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Immersive Meetings at The Smithsonian

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Experiencing Afrofuturism Created through an act of Congress passed in 2003, the National Museum of African American History and Culture and is home to over 40,000 artifacts that document and celebrate the contributions made by African Americans. Mellon Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Where to Meet in Wallet Hub’s 2022 Best Winter Holiday Destinations

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Since it’s opening in 2003, Walter E. Washington Convention Center has hosted industry conventions, pop culture festivals and presidential inaugural balls. If your event has you bound for Washington D.C. this winter season, try checking out the National Christmas Tree, or visit the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice Rink.

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Public Art is Unifying, Functional and Important

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” – Rebecca Brown, cultural and public art manager, City of Durham Public art does more than sit pretty on the side of a building or light up the inside of a parking garage. It connects a visitor, previously a stranger to their host city, to the culture, history and personality of their newly discovered destination.

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St. Gallen: Your Complete Guide to a Top Business Event Destination

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More than just a place for events, it doubles as an art gallery with about 800 square meters of exhibition space, where regularly changing exhibitions infuse corporate meetings with unique layers of art and culture. Einstein St.Gallen uniqueness stands with its cultural richness in textile heritage that goes back to 1830.

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Event Design is how it works

Conferences that Work

“ —Steve Jobs, The Guts of a New Machine , 2003 New York Times interview If only we applied Steve’s insight to event design. ” That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

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Portland’s Most Livable City Designation Reflects Steps to Ensure Public Safety

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Brewing Culture. However, Portland’s official nickname is “The City of Roses,” although it wasn’t made official by the Portland City Council until 2003 and dates back to 1888 when it was christened as such by visitors at an Episcopal Church convention in the city when the same year Portland’s Rose Society was formed.

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Sustainable Tourism in Liberia: Rebuilding Post-Conflict, Post-Endemic Zones

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Sapo Cultural Performance, Solimar International. Throughout the last three decades, Liberia has encountered 14 years of two civil wars (1989-1999 and 1999-2003), which killed approximately 250,000 people and displaced thousands. However, it was not until 2003 when thousands of women staged protests to end the decade of violence. .