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In article <schinder.699669439@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov> schinder@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov writes:
>In <29B3EB01.3890@intercon.com> tad@intercon.com (Tad L. J. Pierson) writes:
>
>>Has anyone been to the new Star Trek (R) exhibit at the NASM?  How is it? How 
>>are the lines?  Thanks!
>
>I was there last Saturday.  It's interesting.  Access is controlled by
>free passes given out on the first floor.  I had to wait in line about
>10 minutes at 11:30 to get a pass for 3:30.  

Umm, correction on this from one who was there.  Although you may have 
gotten in easily enough, my folks-in-law arrived in the early afternoon, 
and were rudely denied access to the exhibit due to the requirement of
these "passes".  As mentioned, there is no cost for the passes, outside
of the fact that you have to get there really early to get them.  Ticketron,
I believe, will sell them for $2.50, and unless you go to them or other
ticket vendors, you CANNOT get groups in to the Smithsonian to see this;
i.e., they don't hand out passes to large groups.

Needless to say, this point made for a very frustrating experience for
the in-laws... GET THERE EARLY!  Opens at 10 or 10:30, whenever the
museum opens.

>Once inside, though, it isn't any more crowded than NASM usually is.  

This is hopefully the result of the passes.  The only reason they are
doing this (besides to annoy people --just kidding :-) is to control
crowds for fire code regulations.

I hope to see it sometime soon.  Anyone know when it ends?


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