National Capital Planning Commission

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406 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

Teacher Workshops and Teaching

Materials The National Archives

education specialists have developed

programs to train teachers in the use

of primary source material in the

classroom and can provide information

on how to obtain documentary teaching

materials for classroom use. For further

information, contact the Education Team.

Phone, 202–357–5235. Email, edteam@

nara.gov.

Reserved Visits and Tours Advance

reservations for entry to the National

Archives Experience are available

through our partners at www.recreation.

gov. The convenience fee for online

reservations is $1.50 per person and

admission to all of the National Archives

Experience exhibits is free. Individuals

and groups may reserve up to 15 spaces

for the guided tour conducted by a

volunteer docent (available only at 9:45

a.m. Monday through Friday). Individuals

may reserve up to 20 spaces and groups

may reserve up to 100 spaces for a

timed visit entry. Visitors with advance

reservations enter through the Special

Events door at Constitution Ave. and 7th

Street and must be in line at the entrance

at least 10 minutes prior to the start time

of their visit. Security screening will be

conducted upon entry. There are no

refunds on any ticket orders. For more

details on tours, contact the Tour Off‌i ce

at 202–357–5450. Advanced reservations

for guided tours of the National Archives

at College Park, MD, are available only

Monday through Thursday between

10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Group size

is limited to 20 people. For more

information and reservations, contact the

Volunteer Program staff. Phone, 301–

837–3002. Email, volunteercp@nara.gov.

Volunteer Service Volunteer service

opportunities are available at the

National Archives Building and the

National Archives at College Park,

MD. Volunteers conduct tours, provide

information in the exhibit halls, work

with staff archivists in processing historic

documents, and serve as research aides

in the genealogical orientation room.

For more information and a volunteer

application, visit our Web site at http://

www.archives.gov/careers/volunteering/.

Volunteer Program staff may be reached

in Washington, DC: Phone, 202–357–

5272. Fax, 202–357–5925. In College

Park, MD: Phone, 301–837–3002. Fax,

301–837–3603. Similar opportunities

exist in the Presidential Libraries

and at NARA’s regional locations

nationwide. Contact the facility closest

to you for information about volunteer

opportunities.

For further information, write or visit the National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20408–0001. Phone, 202–357–5400. Email, inquire@nara.gov. Internet, http://

www.archives.gov.

NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

401 Ninth Street NW., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20004

Phone, 202–482–7200. Internet, http://www.ncpc.gov.

Chairman L. PRESTON BRYANT, JR.

Members ARRINGTON DIXON , JOHN M. HART ,

ROBERT E. MILLER , ELIZABETH WHITE

Secretary of the Interior (ex off‌i cio) SARAH M.R. JEWELL

Secretary of Defense (ex off‌i cio) CHARLES T. HAGEL

Chairman, Senate Committee on Homeland

Security and Governmental Affairs (ex

off‌i cio)

THOMAS R. CARPER

Chairman, House Committee on Oversight and

Government Reform (ex off‌i cio)

DARRELL ISSA

Mayor of the District of Columbia (ex off‌i cio) VINCENT C. GREY