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In 2012, it hosted the launch of "[[Little Children, Big Challenges]]", the public face of [[Sesame Workshop]]'s Resilience Initiative. The launch event included [[Matt Rogers]], [[Roscoe Orman]] as [[Gordon]], [[Elmo]] and [[Rosita]]. |
In 2012, it hosted the launch of "[[Little Children, Big Challenges]]", the public face of [[Sesame Workshop]]'s Resilience Initiative. The launch event included [[Matt Rogers]], [[Roscoe Orman]] as [[Gordon]], [[Elmo]] and [[Rosita]]. |
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+ | During Kids Week 2011, February 21 was Puppet Day. Among the highlights were a sing-along with [[Roscoe Orman]] and [[John Tartaglia]]'s ''Imagine Ocean the Musical''.<ref>"[http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/LatestNews/KidsWeek2011/PuppetDay.aspx Kids Week in Full Swing at the Intrepid!]", ''Intrepid Museum'', 22 February 2011.</ref> Kids Week 2012 included an appearance of [[Sesame Street Live]] characters.<ref>[https://twitter.com/#!/IntrepidMuseum/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyfrog.com%2Fesdeqfj Tweet about Bert and Ernie appearing]</ref> |
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The museum is on the decommissioned USS Intrepid (CV-11), an air craft carrier from 1943 to 1974, and includes the USS Growler, a Concorde SST, a Lockheed A-12 supersonic reconnaissance plane, and the [[NASA|Space Shuttle Enterprise]]. The Intrepid was set to be scrapped in 1978, before a developer/philanthropist and a journalist saved it; it became a National Historic Landmark in 1986. |
The museum is on the decommissioned USS Intrepid (CV-11), an air craft carrier from 1943 to 1974, and includes the USS Growler, a Concorde SST, a Lockheed A-12 supersonic reconnaissance plane, and the [[NASA|Space Shuttle Enterprise]]. The Intrepid was set to be scrapped in 1978, before a developer/philanthropist and a journalist saved it; it became a National Historic Landmark in 1986. |
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Revision as of 13:45, 1 June 2012
The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum is a military and marine history museum in New York City, opened in 1982.
In 2012, it hosted the launch of "Little Children, Big Challenges", the public face of Sesame Workshop's Resilience Initiative. The launch event included Matt Rogers, Roscoe Orman as Gordon, Elmo and Rosita.
During Kids Week 2011, February 21 was Puppet Day. Among the highlights were a sing-along with Roscoe Orman and John Tartaglia's Imagine Ocean the Musical.[1] Kids Week 2012 included an appearance of Sesame Street Live characters.[2]
The museum is on the decommissioned USS Intrepid (CV-11), an air craft carrier from 1943 to 1974, and includes the USS Growler, a Concorde SST, a Lockheed A-12 supersonic reconnaissance plane, and the Space Shuttle Enterprise. The Intrepid was set to be scrapped in 1978, before a developer/philanthropist and a journalist saved it; it became a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
References
- ↑ "Kids Week in Full Swing at the Intrepid!", Intrepid Museum, 22 February 2011.
- ↑ Tweet about Bert and Ernie appearing