How Mary Jane Dodge Collected Autographs from All the Apollo 11 Astronauts

Member Services Committee Co-Chair Mary Jane Dodge of MacGillivray Freeman Films has been helping us capture interviews with giant screen veterans to help us celebrate the industry and the association. Now, we've turned the camera on her to find out how she collected the autographs of all three Apollo 11 astronauts. It's also a look back at her career in the biz, told with the enthusiasm that is uniquely Mary Jane. Read more

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National Naval Aviation Museum Enhances the Apollo 11 Experience with a VR Themed Attraction That Gives Audiences a Firsthand View of the Landing and Mission Control

The Foundation Museum Support Company (FMSC), a division of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, which operates revenue-generating attractions at the National Naval Aviation Museum, is always exploring new attractions technologies. Since 2015, FMSC has been carefully navigating the potentially tricky introduction of the VR world into the museum. “Simply setting up a set of chairs where museum visitors can experience VR in the museum has never been the right concept for us," says Phillip Crabtree, General Manager of FMSC. “I wanted to bring VR into the museum that not only provided an amazing experience for the visitor actually wearing the VR headset, but also for the visitors observing those wearing the headsets. That’s where the idea for this new Apollo 11 VR Experience was born.” Read more

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