deadline: March
19 , 2009
Where: Selected models
will be shared with the field at InterActivity
2009 in Philadelphia, PA.
2009
Diversity in Action InterActivity Scholarship
Who: Individuals employed
for at least one year at an international or U.S.
ACM member children's museum that is in good standing
are eligible for this award. Additional eligibility
requirements are listed in the application.
What: The goals of the
scholarship program are to encourage retention
and professional development of museum staff of
diverse backgrounds.
How: Apply
online
Deadline: January
19 , 2009
Where: Selected individuals
will receive complimentary registration and lodging
at InterActivity 2009 in Philadelphia, PA.
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Philadelphia
City, Hotel and Travel Information
About
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania
and the sixth most populous city in the United
States. It is the fifth largest metropolitan area
and fourth largest urban area by population in
the United States, the nation's fourth largest
consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen
Media Research, and the 49th most populous city
in the world. A commercial, educational, and cultural
center, the city was once the second-largest in
the British Empire (after London) and the social
and geographical center of the original 13 American
colonies. During the 18th century, it eclipsed
New York City in political and social importance,
with Benjamin Franklin taking a large role in
Philadelphia's early rise to prominence.
Philadelphia Offers:
The city is known for its hoagies,
scrapple, soft pretzels, water ice, and is home
to the cheesesteak. Geno's and Pat's, two famed
cheesesteak outlets, are located at Philadelphias
Italian Market.
According to a study prepared
by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Philadelphia and its
surrounding region had the fourth highest GDP
among American cities, with a total "city
GDP" of $312 billion in 2005. Only New York,
Los Angeles and Chicago had higher total economic
output levels.
Philadelphia is home to the
following first in America institutions:
Weather
Philadelphia falls in the humid
subtropical climate zone. Summers are typically
hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild,
and winter is cold. Average temperature that time
of year is mid-60s. While there is no dress
code for the conference, most attendees wear business
casual attire and are encouraged to dress in layers
to be most comfortable.
Hotel
Information
Sheraton Philadelphia City Center
is just four blocks from the Pennsylvania Convention
Center, and in walking distance of Love Park,
the Franklin Institute and the Philadelphia Museum
of Art, and is surrounded by the citys cultural
and corporate headquarters.
Splash around in the indoor
pool, rejuvenate with a workout at our fitness
center, or lounge on the spacious sun deck. Unwind
in one of its newly renovated 759 guest rooms,
conduct business with a Wireless High Speed Internet
connection, or relax in the famously comfortable
Sheraton Sweet Sleeper Bed, and order dinner in.
Reserving Your Hotel Room
The conference room rate is
$199 per night for a single or double room.
Call 800-325-3535 (toll free)
before April 4, 2009, and inform the reservations
agent that you are attending
the Association of Children's Museums conference.
You can also book
your room online:
Travel
By Train:
Amtrak
services Philadelphia daily and is
located on 30th Street (800) 872-7245
Philadelphia International Airport
Philadelphia International Airport:
The Sheraton is 12 miles from the Philadelphia
International Airport. The cost of a cab from
the airport to the hotel is approximately $32.00
and should take 25-30 min depending on traffic.
Directions from airport to hotel:
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Follow airport signs to I-95 North to Exit
#22 676 West.
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Take 676 West to Broad Street Exit and go
to 15th Street.
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Follow 15th Street one half block to Spring
Street.
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Turn right on Spring Street and go one block
to 16th Street.
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Make a right onto 16th Street and go down
one quarter block.
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Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel is
located on the left.
Taxi
Services:
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All City Taxi 215-467-6666
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City Cab Co 215-492-6500
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J&J Transportation 215-634-2688
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Quaker City Cab 215-729-5706
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United Cab 215-423-8000
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