EXCURSION INFORMATION – Lowell Thomas Awards Weekend
Contact: Debbie Bell, LTAW Vice Chair at 202-744-8700 (phone or text)
Friday, October 11
- 2:30 – 4:00 pm EXCURSION
The U.S. Capitol BRUMIDI CORRIDORS TOUR (Fully booked.) [Meet @ 2:15pm at NORTH DOOR OF U.S. CAPITOL. NOT the Capitol Visitor Center.]
Saturday, October 12
- 12:30 – 4:00 pm VIP TRIBUTE AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Open to VIP Ticket Holders; reservations required.
Must be on van departing from the Desales St. entrance of The Mayflower, @ 12:30 pm. Visit Explorers’ Grave Sites and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Returning to Mayflower by 4:00 pm. - 1:30 – 3:45 pm EXCURSIONS
Open to all. Reservations required. Transportation on your own. - 1:30 – 2:20pm National Museum of Natural History ‘Narwhal’
Meet @1:25pm beneath the trunk of the Elephant in the Rotunda of the National Museum of Natural History, located between 10th St. & 12th St. NW, enter through either the Constitution Ave. or the National Mall side. - 2:00 – 3:00pm National Museum of Natural History ‘Entomology’
Time changed to 2:30 – 3:30pm (see below) - 2:00 – 3:00 pm Holocaust Museum – Meet at 2 pm Just south of Independence Ave SW, between 14th & 15th Str. Use 15th St. entrance, go through Security. Meet on other side.
- 2:00 – 3:00pm National Gallery of Art ‘Masterpiece’ Tour
Meet @ 1:50pm in the Rotunda of WEST building of the National Gallery of Art by the center fountain with Mercury atop. Use any entrance to the West building of the NGA, located between 5th and 7th St. NW with the National Mall (Jefferson Dr.) on one side and Constitution Ave. NW on other the other. - 2:00 – 3:30pm Library of Congress Map Collection (Fully booked.)
Meet @ 1:50 pm at the main entrance of the Madison Building located between First and Second Streets SE on Independence Avenue. - 2:15 – 3:45 pm National Air & Space Museum ‘Highlights’ (Canceled.)
- 2:30 – 3:30 pm National Museum of Natural History ‘Entomology’
Meet @ 2:25pm beneath the trunk of the Elephant in the Rotunda of the National Museum of Natural History, located between 10th St. & 12th St. NW, enter through either the Constitution Ave. or the National Mall side. - 2:30 – 3:30pm National Museum of Natural History ’Human Origins’
Meet @ 2:25pm beneath the trunk of the Elephant in the Rotunda of the National Museum of Natural History, located between 10th St. & 12th St. NW, enter through either the Constitution Ave. or the National Mall side.
Sunday, October 13
- 1:00 – 5:00 pm VIP TRIBUTE AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY (Fully booked.)
Open to VIP Ticket Holders; reservations required. Must be on van departing The Cosmos Club at 1 pm from the main entrance, Massachusetts Ave. Returning to The Mayflower by 5 pm. - 2:15 – 3:45 pm EXCURSIONS – Open to all. Reservations required.
Transportation on your own. - 2:15 – 3:45 pm National Air & Space Museum ‘Highlights’
Meet at 2:05 inside Mall entrance to the National Air & Space Museum, located between 4th St. and 7th St., on Jefferson Drive. - 2:30 – 3:30 pm Holocaust Museum (Canceled.)
- 2:30 – 3:30 pm National Gallery of Art ‘Wilderness Tour’
Meet @ 2:15 pm in the Rotunda of WEST building of the National Gallery of Art by center fountain, with Mercury atop. Can be reached by any of the entrances to the West building of the NGA, located between 5th and 7th St. NW with the National Mall (Jefferson Dr.) on one side and Constitution Ave. NW on other the other. - 2:30 – 3:30 pm National Museum of Natural History ‘Entomology’
Meet @ 2:25pm beneath the trunk of the Elephant in the Rotunda of the National Museum of Natural History, located between 10th St. & 12th St. NW, enter through either the Constitution Ave. or the National Mall side.