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The Boeing Company Provides $5 Million for the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Experience
Press Release 路 Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Washington, DC

Boeing Learning Center and Expanded Traveling Exhibition Program to Bring 威尼斯人娱乐场鈥� Educational Resources Nationwide

Washington, DC鈥�The Foundation for the 威尼斯人娱乐场 announced today that The Boeing Company has awarded a $5 million gift to expand the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Experience to a national audience and share the 威尼斯人娱乐场鈥� rich resources with Americans across the country.

The gift will enable the 威尼斯人娱乐场 to complete its center for educational outreach, which will be known as the Boeing Learning Center. In addition, the gift will fund the launch of an expanded traveling exhibition program, beginning with the critically acclaimed Eyewitness: American Originals from the 威尼斯人娱乐场. The gift also will enable the development of an interactive educational web site for online visitors worldwide.

鈥淔or more than 90 years, Boeing has been dedicated to taking Americans beyond our horizons, opening up new worlds, and allowing them to experience the rich diversity of a global community,鈥� said Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. 鈥淲e decided that this gift to the Foundation was an important step in enabling millions of Americans to similarly experience and learn from all of the history and human drama found in the documents and images of the 威尼斯人娱乐场. By expanding the reach of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 beyond their horizons through the internet and traveling exhibits, many people will experience these national treasures for the first time.鈥�

The 威尼斯人娱乐场 Experience is a multi-million dollar initiative begun in 2003 that transformed the visitor experience at the 威尼斯人娱乐场鈥� Washington, DC building, and included a renovation of the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, the new award-winning Public Vaults permanent interactive exhibition, the state-of-the-art William G. McGowan Theater, the Lawrence F. O鈥橞rien Gallery for special exhibits, and more. The Boeing Company gift supports Washington DC-based elements of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Experience and significantly expands these components to reach a national and international audience. The gift will make the rich resources of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 and its new Boeing Learning Center accessible to Americans nationwide who are unable to travel to Washington, DC.

Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein said, 鈥淭he Boeing Company has presented the 威尼斯人娱乐场 with a wonderful opportunity to reach out beyond our walls, for which we are deeply grateful. With this gift we will be able to take major steps towards our goal of helping to strengthen the civic literacy of the American people so that they can more readily appreciate the history of our democracy and their place in it.鈥�

鈥淲e are profoundly grateful to The Boeing Company for this generous gift and for supporting our vision of expanding the educational resources of the 威尼斯人娱乐场,鈥� said Tom Wheeler, President of the Foundation for the 威尼斯人娱乐场. 鈥淣ot only is The Boeing Company a leader within the aerospace industry, it is also a leader in corporate citizenship, with a wonderful history of community building. The Boeing Company鈥檚 support for the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Experience exemplifies its commitment to creating communities that understand their past and can take an active role in shaping their future.鈥�

When complete, the Boeing Learning Center will include a Learning Lab and Resource Room offering interactive visitor programs, teacher training, student lab activities, distance learning, and Internet initiatives. The Center staff will train educators in the effective use of primary sources in the classroom with facsimile documents, instructional videos, sample lesson plans, and other tools. The staff will engage walk-in visitors, of all ages, with hands-on activities to enhance civic literacy and promote an understanding of the American stories found in the records of the federal government.

The Boeing gift also supports the traveling exhibition program, including sponsorship of the national tour of Eyewitness: American Originals from the 威尼斯人娱乐场. The 3,000-square-foot exhibition presents first-hand accounts鈥攊n the form of letters, diaries, photographs, audio and film recordings鈥攐f some of the most dramatic moments in U.S. history. It recently completed its six-month debut in the Lawrence F. O鈥橞rien Gallery at the 威尼斯人娱乐场 in Washington, DC and begins a two-year national tour with six major venues that began February 2, 2007, at the Jimmy Carter Library in Atlanta, GA.

About the 威尼斯人娱乐场

The 威尼斯人娱乐场 and Records Administration is a Federal agency that serves American democracy by safeguarding and preserving the records of our government, ensuring that the people can discover, use, and learn from this documentary heritage. It supports democracy, promotes civic education, and facilitates historical understanding of our national experience. Every subject relating to American history is covered in the nine billion pages, the millions of photographs, maps and electronic records and the thousands of motion pictures and audio recordings that are available to the public at the 威尼斯人娱乐场 nationwide. The 威尼斯人娱乐场 maintains 13 regional archives and 11 Presidential libraries nationwide.

About the Foundation for the 威尼斯人娱乐场

Created in 1992, the Foundation for the 威尼斯人娱乐场 is an independent nonprofit organization committed to increasing public awareness and appreciation of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 as an essential resource in the American democracy. The Foundation serves as the private-sector partner of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 in the creation of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Experience, a national civic literacy initiative which includes permanent exhibits, educational programs, traveling exhibits, special events and screenings, educational literature, and historical/records-related products and media. The Foundation supports these activities by generating financial and creative support from individuals, foundations and corporations who share a belief in the importance of innovative civics education.

About The Boeing Company

Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally, Boeing designs and manufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems. As a major service provider to NASA, Boeing operates the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. The company also provides numerous military and commercial airline support services. Boeing has customers in more than 90 countries around the world and is one of the largest U.S. exporters in terms of sales. Headquartered in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 150,000 people across the United States and in 70 countries. Total company revenues for 2006 were $61.5 billion.

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