Intrepid Museum Annual Report 2014-2015

THE BRIDGE BETWEEN HISTORY AND INNOVATION INTREPID SEA, AIR & SPACE MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2015 MAY 1, 2014–APRIL 30, 2015

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The mission of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is to promote the awareness and understanding of history, science and service through its collections, exhibitions and programming in order to honor our heroes, educate the public and inspire our youth.

Cover photo: Michael J. Massimino, former astronaut and senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Museum, works with a student outside the exhibition HUBBLE@25.

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MESSAGE FROM THE CO-CHAIRMEN AND PRESIDENT

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his year was a deeply meaningful time to lead the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. We have you, our supporters, to thank for everything we accomplished. Indeed, if fiscal year 2015 were to have a theme, it would be gratitude: for the NASA astronauts who risked their lives to advance scientific understanding, for the educators who inspire our children, for the military service members who protect our freedoms every day and for the donors who make all we do possible.

How far has the Intrepid Museum come in the past decade as a result of your support?

The ship underwent a complete renovation and restoration in dry dock. We acquired the space shuttle Enterprise and erected the Space Shuttle Pavilion. We endured the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, and we rebuilt the pavilion and other damaged infrastructure to withstand potentially devastating weather. With the recovery from Hurricane Sandy almost completed, we were able to dig deep to tighten and refine the systems that underlie this great organization.

To leverage big ideas, the Museum brought together the Exhibits and Education Departments and established a public programs division under the leadership of Senior Vice President Elaine Charnov. This division brings science and history to life for local audiences during evening talks and festivals that offer enriched STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), arts and history content. In order to continuously improve the visitor experience, we planned for a new, state-of-the-art ticketing system and for a comprehensive research study of visitor and non-visitor demographics and attitudes about the Museum. We will complete a cogeneration (combined heat and power) plant on the ship that

will create energy efficiency and thus savings in energy costs. We hosted our first Intrepid Museum Symposium, increasing transparency and gathering valued feedback from you, our donors.

One of the guiding principles of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is to pay homage to those who have served this nation. On April 27, 2015, we dedicated the space shuttle Enterprise to the astronauts who tragically died in the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia disasters. We have never been prouder of the sensitivity with which our staff approaches all of its work.

Our strong ties to NASA, the contributions of staff in our Exhibits Department and the insight of our senior advisor for space programs, former astronaut Michael J. Massimino, resulted in the fantastic exhibition HUBBLE@25 and associated programming. This exhibition exemplifies the Intrepid Museum’s adeptness at weaving inspiring firsthand accounts of history together with STEM. Our reputation as the place where American history sparks innovation in the minds of future leaders and thinkers continued to grow.

As the Museum establishes itself as a cutting-edge classroom aboard a historic ship, we are developing expertise in educating the educators. Johns Hopkins, the Bank Street College of Education and Hunter College have all utilized the Museum as a resource for training their students.

And this year, the New York City Department of Education accredited the Museum’s professional development programs for teachers, which means educators can now earn credits by studying at the Museum.

At the Intrepid Museum, the American dream thrives in the minds of the diverse visitors we inspire. Thank you to our staff and supporters for helping us evolve into an even more efficient, cutting-edge and inclusive educational institution. We believe, in our hearts, that the thousands who served aboard this ship would be proud to know how many minds we touch and transform with their stories.

Kenneth Fisher CO-CHAIRMAN

Bruce Mosler CO-CHAIRMAN

Susan Marenoff-Zausner PRESIDENT

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HUBBLE, UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

“ Hubble is an engineering wonder, perhaps the greatest machine ever built, able to orbit Earth at 17,500 miles per hour while remaining focused on a single point, the size of a dime, on top of the Empire State Building.”

— Michael J. Massimino

Aerial view of the exhibition HUBBLE@25 in the Space Shuttle Pavilion.

AN ASTRONAUT’S FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE MAKES HUBBLE@25 GRIPPING Former NASA astronaut Michael J. Massimino is a veteran of two missions to the Hubble Space Telescope. Now the Intrepid Museum’s senior advisor for space programs, he jokes as he regales listeners with details of STS-125, the final mission to repair Hubble in 2009. But when he speaks of his fellow crew members’ bravery, he grows earnest: “What’s amazing to me is that every one of them was willing to risk the ultimate sacrifice for science, for the advancement of knowledge.” His crew journeyed to space

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after the astronauts of the space shuttle Columbia were killed on reentry to Earth’s atmosphere in 2003. Knowing that the space shuttle program would be ending in 2011, the STS-125 astronauts went to space despite the danger, because they understood their mission was the last chance to fix Hubble, possibly the greatest scientific instrument ever built.

Massimino co-curated the Intrepid Museum’s exhibition HUBBLE@25 with Eric Boehm,

the Museum’s curator of aviation. The exhibition celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s launch into orbit. Massimino’s firsthand insight into what it takes to execute a Hubble repair mission brings the adventure of Hubble’s history to life. This unparalleled exhibition, which opened on October 23, 2014, and runs through January 10, 2016, features spectacular images, interactive displays and original artifacts that went to space with the STS-125 crew.

BREAKING HUBBLE TO FIX IT

Astronaut Michael J. Massimino floats 350 miles above Earth, during the mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

MAKING THE HUBBLE ULTRA DEEP FIELD UNDERSTANDABLE AND KID-FRIENDLY The Hubble Ultra Deep Field is an image of a small region in the constellation Fornax that shows 10,000 galaxies and the light from stars that existed 13 billion years ago. Museum educators saw the Hubble Ultra Deep Field as the perfect opportunity to make the math of Hubble accessible, interactive and fun for visitors of all ages. They broke the complex concept of the Ultra Deep Field down into a multistep math problem to estimate how many galaxies are in the observable universe. (The answer is 165 billion.) This exercise helps visitors understand what a tiny fraction of the universe the Hubble lens focuses on, and conveys a sense of the enormity of the universe.

Massimino had been on an arduous spacewalk outside the space shuttle Atlantis for almost eight hours, despite the fact that NASA trains astronauts for a maximum of seven hours of extravehicular activity. Massimino’s task was to remove an access panel that blocked a short-circuited power source within the telescope. He had logged hundreds of hours in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory preparing for this moment, training to remove 111 tiny screws while wearing bulky space gloves and a heavy suit. Nobody expected the four larger screws securing a handrail over the panel to pose a problem. But as he worked to remove that final screw, it was stripped by the drill.

He waited in space, 350 miles above Earth’s surface, for a strategy from engineers on the ground. NASA engineers told Massimino he needed to exert 60 pounds of force to break off the handrail. They explained the risks: debris floating in microgravity might damage his spacesuit or the telescope. Despite the danger, he ripped off the handrail, ensuring that he could install new equipment deep inside the telescope and that hundreds of astrophysicists could continue their work for years to come.

Students from the Museum’s STEM S.T.A.R.S. camp explore the Hubble Ultra Deep Field display.

These personal accounts of NASA history, coupled with artifacts loaned by NASA, make the exhibition HUBBLE@25 thrilling. A series of YouTube videos produced by the Museum brings visitors even deeper into the stories and science behind this magnificent machine.

Funding from our generous donors has ensured that the Museum can include admission to HUBBLE@25 in the price of a Space Shuttle Pavilion ticket. Please see the Highlights section for details on the programming that has accompanied HUBBLE@25.

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HUBBLE, UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL (continued)

A SCIENTIFIC LEGACY IN IMAGES Images from Hubble have proved the existence of extrasolar planets orbiting distant suns, shown the emergence of new stars rising from pillars of gas and dust, revealed dying stars emitting plumes of ionized gas called planetary nebula and most importantly established the existence of dark energy, the force that is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate. Hubble’s scientific legacy is detailed through gorgeous images and engaging text in HUBBLE@25.

Image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, courtesy of NASA.

Image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, courtesy of NASA.

EXPLORATION CONTINUES HUBBLE@25 also sheds light on how Hubble’s technology and history has influenced its scientific successor, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scheduled to launch in October 2018.

The JWST will not orbit Earth as Hubble did; it will go much farther into space to sit at the Earth-Sun Lagrange point L2, where the competing gravity of the sun and Earth will stabilize the telescope in space.

Image courtesy of NASA.

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THE ART OF STEM EXHIBITS The next generation of innovators will need to use their whole minds to revolutionize the world. Creativity feeds technological advancement, and arts education feeds creativity. Our curators and educators incorporate elements of art and design thinking into all of our programming and curricula.

HUBBLE@25, for example, features an animated cartoon display that documents the period after Hubble was first launched into space in 1990. At that time, a microscopic flaw in the curve of Hubble’s mirror resulted in blurred images—and a public relations debacle for NASA. The Museum’s fun display of political cartoons lambasting NASA’s “big blunder” engages visitors in graphic art and sheds light on the political history of Hubble and NASA’s stunning recovery.

NASA’S TOOL DESIGNERS BECOME POWERFUL ROLE MODELS There is power in showing aspiring engineers the people and processes behind real space tools. The simplest detail can set an imagination on fire.

At the heart of HUBBLE@25 is a stunning photograph by Michael Soluri that captures Jill McGuire and Justin Cassidy, two NASA engineers who designed the tools for the STSJill McGuire’s Mini Power Tool, 125 mission to repair Hubble. showcased in HUBBLE@25.

Massimino explains, “Every kid wants to be an astronaut, but there is more than one cool job at NASA, and among the most inspiring is tool design.” The exhibits team showed the practical thinking behind creating tools for specific space missions. Two examples: Jill McGuire’s Mini Power Tool is juxtaposed with an ordinary household power drill. The battery pack fit into the astronaut’s belt so that the tool wouldn’t be too heavy for repairs made by astronauts wearing space gloves. It spins up to 300 revolutions per minute—20 times faster than its predecessor—saving precious spacewalk time.

Students from the STEM S.T.A.R.S. camp explore the cartoon display.

YOU HELP US REACH THE STARS

Justin Cassidy’s Fastener Capture Plate for the Advanced Camera for Surveys captured the screws removed on spacewalks, preventing them from floating in microgravity and posing a threat to astronauts or the telescope.

Hundreds of individual donors have sponsored stars through Project Enterprise, and their names are on display in the Space Shuttle Pavilion as supporters of the Museum’s programming. Your donations help us shine! You make it all possible—microgravity workshops for kids, Astronomy Nights with top astrophysicists, the exhibition HUBBLE@25 and so much more. Thank you for helping us inspire a new generation of space explorers and scientists!

Museum programs— like this Astronomy Night on the flight deck—are made possible by our donors.

“ Leading the Tools Team for the last service mission was the most rewarding work of my career. I love, love, love my job.”

— Jill McGuire, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Jill McGuire and Justin Cassidy pose in front of their picture in the exhibition.

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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES

INTREPID MUSEUM HONORS NASA’S FALLEN ASTRONAUTS

“ Their legacy lives because we reach out and touch the future.”

— June Scobee Rodgers, widow of space shuttle Challenger commander Francis Richard “Dick” Scobee

Families, local officials, students and others attend the dedication of the space shuttle Enterprise to the fallen crews of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia.

FAMILIES WITNESS THEIR LOVED ONES’ STORIES INSPIRE A NEW GENERATION The Space Shuttle Pavilion buzzed with the conversations of old friends separated by years but united by memories. A hush fell over the audience as Tal Ramon, son of Ilan Ramon, the Israeli astronaut who died in the Columbia disaster, performed a soulful rendition of the Israeli national anthem in his father’s memory. Then, Laura Husband, daughter of space shuttle Columbia’s fallen commander, Rick Husband, sang “The StarSpangled Banner” in a strong, clear voice tinged with emotion. It was April 27, 2015, the day the Intrepid Museum dedicated its most transformational artifact, the space shuttle Enterprise, to the memories of the astronauts whose lives were lost in the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia disasters.

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Said Susan Marenoff-Zausner, president of the Intrepid Museum, “Today we forever embed in Enterprise the heroism, vision and passion of those who gave their lives for human knowledge and discovery. The spirit of the men and women of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia will live on, right here, in this magnificent spacecraft and the programs and exhibitions that it will motivate.”

Centers; Museum trustees Charles de Gunzburg, Kenneth Fisher, Pamela Liebman and John McAvoy; longtime Museum supporters Peggy Donovan, Gregory Olsen, and Julia and Patricia Peloso-Barnes; and most importantly, friends and family members of the astronauts. The Intrepid Museum also welcomed more than two hundred New York City public school students to witness this dedication.

Gathered beneath Enterprise were Congressman Jerrold Nadler; Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney; Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr.; Florida Senator Thad Altman; guests from the Goddard, Johnson and Kennedy Space

It was a day to transform grief into inspiration. NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. remarked, “Today’s ceremony is one of hope, of looking to the future even as we celebrate our fallen heroes.”

Enterprise The prototype orbiter that paved the way for the space shuttle program dedicated April 27, 2015 In honor of the brave crews who served in the American space program and gave their lives in the pursuit of knowledge, exploration and international cooperation

INTREPID MUSEUM’S PRESIDENT TAKES A SPOUSE’S REQUEST TO HEART In the spring of 2013, Rona Ramon, wife of fallen astronaut Ilan Ramon, visited the Intrepid Museum. Her trip was less than six months after Hurricane Sandy destroyed the first Space Shuttle Pavilion.

Susan Marenoff-Zausner recalled, “I wanted Rona to experience Enterprise in its full glory. But where I saw necessary repairs, she saw promise. That very day, standing before the exposed Enterprise, Rona suggested dedicating the shuttle to the astronauts who had lost their lives serving the space program. Her vision took hold of all of us here.”

Added Rona Ramon, “I spent a beautiful few hours at the Intrepid Museum. . . . I just knew the dedication was right.”

It took two years for this vision to become reality. The Intrepid Museum first needed to redesign and rebuild its Space Shuttle Pavilion. The entire staff understood the need to plan the dedication with the astronauts’ families, and Marenoff-Zausner found that the key to the right tone was to focus on the astronauts’ power to inspire. The Museum’s Education Department collaborated with the Ramon Foundation, headed by Rona Ramon, and the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, to design the Intrepid International Space Station Challenge (I2S2C), an opportunity for New York City students to place an experiment on the International Space Station. The culmination of the contest drew 205 students to the dedication, who brought with them their excitement and dreams of space exploration.

Apollo 1 January 27, 1967 Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom Edward H. White II Roger B. Chaffee

Challenger, STS-51L January 28, 1986 Francis R. “Dick” Scobee Michael J. Smith Ronald E. McNair Ellison S. Onizuka Judith A. Resnik Greg B. Jarvis S. Christa McAuliffe

Columbia, STS-107 February 1, 2003 Rick D. Husband William C. “Willie” McCool David M. Brown Kalpana “KC” Chawla Michael P. Anderson Laurel B. Clark llan Ramon

THE MEN AND WOMEN OF APOLLO 1, CHALLENGER AND COLUMBIA APOLLO 1 JANUARY 27, 1967 Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom Edward H. White II Roger B. Chaffee

CHALLENGER, STS-51L JANUARY 28, 1986 Francis R. “Dick” Scobee Michael J. Smith Ronald E. McNair Ellison S. Onizuka Judith A. Resnik Greg B. Jarvis S. Christa McAuliffe

COLUMBIA , STS-107 FEBRUARY 1, 2003 Rick D. Husband William C. “Willie” McCool David M. Brown Kalpana “KC” Chawla Michael P. Anderson Laurel B. Clark Rona Ramon speaks at the ceremony honoring the astronauts of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia.

llan Ramon

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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES (continued)

THE EMBRACE OF AN EXTENDED “SPACE FAMILY” The Enterprise dedication became a way for family members who endured a staggering loss to come together. June Scobee Rodgers, widow of space shuttle Challenger commander Dick Scobee, spoke on behalf of the Challenger crew: “We are bonded as a group of people, because we suffered a private loss that became public. To the children, remember your parent. Remember how they lived.”

Kenneth Fisher and Lowell Grissom.

Evelyn Husband-Thompson, widow of Rick Husband, commander of the STS-107 mission on Columbia, represented the families of the Columbia crew and remarked, “The children of the astronauts are my heroes, because they have overcome.” Photos of the crews flashed on a screen above the stage as the astronauts were celebrated. The crew of the International Space Station sent a video message from space.

Lowell Grissom, brother of Virgil “Gus” Grissom, command pilot for Apollo 1, spoke on behalf of the astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 accident.

He said, “We can honor them only if we follow in their footsteps and continue to explore space.”

June Scobee Rodgers.

The Smith and Resnik families at the dedication ceremony.

Charles Bolden Jr., Lowell Grissom, Kathy Scobee Fulgham, June Scobee Rodgers, Sheryl Chaffee Marshall, Laura Husband and Evelyn HusbandThompson help unveil the dedication plaque.

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Family members of the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia crews helped NASA Administrator Bolden unveil a large glass dedication plaque adjacent to the nose of Enterprise. As the plaque was revealed, June Scobee Rodgers pressed her fingers to her lips and touched her late husband’s name on the plaque, which bears the names of all the fallen astronauts. Their names will remain there to remind the million visitors who come to the Museum each year of the heroes behind the space shuttle program. Kenneth Fisher, cochairman of the board of the Intrepid Museum, summed it up, “We live free and prosper because of their sacrifices.”

I2S2C TAKES INSPIRATION OUT OF THIS WORLD

WINNERS

The excitement of the 205 public school students boarding Intrepid on April 27 was palpable.

They carried with them experiment designs that they had spent months preparing, and dreams of sending their experiments into space. Immediately after the Enterprise “ Winning this contest makes me feel dedication, the students confident I can reach my dream of presented these designs becoming a doctor.” to judges of the first — Sundous Aljahmi, age 11 Intrepid International Space Station Challenge A student from the Urban Assembly Institute for (I2S2C). Forty-three teams New Technologies explains his experiment. from five city schools competed for the opportunity to send their experiment to the International Space Station in late 2015. Each team proposed an experiment designed to assess the impact of microgravity on a physical, chemical or biological system.

In mid-June the judges announced the winning team—Dana Ahmad, Sundous Aljahmi, Joshua Feliciano, Jiahao Guan and Joyce Wong from P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington School in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn—who bested 42 other teams. Led by science teacher Nathan Tubbs, the team designed an experiment that explores how microgravity affects the germination of seeds. The idea was to create an experiment that might ultimately prove plants can grow in space and oxygenate human habitations.

Competitor Ruben Savelson, age 13, a student at the Institute for Collaborative Education, said, “The fact that this was a contest drove us harder. I wanted to win, because it meant something that our experiment might go to space.”

(Savelson did not win I2S2C, but he did win a complementary art contest to design a logo that will go on a mission patch for International Space Station astronauts.)

The students’ creativity was exhilarating. They described experiments on everything from worm composting in microgravity to hatching rainbow trout in space. Jose Cruz, a contest judge and the chair of the IEEE Life Members Committee with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Foundation, one of the organizations that funded I2S2C, commented, “What drew us to this contest was the fact that kids had to be creative and design their own experiments. This is what it means to compete for grants in the real world of science.”

The following week, Museum staff members welcomed the winning team and their teacher for a luncheon and award ceremony. “This has been an amazing experience,” said Nathan Tubbs, science teacher and facilitator for the winning team. “The goal was not a grade on a test. The goal was good design for real-world application. My students were so motivated.”

A member of the winning team, Sundous Aljahmi, an 11-year-old girl whose parents own a gas station, said, “My family is really proud. I feel like a real scientist. Winning this contest makes me feel confident I can reach my dream of becoming a doctor. When you work hard and try your best, the best things come out of it.”

Karen La Cava, director of community investment at Time Warner Cable, another contest funder, said, “By investing in these young people, we are investing in America’s future workforce.”

Michael J. Massimino and Susan Marenoff-Zausner congratulate the winning team, along with their teacher Nathan Tubbs, the principal of P.S./I.S. 30 Carol Heeraman and the winner of the art contest from the Institute for Collaborative Education.

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AN ENORMOUS, FLOATING CLASSROOM

Michelle Jennings with her students from the Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy.

SHOWING STUDENTS WHERE THE SCIENCES CAN

“ The Intrepid Museum exposed my students to a spectacular visual representation of where science can take them—literally to outer space!”

—M ichelle Jennings, teacher, Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy

THROUGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THE MUSEUM CONNECTS LEARNING TO THE REAL WORLD Michelle Jennings made her comment while watching 70 of her sixth-grade students use paper cups and rubber bands to build a primitive version of the robotic arm end effector (grasping device) used by astronauts during shuttle missions. They had just finished an exploration highlighting the Museum’s 27 airplanes and spacecraft during an April visit to the Museum for one of the Education Department’s school programs.

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For several months, Jennings had been teaching her students the scientific method through an aerodynamics unit. Museum educators tailored a program to complement what Jennings had been teaching at school.

She says, “There was this ah-ha moment when the educator told us the Enterprise is like one huge paper airplane, in that it must glide to Earth. We talked about thrust, drag, weight and lift, and the kids understood the principles at a whole new level.”

School programs reach more children than any other Intrepid Museum program. In fiscal year 2015, our programs served 19,374 students from 347 schools. Tailored to the needs of school groups from pre-K to high school, the Museum’s curricula marry tactile learning with site-specific information and inspiration. Older school groups use cuttingedge imaging programs like Tinkercad, a computer-assisted 3D design tool, along with digital printers.

TAKE THEM

INSPIRATION FOR THE NON-TRADITIONAL SCIENCE STUDENT Jennings teaches at a public middle school in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. She says, “When my kids stepped on board Intrepid, they were beyond excited. Many of my students don’t have the means or the exposure to get to museums like the Intrepid on their own, so the schools must open these children to museum experiences.”

BEYOND THE COMMON CORE Sheri Levinsky-Raskin, assistant vice president of education, says, “Our curricula align with the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards, but we do not seek to replicate the classroom experience. We enhance the curricular goals of the school system, but we do it in a way that’s hands-on, interdisciplinary and above all else fun!” The programs arm visiting teachers with creative examples of ways to engage children in science.

The Education Department piloted a new curriculum called Rust in the River, in which students observe real examples of rusting on the ship and then do chemistry tests on how salinity affects rusting. It plans to expand this workshop offering in years to come, because it helps kids get engaged in a site-specific application of chemistry.

Students from the Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy display the experiment design they created for the Intrepid International Space Station Challenge.

Lara Phillips is an assistant principal of the Brownsville Academy High School, whose students visited in May to participate in astronomy and microgravity workshops. Phillips says, “The lessons aligned with the new Common Core learning standards. But instead of thinking about science theoretically, my students had a handson experience they will never forget. This helped them do better on standardized exams, but more importantly, it got them excited about the sciences!”

FREE PROGRAMS FOR TITLE I SCHOOLS Thanks to generous supporters, the Intrepid Museum was able to provide its programs at no cost to 30 percent of the public schools it served during the year. The Museum prioritizes underserved and Title I schools—schools where 40 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-priced lunch—in determining which groups get free programming. In fiscal year 2015, the Museum served 11,318 students from 171 Title I schools.

Students from the Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy discuss their experiment design with Museum educators.

The Museum works to fund as many free, Title I school visits as possible, and hopes to provide more in years to come.

One of the most valuable things about a visit is the way the Museum models real, exciting STEM careers for kids who don’t have an abundance of scientists and engineers as role models. Jennings says, “Some of my kids thought an engineer was a mechanic when we first started discussing STEM careers! After our experiences at the Intrepid Museum, they started to see science as a career path they could actually pursue.”

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NEVER FORGET

VETERANS HELP THE INTREPID MUSEUM PERSONALIZE HISTORY

ACQUISITION OF AN MIA BRACELET KEEPS THE MEMORY OF A LOST PILOT ALIVE Lt. Edward J. “Barney” Broms was a 25-year-old pilot in Intrepid’s attack squadron VA-66 on August 1, 1968, when he was assigned the fourth position in a strike mission over Dong Dun, North Vietnam.

His A-4 Skyhawk airplane disappeared on the mission pullout, and he was not heard from again. For decades, his family didn’t know what happened to him. They were not the only ones who agonized over his fate. His countless friends and classmates kept the hope he would be found alive. In a small town in Kentucky, veteran Jim Pelham, a former ordnance man from VA-66 who had, in all likelihood, loaded weapons onto Broms’s plane, could not get his lost squadronmate out of his mind. Pelham knew Broms only from a distance, but the fact that this young man had never been found haunted him.

CLOSURE FOR A SISTER In 1993, a team of American investigators located human remains near the place where Broms’s plane disappeared over North Vietnam. In 2011, DNA technology matched Broms’s remains to his closest surviving relative—his sister, Marjorie Waddell. The U.S. Navy designated Broms KIA (killed in action), allowing his family to put this lost pilot to rest with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.

The verification provided the family with much-needed answers and some solace.

Says Waddell, “I want people to know about the Navy’s relentless pursuit to get a positive identification of my brother. They kept the faith, and for that I am ever grateful.” The Intrepid Museum was in touch with Waddell, who invited the Intrepid Museum’s curator of aviation, Eric Boehm, to Arlington Cemetery to witness and record her brother’s funeral.

VETERAN ACTS TO PRESERVE HIS SQUADRONMATE’S MEMORY

“ Veterans should know how much we value their history. We will preserve their objects, and the personal stories behind them, in perpetuity.”

— J essica Williams, Intrepid Museum’s curator of history and collections Lt. Edward J. “Barney” Broms.

In the 1970s, a Vietnam War veteran named Johnny Bracey entered a military supply store, reached into a glass bowl full of bracelets and bought an MIA (missing in action) bracelet bearing Broms’s name. These MIA bracelets were once a way for Americans to show they would never forget Vietnam’s prisoners of war. Voices in Vital America started the bracelet program in 1970 to raise awareness about servicemen missing in action. Bracey stayed true to his pledge to always remember: he wore the MIA bracelet for 15 years, until it fell off his wrist. The loss of the bracelet stung, because he felt connected to this pilot, though he never knew him.

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In 2014, Broms’s squadronmate Jim Pelham received an invitation to the 71st anniversary of the commissioning of Intrepid. While preparing for his trip to New York City, Pelham spoke with the Intrepid Museum’s assistant vice president of strategic initiatives, Carly Goettel, who asked him if he had known Broms. He recalls, “I just called to talk about hotel accommodations, but she asked if I knew Barney. I wound up telling her about my friend Johnny Bracey and the Edward Broms MIA bracelet he wore for 15 years.”

Goettel put Johnny Bracey in touch with Broms’s sister. Marjorie Waddell was so moved by Bracey’s dedication to her brother’s memory she gave him her own Broms MIA bracelet to replace the one he had lost. Explains Pelham, “Well Johnny had it for a while and then he called me up and said I’ve been thinking: this bracelet belongs up there, at Intrepid.”

With Waddell’s consent, Pelham arranged for the bracelet to be permanently donated to the Intrepid Museum. He says, “All these years I kept Barney in my memory. Marjorie and Johnny kept him in their memories. Now that the bracelet is with Intrepid, he won’t ever be forgotten.” Curators will use the MIA bracelet in On the Line: Intrepid and the Vietnam War, an exhibition opening in October 2015.

Says Waddell, “There is joy in knowing my brother’s story has finally been told.”

MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY CEREMONIES BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER

THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING TO VETERANS On August 16, 2014, Intrepid veteran Jim Pelham stepped aboard the ship with two of his former squadronmates, Chuck Clark and Bill McGinnis, for an informal reunion and a celebration of the ship’s 71st commissioning anniversary.

Pelham had served as an ordnanceman on the ship during its third and final deployment to Vietnam in 1968–1969.

It was the first time Pelham had boarded Intrepid since he had disembarked 46 years ago. He says, “They treated us like kings.”

Seats of Honor recipients Ben St. John and Henry Mouzon.

His visit became an opportunity to share and preserve his experiences aboard the ship through the Museum’s Oral History Project. Since the launch of the Oral History Project in 2013, staff members have recorded 77 firsthand accounts from former crew members active during World War II, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. The stories Pelham shared with the Museum’s curator of history and collections, Jessica Williams, were rich in emotion.

He described the camaraderie on the ship, the experience of loading bombs into planes for training drills and the newspaper clippings he received from his mother, his only means of finding out he was loading bombs for Operation Rolling Thunder.

2015 Seats of Honor recipients and families.

Each year, the Intrepid Museum hosts Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies to honor the men and women who have served in uniform to protect our nation.

Every oral history interviewer for the Museum’s Oral History Project is trained to handle veterans’ memories with psychological acumen. Pelham comments, “Giving my oral history was therapeutic. Giving my oral history made me feel my contributions were finally valued and appreciated.”

• On Memorial Day, the Museum unfurls a 100-foot American flag to honor the fallen, and the Veterans Day ceremony culminates in the laying of wreaths upon the Hudson River to remember those who served.

• Active and retired U.S. military service members receive free admission to the Museum every day, and veterans receive a discount, but on these national holidays, all service members, past and present, receive complimentary admission.

• Families have the opportunity to dedicate a Seat of Honor in the Allison & Howard Lutnick Theater to pay tribute to a loved one or deserving hero. In 2015, 16 Seats of Honor were dedicated, providing vital support to the Museum’s programs and preserving the legacies of individual military service members for generations to come. Thank you for helping us keep the memories of veterans alive.

Bill McGinnis, Chuck Clark and Jim Pelham visit the Intrepid Museum on August 16, 2014.

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HONO EDUCA IN WELC

FACTS AND FIGURES 2015

42

16

ORAL HISTORIES RECORDED

19,374

CHILDREN SERVED, FROM 347 SCHOOLS

11,318

MORE THAN

SEATS OF HONOR DEDICATED

200,000 1,000,000

STUDENTS FROM TITLE I SCHOOLS SERVED

17,847

VOLUNTEER HOURS FROM 151 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS

YOUNG VISITORS

MUSEUM VISITORS

53

SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS AND ASTRONAUTS SPOKE AT THE MUSEUM

5 PROGRAMS SERVED 900 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES

13 PROGRAMS SERVED 226 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES

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NOR ATE NSPIRE COME 59

1,253

37

VETERANS AND ELDERLY VISITORS WITH DEMENTIA SERVED THROUGH THE ACCESS PROGRAM STORIES WITHIN

OBJECTS ACQUIRED

409

TEEN AND YOUNG ADULT INTERNS ASSISTED

57,112

6,413,025 5,808

FACEBOOK FRIENDS

HOME PAGE VIEWS

TEACHERS TRAINED

10,325

1,783

TWITTER FOLLOWERS

INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS

YOUNG VISITORS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

167 FREE PROGRAMS SERVED 2,779 PARTICIPANTS

WITH PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL OR COGNITIVE CHALLENGES

489

PARTICIPANTS IN EARLY MORNING OPENINGS FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

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HIGHLIGHTS 2015

YOU HELP US SHINE

EXHIBITION OPENINGS

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

SUBMERGED —AUGUST 2014

MATH IN MOTION

“ You’ll be encouraged to climb onto bunks where sailors slept, check out the old mess hall, and act like you are navigating in an engine room.”

— T ime Out New York on Submerged

One of the most remarkable vessels in the Intrepid Museum’s collection is Growler, a submarine that once carried nuclear missiles and was used in top-secret missions during the Cold War. While kids ages eight and up are permitted on Growler, they can’t interact with this artifact in a tactile fashion, because preservation of the submarine requires that its enticing array of dials and gadgets not be touched. The solution is Submerged, a permanent, 40-foot replica of a guided missile submarine in the Exploreum, in which kids learn firsthand how a submarine works.

New York City students who enrolled in this free club at the Muhlenberg branch of the New York Public Library experienced summer launch, instead of summer slump. Over six weeks, students used scale models of the Museum’s air and space artifacts to study the algebra and geometry of flight. Students ultimately designed and engineered a 3D spacecraft model using Tinkercad. Free programs like this help New York City kids bridge the opportunity gap.

EDUCATION STEM S.T.A.R.S. (STUDENT A STRONOMERS RE ACHING FOR SPACE) As part of the STEM Matters initiative, the Intrepid Museum was chosen by the New York City Department of Education to provide an unforgettable immersion in STEM learning for rising seventh and eighth graders from NYC public schools. In a new, weeklong camp aboard the ship, aspiring astronomers looked through spectrum glasses at sunspots, charted their latitude using the night sky and designed a Mars habitat in Tinkercad. Educators grounded science in history, illuminating Intrepid ’s role in recovering the Mercury and Gemini space capsules as well as Enterprise’s influence as a prototype space shuttle.

OBJEC TS IN CONVERSATION —AUGUST 2014 Intrepid is made not only of steel, but also of stories. From a photograph of a Passover seder aboard the ship to a handmade bracelet from a sweetheart, this exhibition weaves the personal artifacts and memories of crew members together to tell a collective story.

One important artifact is the Alfred Lerch logbook, which provides a record of April 16, 1945, the day this pilot shot down seven enemy aircraft in the Battle of Okinawa.

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Students from STEM S.T.A.R.S. pose with Michael J. Massimino outside the exhibition HUBBLE@25.

IMPORTANT ACQUISITIONS HARRY HARRISON DIARY (COVERING JUNE 1943–MARCH 1944) First-person accounts of Intrepid ’s history told at the time they were happening are invaluable. Lt. Cdr. Harry W. Harrison was a highly experienced naval aviator during World War II and a commander of fighter squadron VF-6. Harrison’s writing is wonderfully detailed. His description of the crippling 1944 torpedo strike on Intrepid is poetic and harrowing: “The ship shook and shivered as if a giant had hold of

the stern.” Taped into his diary are newspaper clippings, cables of official messages, and a strategic map of the atoll of Truk, a major anchorage for the Japanese and the site of a hugely destructive American attack. Harrison details strategic flight operations against Truk in this historically important document. The diary was a gift from his nephews, William and Christopher Sharples.

“ The ship shook and shivered as if a giant had hold of the stern.”

— Harry Harrison

NEW TOUR PL ANES E XPL AINED A technical and historical introduction to the Intrepid Museum’s amazing collection of aircraft, including the Avenger, Blackbird and Concorde.

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HIGHLIGHTS 2015

PROGRAMS A STRONOMY NIGHTS

HUBBLE@25 PUBLIC PROGR AMS Three evening discussions encouraged further examination of the themes presented in the exhibition HUBBLE@25, adding a deeper level of meaning to the experience. The Intrepid Museum was able to keep these programs free or low cost for the community thanks to program supporters. Talks included the following:

The Museum’s free Astronomy Nights provide telescopes on the flight deck during the summer, inviting all ages to enjoy an evening of stargazing. During the winter months, high-profile guest speakers in a nighttime café setting provide a unique atmosphere for a young science-minded crowd to mix and mingle. The past year’s guest speakers included Denton Ebel, planetary geologist at the American Museum of Natural History, and Steve B. Howell, exoplanet researcher and project scientist for NASA’s Kepler and K2 missions.

FLEET WEEK FESTIVITIES

In May 2014, hundreds of servicemen and women sailed into New York City aboard five vessels to kick off a week of festivities.

LAST MISSION TO HUBBLE—The STS-125 mission aboard space shuttle Atlantis was NASA’s last chance to upgrade Hubble’s systems and ensure its operational future. On November 12, 2014, the crew of STS-125—mission commander Scott D. Altman, pilot Gregory C. Johnson, and mission specialists John Grunsfeld, Michael Massimino, Megan McArthur Behnken and Michael Good—joined moderator Charlie Gibson, journalist and former ABC news anchor, for a look back at this historic journey.

INFINITE WORLDS: THE PEOPLE AND PLACES OF SPACE EXPLORATION—NASA allowed photographer Michael Soluri exclusive access behind the scenes of its preparations for the STS-125 mission in 2009. On December 10, 2014, upon the publication of his book, Infinite Worlds, Soluri was joined at the Museum by science journalist Miles O’Brien for an illuminating discussion of his time spent documenting the inner workings of NASA.

Photo by Michael Soluri, from Infinite Worlds.

JOE EDWARD’S TALK ON THE F-14 In May 2014, retired NASA astronaut Joe Edwards visited the Museum to give an informal talk on F-14 Tomcat planes. Edwards is best known for piloting American crew members to the Russian space station Mir, but before he was an astronaut, he was a decorated naval aviator. In the 1980s, he flew the F-14 Tomcat that is displayed on the flight deck of Intrepid.

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HUBBLE AND OUR ALTERED UNIVERSE—On April 30, 2015, the Museum celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with leading researchers who are using Hubble data to change our understanding of the universe. Ira Flatow, host of Science Friday on Public Radio International, moderated this stellar evening with Sara Seager of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Priyamvada Natarajan of Yale; Kenneth Sembach of the Space Telescope Science Institute; and Adam G. Reiss of Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute, who received a Nobel Prize for work made possible by Hubble.

KIDS WEEK

SALUTE TO FREEDOM

Kids Week 2015 used the theme of flight to engage children and their families in the science and technology of aviation and space exploration. During the winter school break, a variety of interactive activities and exciting presentations, including live falcons in flight, gave visitors the opportunity for up-close interactions with scientists and aviators. A special highlight was Jill McGuire, one of NASA Goddard Space Center’s most experienced space tool designers.

SPACE & SCIENCE FESTIVAL WITH BUZZ ALDRIN This annual celebration of space science and technology, held in July 2014, included displays and special presentations by NASA and other guests, including visiting astronauts Ellen Baker, Mario Runco Jr., Terry Hart, Garrett Reisman, Joe Edwards and Karol Bobko. The highlight of the festival was a special appearance by legendary Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

The Intrepid Museum’s annual gala recognizes distinguished national and business leaders and celebrates the women and men who serve in defense of our country. The event, held aboard this historic ship, brings together leading members of the business, defense, educational, financial, governmental and scientific communities and several hundred service members for a wonderful evening of meaningful acknowledgement. At the 2014 gala, the Museum awarded Chuck Hagel, U.S. secretary of defense, its Intrepid Freedom Award for service to the nation. The Museum’s Intrepid Salute Award for business achievement and philanthropy was awarded to Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric.

WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL WITH JOHN GRUNSFELD This citywide festival brings the wonder of scientific discovery to the public.

The Intrepid Museum participated by offering a screening of Gravity, followed by a talk by John Grunsfeld, five-time shuttle veteran and the current associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, about the real challenges of space exploration. The Museum also hosted a traveling exhibition of NASA’s International Space Station Mobile on the pier for all to visit.

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LOOKING FORWARD

SPEEDING TOWARD A GREENER, SMARTER FUTURE

At the Intrepid Museum, we keep one eye on our history and the other on what’s possible. Our donors help us keep evolving into a more efficient and engaging museum. Here are the exciting exhibitions and improvements you can expect in the months and years ahead:

SLEEKER SPACES AND SMOOTHER SYSTEMS WELCOME CENTER The renovation of the Welcome Center will be completed in summer 2015. Redesigned in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy to accommodate our growing audience, it will streamline entry to the Museum and feature digital signage, expanded ticket counters, a retail gift shop and a new restaurant on the second floor. The new Welcome Center will be accessible to all visitors. It will include ticket counters equipped with induction hearing loops, double-belted stanchions offering a cane-detectable barrier for visitors who are blind or partially sighted and signage with the new Accessible Icon.

AIRCR AF T RESTOR ATION HANGAR WILL SHOWC A SE OUR E XPERTISE The Intrepid Museum is home to 27 aircraft, a space shuttle and a Soyuz capsule that flew to the International Space Station, as well as some of the nation’s foremost experts in aircraft preservation.

In order to share this unique expertise with the world, we designed a new hangar to be constructed on the flight deck. The new Aircraft Restoration Hangar will serve as a classroom for students and a restoration work space for aviation mechanics and engineers.

An “Innovation Deck” overlooking the restoration work space will offer kids a fully equipped maker space, complete with 3D printers, robotics components, imaging software, tools and digitally optimized views of actual restorations. We build spaces that build innovators.

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COGENER ATION PL ANT WILL SAVE MONE Y A S IT TE ACHES CONSERVATION BEST PR AC TICES The Intrepid Museum’s cogeneration plant, expected to be fully operational by the end of 2015, will result in significant energy cost savings for the Museum, while serving as an energy industry demonstration project that teaches the public about more sustainable power systems.

Cogeneration, also known as combined heat and power, refers to a more efficient use of fuel—thermal heat normally wasted by a standard engine or power plant is captured and reused. Funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the facility will serve as a fascinating, site-specific exhibition space to educate our visitors about the cogeneration process.

DSM Engineering Associates’ James Armstrong, the energy engineer who designed the Museum’s plant, is a winner of the Association of Energy Engineers “Engineer of the Year” award.

Construction is complete, and initial testing of the plant has gone as planned. The 300-kilowatt plant will provide enough backup energy to make the Intrepid Museum an important resource for first responders in the event of a disaster. The plant will have the power to inspire the million visitors who visit the Museum each year, giving this project the potential to reach and teach more people than any other system of its kind. We are grateful for funding for this project from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (managed by New York City Economic Development Corporation), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

CUT TING-EDGE TICKETING A new Tessitura software–enabled ticketing system will let visitors print tickets and receipts at home, use their phones and tablets to check in, buy packages of services with a single keystroke and glide through lines at the Welcome Center. This ticketing system is designed to evolve with ever-changing technology, and will go live in early 2016.

EXHIBITION OPENINGS

CIT Y AT SE A: USS INTREPID

Intrepid was once home to 3,000 servicemen at any one time, an interdependent city of workers who supported military efforts by supporting each other.

City at Sea: USS Intrepid, A poster and interactive kiosk for City at Sea in the Anchor Chain room. funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and opening in October 2015, will be the culmination of a project that brings these servicemen’s voices back into the “working” spaces of the ship. Ambient audio, interactive panels and storytelling kiosks with recordings of oral histories from Intrepid veterans will enrich key areas of the ship: the combat information center, officer berthing, anchor chain room, galley and mess. This exhibition will bring visitors closer to the experience of what it was like to live and work aboard Intrepid.

ON THE LINE: INTREPID AND THE VIETNAM WAR Our deepest gratitude goes to the Intrepid veterans who shared their stories and artifacts to provide the public with this moving immersion into life for servicemen during the Vietnam War. The ship served three tours of duty from 1966 to 1969. Operating from the Gulf of Tonkin, Intrepid squadrons bombed targets in North and South Vietnam, provided support for ground attacks and battled North Vietnamese jets. At the heart of this exhibition will be the oral history and artifacts of Intrepid former crew member Wilson Denver Key, an American pilot who was held as a prisoner of war in the “Hanoi Hilton,” an infamous Vietnamese prison and interrogation center, until he was released in 1973. The exhibition will open in October 2015.

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FINANCE

The Intrepid Museum Foundation, which operates the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, is a not-for-profit, educational organization, designated under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and incorporated by action of the Board of Regents of the University of New York and the State Department of Education. This financial report is based on the independently audited financial statements for the years presented. A complete copy of these financial statements is available at intrepidmuseum.org or can be obtained from the Finance Department at One Intrepid Square, New York, NY 10036 or by calling 646-381-5250.

The summary financial statements presented herein report on the Museum’s results of operations for its fiscal years 2015 and 2014 (May 1–April 30). The Statement of Financial Activities reflects changes in net assets in the amounts of $1,615,877 and $2,310,954, for FY 2015 and 2014 respectively. Of the total net asset changes, non-cash depreciation and amortization expenses account for $4,680,533 and $4,908,047, respectively.

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The Museum records non-cash depreciation expenses and the capital grant revenue utilized to acquire the related assets under non-operating revenue and support.

In FY 2015 Museum management and staff alike redoubled their efforts in delivering an enriching experience to all visitors through smart, mission-based content supported by relevant artifacts, exhibits and programs. Accordingly, the Museum acquired new objects for its collection, recorded additional oral histories, offered professional development courses for teachers, expanded its access programs, opened new exhibitions, developed new curricula for students and produced many new content-rich public programs. The Museum also continued its focus on future growth, comprehensive planning and stewardship and long-term sustainability, including preservation of historic artifacts for future generations.

C ONDEN S ED S UMM A R Y OF C ON S OL ID AT E D S TAT E ME N T OF F IN A NC I A L A C T I V I T IE S These statements are summarized and excerpted from the audited financial statements. A complete set of audited financial statements is available at intrepidmuseum.org.

OPERATING REVENUE AND SUPPORT Admissions and memberships

FY 2015

FY 2014

$ 17,834,803

$ 17,633,329

2,896,216

2,611,189

156,000

208,332

Special event revenue (Net of costs of direct benefits)

1,277,826

1,148,408

Rental income, net

1,966,651

4,602,802

Auxiliary activities

3,442,721

4,446,234

570,000

521,000

$ 28,144,217

$ 31,171,294

$ 3,434,015

$ 3,075,575

17,849,672

18,248,513

1,296,733

1,980,628

162,235

160,963

22,742,655

23,465,679

General and administrative

3,071,299

2,799,441

Fundraising

1,847,294

1,839,937

TOTAL SUPPORTING EXPENSES

4,918,593

4,639,378

$ 27,661,248

$ 28,105,057

$482,969

$3,066,237

Contributions and capital grants

$ 6,052,448

$ 2,421,038

Capital depreciation and amortization expense

(4,680,533)

(4,908,047)

Insurance proceeds net of impaired assets and other expenses

(1,244,089)

Contributions and grants Sponsorship income

Investment return designated for operations TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE AND SUPPORT OPERATING EXPENSES PROGRAM EXPENSES Education Exhibits and visitor services Public programs Other mission-related program support TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES SUPPORTING EXPENSES

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE AND SUPPORT IN EXCESS OF TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES NON-OPERATING REVENUE, EXPENSES AND OTHER SUPPORT

Gain (loss) on disposal of fixed assets Investment return in excess of spend rate TOTAL NON-OPERATING REVENUE AND OTHER SUPPORT

3,600

(369,077)

1,001,482

2,100,803

$ 1,132,908

$ (755,283)

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $ 1,615,877 $ 2,310,954

C ONDEN S ED S UMM A R Y OF C ON S OL ID AT E D S TAT E ME N T OF C H A NGE S IN NE T A S S E T S These statements are summarized and excerpted from the audited financial statements. A complete set of audited financial statements is available at intrepidmuseum.org.

NET ASSETS Beginning of year

73,133,997

70,823,043

END OF YEAR

74,749,874

73,133,997

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FINANCE

C ONDEN S ED S UMM A R Y OF C ON S OL ID AT E D S TAT E ME N T OF F IN A NC I A L P O S I T ION These statements are summarized and excerpted from the audited financial statements. A complete set of audited financial statements is available at intrepidmuseum.org.

ASSETS

FY 2015

FY 2014

$ 2,221,908

$ 4,457,786

Pledges receivable, net

3,544,836

4,085,278

Grants and other receivables

4,286,685

71,613

108,621

4,540,700

Investments in marketable securities, at fair value

24,381,065

22,805,039

Fixed assets, net

58,552,966

54,193,365

33,672

38,212

$ 93,129,753

$ 90,191,993

$ 5,729,462

$ 3,241,746

1,285,222

1,622,280

909,778

1,597,720

Notes payable - lines of credit

3,725,000

3,725,000

Loan payable

6,730,417

6,871,250

18,379,879

17,057,996

Cash and cash equivalents

Prepaid expenses and other assets

Deferred bond issuance costs net of accumulated amortization TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES Accounts payable and other liabilities Deferred revenue Capitalized lease obligation

TOTAL LIABILITIES NET ASSETS Unrestricted Temporarily restricted

46,683,164 46,137,640 6,077,201

5,188,132

Permanently restricted

21,989,509

21,808,225

TOTAL NET ASSETS

74,749,874

73,133,997

$ 93,129,753

$ 90,191,993

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

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THANK YOU

OUR SUPPORTERS CREATE THE BRIDGE BETWEEN HISTORY AND INNOVATION The Intrepid Museum thanks the following donors who made a gift of $250 or more between May 1, 2014, and April 30, 2015.

While space limitations do not permit listing gifts of less than this amount, the Museum extends its sincere thanks to all donors.

DONORS

Tony Cheng

First Data

Mel Immergut and Barbara Lyne

Anonymous (7)

Chevron USA Inc.

Fisher Brothers Foundation Inc.

Inland Printing Company, Inc.

ADP Foundation

Lyle M. Christensen

Jeanne Donovan Fisher

Intrepid Donation Box

Nicholas Alexiou

Cobham

James E. Fitzgerald, Inc.

Ted and Sue Irle

Michele Allmaras and Om Agrawal

Daniel and Amy Cohen

The Flanagan Family

Camille Irvin

American Express

The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation

Alan R. Fleischman, M.D.

Jewish Communal Fund

Flight Avionics of North America, Inc.

Sonia and Paul Tudor Jones

AT&T Communications

Consolidated Edison Company of New York

Joseph and Jacqueline Formola

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Atlantic Cordage

Dr. Andreas P. Forrer

The Corcoran Group

Australia New Zealand Bank

Fox News Network, LLC

Marcel Kasumovich and Heather Ursu

The Cowles Charitable Trust

Edmund and Candida Aversenti

Mark and Stephanie Frank

Howard and Patricia Katz

Ronan Cox

Diana Awed and Keshava Dasarathy

Gagnon Securities LLC

Jon-Paul Kern

The Craig Foundation

Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust

The Russell and Ronalee Galbut Family Foundation

King & Spalding LLP

Craigslist Charitable Fund Charles T. Crawford

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Julia and David Koch

Judy and Curt Baker

Creative Solutions

Meera T. Gandhi

KPMG LLP

James and Angela Banask

Cross-Fire & Security Co., Inc.

GE Aviation

Richard and Jane Kresch

The Barker Welfare Foundation

CTM Media Group, Inc.

General Electric Company

Laurence and Patricia Kubat

Susan Barr

Gregory and Anna Cuneo

General Magnaplate

L&L Holding Company, LLC

BBDO New York

Gerard J. Cunningham

Laurie Gersten

Robert E. and Elizabeth A. La Blanc

Beacon Paint and Hardware Co., Inc.

Cushman & Wakefield

Girardville Miners’ Cooperative, Inc.

Jeremiah and Nancy Larkin

Karen D’Alessandri

The Glades Foundation

Beal Family Foundation

Andrew and DeeDee Leith

Davenport & Company LLC

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Benchmark Graphics, Ltd.

Davler Media Group

GoldmanHarris LLC

The Joseph Leroy and Ann C. Warner Fund, Inc.

The Benevity Community Impact Fund

Thomas DelMundo and Giselle Palacios DelMundo

Jack E. Graver

David and Amy Liebowitz

Berdon LLP

David Gray and Kathleen Jennings

LogoTags

Deloitte Consulting Services LLP

Hal and Jeanine Berliner

Greater Hudson Heritage Network

The Ludwig Family Foundation, Inc.

David M. Diamond

Marc Bernstein

Fred and Karen Greis

John and Kathleen Lyon

David and Camille Dibble

Lauren Beyeler

Chris Griswold and Daisy Rosario, Thunderbolt Comedy

Rachel Maddow and Susan Mikula

Robert and Sue Ann Dilts

Blackstone Charitable Foundation

Disabled American Veterans

Chet Bloom and Regina Umansky

Marilynn M. Magruder

Margaret F. Donovan

Larry Guadagno Anchor Contractors

Bloomberg

The Durst Organization, LP

Gary Gumowitz and Ella Christy

BNSF Railway Company

Joan Dusard

Jeffrey R. Gural

BNY Mellon

Stuart and Sandra Dworkin

John and Mary Hallahan

The Bodman Foundation

Martin L. Edelman

David Handler

The Bovin Family Foundation

Richard W. Edelman

Peter Hein and Anne Farley

Denise Brewer

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Nina Henderson

Chris and Laura Caffey

Ernst & Young

James and Robin Herrnstein

The Canary Charitable Foundation

Evike.com Inc.

Thomas and Mary Laraine Hines

Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund

FAR Fund

Leonard and Ann Hittner

Capital One Foundation

Andrew L. Farkas

Terrance and Martha Holliday

Matthew McCahill and Jacqueline Emery

Casualty Actuarial Society

FCA & MGP, LLC

HSBC Bank USA

Jim McCann

Charina Foundation, Inc.

Amelia and Daniel Feinberg

Stanley and Karen Hubbard

Catherine McKinney

Bernard and Phyllis Feinberg

William J. Hudson

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Michael Hurff

Dominique McLerran and Geoffrey Feldesman

Stephen and Ellen Finkelstein

IEEE Foundation

Michaelis Family

Anchor Breaking & Cutting Co., Inc. Robert and Phyllis Asztalos

Ranji Cheema Ching-Lynn Chen and Richard Blewitt

Alan Colberg and Li Hao

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Martin P. Klein

James Magid and Danielle Axelrod William W. Marden III Steven A. Margenau Glenn and Aline Martin Michael Martini William and Kelly Massey Jeanette Masters Anthony Mathis MB Food Processing, Inc. John and Kathleen McAvoy

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Jonathan Richter

Miller Klein Group, LLC

Rodger and Beverly Rohde

Minicards USA

Veterans Advantage, Inc.

The Ambrose Monell Foundation

Florence & Robert A. Rosen Family Foundation

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC

Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.

Enzo Viscusi

Georgette Mosbacher

RTS Family Foundation

Kathleen Voorhees

Moses & Singer LLP

Susan and Jack Rudin

John and Ann Vuyosevich

Motorola Solutions Foundation

May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation

W.R. Berkley Corporation Charitable Foundation

Tudy Russell

Sheila and Gerald Walpin

John and Madeline Ryan

The Walt Disney Company

SageView Advisory Group

Paul and Catherine Walton

ARTIFACT DONORS

Richard E. Salomon and Laura Landro

Weeks Marine, Inc.

John L. Allem

Navigate Marketing, Inc.

Peter G. Weiland

Donald H. Bee

Alvin Nederlander Associates, Inc.

Carl and Aviva Saphier

Wen Management Corp.

John Bracey

The New York Community Trust

Anthony Schirripa

The Wendy’s Company

Alan Brooking

New York Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Corp.

Sanford Schlesinger and Lianne Lazetera

Christopher J. Williams

John B. Bush

Newmark Holdings

Verna Schneider

Willis Group Holdings Ltd.

Kathy Carter

NFL Foundation

Schwab Charitable Fund

Kathleen Carter

Anthony and Joan Nickert

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Brian and Catherine Schwartz

The Northern Trust Company

Tom and Cindy Secunda

Donald L. Wilson, VS-31 Squadron Member

Richard Cortez

O’Connor Davies, LLP

Trevor Sequino

Ronald and Judith Wishman

Ogilvy & Mather

Serendipity Media

Frederic and Robin Withington

Yuriy Omelchenko and Michelle Hu

The Shah-Zion Family Fund

Wounded Warrior Project

Peter Orszag and Bianna Golodryga

Chad and Leah Shandler

Lawrence R. Yates, Sr.

PAR Plumbing Co., Inc.

Donald and Diane Sherman

Amanda Yoo and Prafulchadra Jogia

John and Linda Parker

Alexander Shustorovich

Dr. Samuel Zfaz

Francis C. Parson, Jr.

Sideline II Import Export, LLC

John and Milli Zukowsky

Travis Patton and Jeff Seese

Andrew D. Silverman

Janice Zupan

Ted Moudis myFace N.G. Slater Corp.

NASCAR

P.D. O’Hurley’s Julia and Patricia Peloso-Barnes The Perelman Family Foundation, Inc. Maribeth Petrizzi and Sandy Ray The Philipp Family Foundation, Inc. The Pinkerton Foundation Joe Plumeri Foundation, Inc. Leni Preston T. Rowe Price Mark and Valerie Principi Stuart Rachlin Karla and Scott Radke Redwood Investments, LLC Kathleen M. Reichardt-Jochmann AVCM (AW) Peter Reiter, USN (Ret.) Reliable Power Alternatives Corp.

Salvatore and Linda Restivo Col. Brent Richardson and Gail Richardson Nicholas Richman and Jennifer Recine-Richman

Silverstein Properties, Inc.

Susanne Vasquez and Jonathan Sheindlin

GIFTS-IN-KIND

Leland and Doris Miller

Viacom International, Inc.

Frost Productions Inland Printing NBC Universal NY Image Studio Party Rental Restaurant Associates Stamford Tent & Event Services Wizard Studios

Anthony J. Cipriano William J. D’Antico Robert H. Dilts Lee Eurich Gerald A. Feola Samuel B. Folsom Matthew Gallagher Paul Grywalski Roberta Havlick Sandra Horton Thomas Janoski

Nick Sofocleous

PUBLIC FUNDERS

Jason and Xinghua Solinsky

The Educational Developers Caucus

Liora and Steven Spiess

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Judith Klein

Institute of Museum and Library Services

John W. Lampl

New York State Council on the Arts

Thomas R. Lippert

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Christopher Lisberg

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

George Lupi

Office of the Manhattan Borough President

Kenneth A. Marshall

Demetrios Spiropoulos and Kristina Rinner-Dolinski Mark Standish The Starr Foundation Martin S. Sternberg Alice and Béla Szigethy Terminal 4 JFK - IUOE Local 30 Lilith Terry Melvin Tillman Tishman Speyer Properties, LP Janet E. Truncale

Tom L. Jones Virginia King Robert Kulscar Peter Leonard

William Litwin Henry Macke Fred C. Matt

Turner Construction Company

Gary Mayer

Two Sigma Investments, LLC

Kenneth J. Mayes

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Mary McCann

Stephen Ucko

Morris B. Mellion

USS Intrepid Association, Inc.

James Miller

Mami and George Varghese

George Mills

28 INTREPID SEA, AIR & SPACE MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS REPORT

Shirley Mortensen

SPONSORS

ARTIFACT DONORS

Robert G. Ressler

Doug Swanson

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David C. Ribar

Patsy Talbert Smith

Garrett C. Myers

John Rossanda

Constantino L. Tamasi

Adam Nelson

Ronald Rousseau

Samuel K. Taylor

Cable News Network, Inc./ The Sixties: Space Race

Karoline Nurse

Lane Rowe

Pamela Tilson

Coca-Cola

Lonnie E. Oberbeck

Richard G. Ryder

Linda Trumbore

Walt Ohlrich

Ronald A. Sabitsky

Paul P. Vakerics

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space System

Ros Ollivierra

Stanley Schwartz

Jeanette Wagner

Robert L. Owens

Arthur Sears

Brian Walker

Travis Patton

Angelo Serva

William Walker

Jim Pelham

Frank Shafroth

Thomas A. Wargo

Ronald Pencola

Christopher Sharples

Jim Wasson

Ginny Perren

William Sharples

Scott Weideman

Doug Peterson

Faye L. Sikora

Frank Weimert

Robert S. Pino

Douglas J. Skinner

Percy Willer

Michael Powers

Uel Smith

Thomas G. Williams

Dana C. Puddy

Scott D. Spitzer

Ronald Wishman

Pat Qualter

Gloria Stauffer

Frank Worm

B&H

Time Warner Cable TNT/ The Last Ship

Arthur Stratemeyer

VOLUNTEERS Theresa Ahern

Thomas Corrao

Albert Frater

Bill Kovari

George Pittel

Sami Steigmann

Samuel Albrecht

Richard Cortez

Morgan Frazer

James Koyl

Jim Power

Karl Steinbrenner

Nicholas Alexiou

Rosario Costanzo

Roy Fredricksen

Michael Kramer

Alexa Powers

Martin Sternberg

Richard Allen

Tom Coulson

Leonard Gold

Anita Kraus

Paul Ramirez

Jerry Stone

Richard Apicella

Ralph De Santis Jr.

Ilan Goldberg

Robert LaBlanc

Charles Reiser

Laura Swift

Paul Arellano

John De Silva

Ariel Goldner

Patrick Leblanc

Michael Reyes

David Sypen

P.J. Aronica

Diego Diaz

Elizabeth Gorski

Ben Levinsohn

Aaron Reznick

Joshua Tanon

Robert Bachman

Burton Dicht

Estelle Gottlieb

Sean Luchsinger

Elyse Richardson

Sarah Thorenton

Lawrence Bassett

Joe DiFilippo

Jerry Gottlieb

Melissa Maddocks

Joshua Rocco

Melvin Tillman

Joan Bennett

Joe DiGarbo

Paul Grigonis

Enrico Mandragona

George Rumelt

Elizabeth Tom

Richard Berliner

Craig Dixon

Jeffrey Guttenberger

Tyler May

Michael Savino

Nancy Toombs

Joanna Bluestone

Margaret Donovan

Patricia Hansen

Al Meyer

Ray Savoie

Janet Tyrna

Chani Bonner

Siobahn Ducey

Marquees Hargett

Henry Michaelis

Tamara Saydalimova

Marcos Vera

Kenneth Bravo

Stuart Elefant

Robert Hartling

Kathryn Migliaccio

James Scaglione

Jennifer Warren

Thorsten Breitner

Phil Elsner

John Heslin

Patricia Minns

Harold Schechter

Peter Weiland

Karen Brueckner

James Eng

Thomas Hoffman

George Morante

Michael Schleiff

Fanny Wolfowitz

John Caccioppoli

Frank Ettus

James Hogg

Carolyn Morris

Stephen Schneps

Matthew Woody

Albert CandelariaButler

Elijah Feliciano

Jerre Holbrook

Robert Mulligan

Hayley Schultz

Gila Yarmush

Arlene Feola

George Holzman

Willy Neuweiler

Laurie Scofield

Ron Capotorto

Gerald Feola

Nicholas Horton

Charles Nixon

Paula-Jane Seidman

Alexis Cataldo

Lawrence Finch

Bill Humienny

John Olivera

Sylvia Sexton

Henry Cateura

Wanda Finch

Ed Hurley

Carlos Opio

Bert Sikowitz

Peter Cea

Elizabeth FineSmith

Travis Johnson

David Parsons

Sheldon Siskin

Kenneth Chin

Jacob Finkel

Tom Jost

Susan Pasquariella

Jason Smith

Elizabeth Ciorciari

Dario Flores

Sheraz Khan

John Perry

Mary Smith

Barbara Clausen

Samuel Folsom

Henry Klapholz

Bob Phelan

James Spera

Alex Clavijo

Anthony Francica

George Konow

Todd Phillips

Zina Spezakis

FISCAL YEAR 2015 MAY 2014 TO APRIL 2015 29

LEADERSHIP

BOARD OF TRUSTEES As of April 2015

CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD Kenneth Fisher Senior Partner, Fisher Brothers Bruce Mosler Chairman of Global Brokerage, Cushman & Wakefield

VICE CHAIRMEN Denis A. Bovin Senior Advisor, Evercore Partners Charles de Gunzburg Vice Chairman, First Spring Corporation Martin L. Edelman Counsel, Paul Hastings LLP Mel Immergut Retired Chairman, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP Howard W. Lutnick Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BGC Partners Inc. Richard Santulli Chairman, Milestone Aviation Group

TRUSTEES

MUSEUM EXECUTIVES

Gerry Byrne Vice Chairman, PMC

As of December 2015

Steven Fisher Partner, Fisher Brothers Winston Fisher Senior Partner, Fisher Brothers Thomas J. Higgins Chief Administrative Officer, First Data Stanley S. Hubbard Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. Kent L. Karosen President, Karosen Strategic Partners, LLC Marc E. Kasowitz Partner, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP Pamela Liebman President and Chief Executive Officer, The Corcoran Group John McAvoy Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Consolidated Edison, Inc. James L. Nederlander President, The Nederlander Organization Dean O’Hare Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Chubb Corporation Charles E. Phillips Jr. Chief Executive Officer, Infor Thomas F. Secunda Vice Chairman, Founding Partner and Global Head of Financial Products, Bloomberg Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University Frances F. Townsend Executive Vice President, MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated David H. W. Turner Partner and Chief Financial Officer, KPMG LLP

30 INTREPID SEA, AIR & SPACE MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS REPORT

Susan Marenoff-Zausner President Patricia Beene-Colasanti Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

Eric Boehm Curator, Aviation and Aircraft Restoration Jessica Williams Curator, History and Collections Rebecca Ackerman Director, Membership

David A. Winters Executive Vice President

Alan Barto Director, Operations

Elaine Charnov Senior Vice President, Exhibits, Education and Public Programs

Cherisse Challenger Director, Special Events

Marc Lowitz Senior Vice President, Business Development Matt Woods Senior Vice President, Facilities, Engineering and Security Vincent Forino Vice President, Information Technology

Anthony Fernandez Director, Maintenance Frank Graham Director, Special Projects Beverly Heimberg Director, Volunteers and Docents Jeanne Houck, PhD Director, Grants and Foundation Relations

Lynda Kennedy, PhD Vice President, Education

Rosalie Piantosi Director, Benefits and Employee Relations

Michael Onysko Vice President, Marketing

Desiree Scialpi Director, Marketing

Michael Raskob Controller

Laurie Scofield Director, Internal Audits

Thomas Coumbe Assistant Vice President, Human Relations

Ellen Silbermann Director, Public Programs

Carly Goettel Assistant Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

Irene Tsitko Director, Grant Management and Administration

Sheri Levinsky-Raskin Assistant Vice President, Education

Intrepid Museum Highlights Report Credits:

Christopher Malanson Assistant Vice President, Exhibits

Writer Jennifer Dorr Rabinowitz Partners LLC

Luke Sacks Assistant Vice President, Public Relations and Corporate Communications

Editor Adrienne Johnson

Tracy Sandford Assistant Vice President, Marketing Lisa Yaconiello Assistant Vice President, Events, Special Projects and External Affairs

Production Kelly McLaughlin Designer Girardville Miners’ Cooperative Photo Credits David Batista, Paul Berger, Erika Kapin, John Paul Teutonico

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