UPCOMING EVENTS

For more information regarding events held at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, please call 1-800-FDR-VISIT or email us at roosevelt.library.@nara.gov.

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SPECIAL MUSEUM EXHIBITION
Action, and Action Now! FDR's First 100 Days
FDR Presidential Library
William J. vanden Heuvel Gallery

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum current special exhibition Action, and Action Now! FDR's First 100 Days explores the dramatic and nation-changing "First 100 Days" of FDR's Presidency in the William J. vanden Heuvel Gallery.

Regular museum admission is charged; Exhibition-only admission available

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Saturday, June 20, 2009
Roosevelt Reading Festival
9:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Wallace Center

On Saturday, June 20, 2009, from 9:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will host the Roosevelt Reading Festival. The event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center. All Roosevelt Reading Festival activities are open to the public free of charge.

In six concurrent sessions taking place throughout the day, fourteen authors of recently published works that draw upon the Roosevelt Library archives will present author talks followed by book signings and question and answer sessions. Copies of all of the authors' books will be available for sale in the New Deal Museum Store located in the Wallace Center.

For a complete list of Reading Festival authors email Cliff Laube at clifford.laube@nara.gov.

July 28 - 30, 2009
Teaching the Hudson Valley Institute:
Beyond Field Trips: Teaching the Hudson Valley in Tough Times
Wallace Center
Teaching the Hudson Valley website

Beyond Field Trips: Teaching the Hudson Valley in Tough Times, July 28 - 30, 2009. THV's annual summer institutes are rare opportunities for K-12 teachers, museum staff, environmental educators, and anyone interested in Hudson Valley arts, environment, and history. Learn about the region and place-based education with scholars, teachers, scientists, and each other. Choose from a range of interdisciplinary sessions including hands-on workshops, panel discussions, field trips, and more formal presentations.

This year's Institute will focus on two broad themes. First, how schools and informal learning sites can work together whether or not there is money for field trips. And, second, using inquiry-based learning to connect schools and informal sites in new ways.

Explore these topics in large group sessions with Bronwyn Bevan, director, Center for Informal Learning and Schools, and Stephen Mucher, former faculty member, Bard College Master of Arts in Teaching Program and creator of Wondersplice.

Continue exploring these themes in smaller groups. Additional workshops will explore ways to use 21st century media and teach about the Quadricentennial. On the second day, choose from eight intensive site inquiry experiences. Immerse yourself in how and why site staff make program and exhibit decisions while giving them a fresh perspective on using their resources.

For additional information call 845-229-9116, ext. 35.
Teaching the Hudson Valley website