2005 Fire Museum Seminar

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	Nearly thirty individuals representing over a dozen museum attended the 2005 Fire Museum Seminar. On Sunday we meet at the Indianapolis Fire Museum and Survive Alive House for some formal sessions...
	...and some informal touring and networking.
	The crowd looking at the exhibits in the second floor of the Indianapolis Fire Museum and Survive Alive House

	Sunday evening we visited the Koorsen Fire Extinguisher collection. Angela Rayne, Bob and Lila-Ann Vellaro, and Harry Magee, "networking" in the back-of-the-bus. (Note to self for future fire museum seminars -- ALL the fun happens in the "back-a-da-bus.")
	One of the curator's managing the Koorsen collection welcomes us and gives an overview of the displays.
	Debby Davis, (Aurora Regional Fire Museum) and Jane Rogers, (Smithsonian Museum of American History) stand in awe at the wall of fire extinguishers.
	Gary Williams (Mansfield Fire Museum) Frank McMeniman (Fire Museum of Greater Chicago), gaze as Randy Wooton (Pioneeer Hook and Ladder Co. Museum) tries to document part of the collection.

	On Monday, two sessions and an exhibit walk-though were held at the Indiana State Museum.
	Angela Rayne (Denver Firefighter's Museum) stops to examine an arrowhead during a tour of the Indiana State Museum.
	Frank McMeniman, (Fire Museum of Greater Chicago) pauses to read a text label.
	Lila-Ann Vallero, (Denver Firefighter's Museum) trys her hand at churning butter, at an interactive exhibit component.


Attendees of the 2005 Fire Museum Network Seminar photo taken at the Koorsen Fire and Safety Collection

Preliminary Schedule for the 2005 Fire Museum Seminar
Saturday - July 23th		Sunday - July 24th		Monday - July 25th
Mid Afternoon	Arrive Indianapolis airport "IND"... Check in at the hotel	8:30 am	Bus leaves hotel for Indianapolis Fire Museum	9:00 am	Breakfast on your own at the hotel
5:00 to 6:30pm	Registration, packet pickup & reception (Hospitality room)	8:45 am	Continental breakfast (at Indianapolis Fire Museum)	8:45 am	Meet in hotel lobby, and walk across the street to the Indiana State Museum
6:30 to 8:00pm	Dinner (on own OR Dutch with group members)	9:00 am	Welcome, introductions & new information	9:15 am	*Presentation* : "Fire museums in historic buildings" (Laura Minzes, Indiana State Museum)
8:00 to 11:00 pm	Networking (Hospitality room)	9:30 am	*Presentation* : "The Indianapolis Fire Museum Story" (Howard Stall, IFM)	10:00 am	*Walking tour & presentation* : "ADA compliance & museums" (Mary Jane Teeters-Eichacker, Indiana State Museum)
.		10:15 am	*Guided tour* : Indianapolis Fire Museum and its unique, interactive "Safety Town" exhibit	11:00 am	Closing remarks and adjournment
		10:15 am		11:30 am	Walk back to the hotel
		11:00 am	break		Travel home (we suggest airplane departure that is no earlier than 2:30 pm)
		11:15 am	*Presentation* : "Developing programming for kids" (Children's Museum of Indianapolis)
		12:30 pm	Lunch (catered at Indianapolis Fire Museum)
		1:15 pm	*Double-topic presentation* : "Indy's Stutz Co.: 'Bearcats' & fire trucks," AND "Unique resources for apparatus restorations" (Rodger Birchfield, Indianapolis FD)
		2:30 pm	break
		2:45 pm	*Presentation* : "Helpful conservation techniques" (Indiana Historical Society)
		4:00 pm	break
		4:15 pm	*Double-feature close* : "The future of the Fire Museum Network" (Keith Franz, FMN Board member) & "Next year's seminar" (Bill Hall, Columbus Fire Museum)
		5:00 pm	Bus returns to the hotel
		6:30 to 8:00 pm	Dinner (on own OR Dutch with group members)
		8:00 to 11:00 pm	Networking (hospitality room)