Sunday, March 18, 2012

Countdown to the Early Bird Deadline – 20 March!

There’s just a couple days left until the early bird registration deadline. Don’t miss your chance to save $35 by registering no later than 20 March! If you mail your registration form, it must be postmarked before or on 20 March for you to receive the early bird discount.

By now you’ve heard about the Conference’s wonderful variety of top-notch speakers and lectures, special programs and workshops, tours and social events, and research opportunities nearby. Let’s consider the host city’s attractions, starting with museums within one mile from the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati. Distances shown are from the Convention Center.

MUSEUMS

.4 mile:
Cincinnati Fire Museum, commemorating the first professional fire department in the U.S.

.5 mile:
Contemporary Arts Center, a non-collecting museum devoted to presenting contemporary art from around the world

.7 mile:
Betts House, the oldest surviving brick house in Cincinnati (1804), interprets the built environment through exhibits on architecture, historic preservation, building trades and materials, and construction technologies

One mile:
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, telling the story of the struggle for freedom in the United States (free admission on the evening of 10 May during the Conference)

One mile:
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, National Historic Landmark containing the Cincinnati History Museum (9 May tour and dinner available during the Conference), Museum of Natural History and Science, and Children’s Museum

One mile:
Taft Museum of Art, a Federal-style National Historic Landmark built about 1820, contains twelve rooms of displays including portraits and landscapes by Rembrandt, Turner, Gainsborough, Whistler and Corot, free admission on Sundays

One mile:
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, the largest team hall of fame in all of baseball

For more information about the Conference events at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and the Cincinnati History Museum tour and dinner, visit
this page.

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