Programs, Past Meetings
VI, Washington 2001: Artefacts and the History of Military Technology
Sunday Afternoon, September 30
3:00-4:00 Public lecture by Harold Kroto (Shared Nobel Prize for discovery of fullerene form of carbon in 1995), in NMAH Carmichael Auditorium
4:20-5:30 Tour and discussion of Piano 300 exhibit with Cynthia Hoover, International Exhibition Gallery in Ripley Center
7:00- Reception/dinner at the home of Jane and Barney Finn: 6819 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD
Monday Morning (East Conference Room, fourth floor, NMAH)
9:00-9:15 Greetings and Comments on agenda: Barney Finn (Smithsonian, NMAH), Bart Hacker (Smithsonian, NMAH)
9:15-9:30 Report on August 2000 conference: Helmuth Trischler (Deutsches Museum), Derek Robinson (Science Museum)
9:30-11:00 First morning session, moderated by Hartmut Petzold (Deutsches Museum)
"Ships and Guns in the 16th Century," Joe Guilmartin (Ohio State Univ)
"Comments on Medieval Weaponry," Kelly DeVries (Loyola Univ)
11:00-11:20 Break
11:15-12:45 Second morning session, moderated by Mike Neufeld (Smithsonian, NASM))
"Doc Edgerton's Nighttime Aerial Flash," Joyce Bedi (Smithsonian, NMAH)
"Information gathering: by Aerial Reconnaissance or Public Display," Peter Davison (Science Museum)
!2:45-2:00 Lunch in Cafeteria; welcome remarks by Spencer Crew (Director, NMAH), comments by Jim Gardner (Assoc. Director for Curatorial Affairs, NMAH)
Monday Afternoon (West Conference Room, fourth floor NMAH)
2:00-3:30 First afternoon session, moderated by Steve Lubar (Smithsonian, NMAH)
"Marie Curie as a Case Study for the Relationship between Civilian and Military Research," Peter Dorsch (Deutsches Museum)
"Military Contributions to Prosthetics," Katherine Ott (Smithsonian, NMAH)
3:30-3:50 Break
3:50-5:10 Second afternoon session, moderated by Phil Scranton (Rutgers Univ)
"Four Objects in ‘Fast Attacks and Boomers,'" Bart Hacker
Monday Evening
6:30- Reception/dinner at the home of Margaret Vining, Bart Hacker: 150 12th Street, NE
Tuesday Morning (East Conference Room, fourth floor NMAH)
9:00-10:30 First part of morning session, moderated by Robert Friedel (Univ of Maryland)
"Volunteers in Uniform in the First World War," Margaret Vining, Bart Hacker (Smithsonian, NMAH)
10:30-10:50 Break
10:50-1:00 Second part of morning session, moderated by Barney Finn
Issues raised in presentations of papers: Bart Hacker
Current issues in technical museums: Walther Rathjen (Deutsches Museum), Robert Bud (Science Museum), David Allison (Smithsonian, NMAH)
Print and Electronic Publication: Helmuth Trischler
General discussion
1:00 Lunch in cafeteria