Museum Case for Support

THE CAMPAIGN TO BUILD
THE NATIONAL COAST
GUARD MUSEUM
WHEN THE MOST
IS EXPECTED
“The National Coast Guard Museum remains the Service’s top philanthropic
priority. The Coast Guard is the only branch of the armed services without a
national museum to celebrate our role in our Nation’s life and honor those who
have served. I am very excited about the forthcoming National Coast Guard
Museum! The Coast Guard has a rich history with stories that deserve to be told.”
—ADM Linda Fagan, Commandant, United States Coast Guard
CASE STATEMENT
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A MUSEUM TO
HONOR | ENGAGE | EDUCATE | INSPIRE
A MULTI-MISSION FORCE
AROUND THE GLOBE
Our Nation expects the most from the U.S. Coast Guard and
relies on its leadership, training, bravery, innovation, and experience.
Since its inception in 1790, the Coast Guard and its predecessor
services have tirelessly answered the call to duty, saving lives,
enforcing maritime law, combating terrorism, facilitating commerce
and protecting the environment. The vital responsibilities of the Coast
Guard are carried out by highly trained men and women who perform
these missions with honor, respect and devotion to duty.
Yet, unlike all other Armed Services, there is no place for the Coast
Guard to share with the public its history and tangible artifacts.
These hallowed items are currently crated and stored in a facility not
accessible to the public. That is why this Coast Guard initiative is so
important and why the Museum Association was formed. We must
illustrate our country’s appreciation for the Coast Guard, educate
the public about the maritime challenges our Nation faces, and
demonstrate how the Service and its partners meet these challenges.
Our country needs a National Coast Guard Museum to honor the
legacy and visualize the future of the Coast Guard.
The National Coast Guard Museum will engage, educate, and inspire
visitors from around the country by honoring the courage and skill
of the men and women of our Nation’s unsung armed service. The
Museum will explore the Coast Guard’s rich history and current impact
on the United States and the world through interactive exhibits; science,
technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) based learning
experiences; leadership development programming; and public/
private partnerships.
When the Most is expected, the U.S. Coast
Guard has delivered the most for us.
They are always ready–Semper Paratus.
Now is the time for us to do the Most for them
with a National Coast Guard Museum.
Defenders of our Nation
48,600 patrols
of critical maritime infrastructure
conducted annually
Enforcers on the Seas
20 tons
of cocaine worth $600 million
seized in a single operation
Lifesavers around the Globe
19,986 people
saved during search and rescue missions in
one year
Champions of Commerce
$4.6 trillion
in goods & commodities move through
Coast Guard waters each day
Protectors of the Environment
26 incidents
of pollution investigated each day
Rendering of the Coast Guard Overview Gallery: This gallery highlights the broad
reach and eleven distinct missions of the Service, captured in the Museum’s five themed
storylines: Lifesavers around the Globe, Defenders of our Nation, Enforcers
on the Seas, Champions of Commerce and Protectors of the Environment.
Interactive galleries, exhibits, and programming will bring to life
the stories and missions of the Coast Guard. Its remarkable history
will be honored through five story lines: Defenders of our Nation,
Enforcers on the Seas, Lifesavers around the Globe, Champions
of Commerce, and Protectors of the Environment.
Over 200 galleries and exhibits were designed for the Coast Guard
by museum experts, SEARCH, Inc. and Eisterhold Associates, Inc.
Below, a sample of the storylines in each wing provides a sense of
how the remarkable narrative of the Service will be experienced.
I owe all the success I’ve enjoyed in life to the amazing
educational opportunities and adventures the Coast
Guard provided. I feel like, you can’t take it with you,
and if you’re successful, you have a responsibility to help
those who deserve it.
—CWO4 Michael Fisette, USCG (Ret.)
Major Donor
DECKS
WINGS
GALLERIES
EXHIBITS
Defenders of our
Nation
WWII
Vietnam
SECURITY
Enforcers on the
Seas
The War on Drugs
Rum Wars
Boating Safety
Aviation Rescues
SAFETY
Lifesavers around
the Globe
Cutter Rescues
Innovation
STEWARDSHIP
Champions of
Commerce
Regulating the Ports
Global Supply Chain
Protectors of the
Environment
Oil Spill Response
Polar Operations
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PROGRESS TO DATE
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
$131M
(COMMITTED TO DATE
TOWARDS A $150M GOAL)
$20M State of CT Supports pedestrian access
$80M Federal Allocation Supports exhibit development
$31M Private Donors Supports 80,000 sq. ft. museum
The National Coast Guard
Museum remains the Service’s top
philanthropic priority. I am very
excited about the forthcoming
National Coast Guard Museum!
PROJECT TIMELINE
RECENT PROJECT MILESTONES
• CT Delegation helped to secure $50M for museum construction in
the 2022 Federal Appropriation
• Construction will commence in late Q3 of 2022
• Gallery and exhibit layout are completed and content development
is proceeding
MUSEUM & PEDESTRIAN ACCESS DESIGN
The museum design is complete, and the project is shovel ready.
Payette is the architectural firm and A/Z Corporation is the construction
manager for the project. All required permitting is now complete.
THE COAST GUARD HAS SET A GOAL TO OPEN THE
MUSEUM IN 2024
Museum Construction Phase 1 consists of bulkhead and fill to create a
regular coastline platform on which to construct the five-story structure.
The museum building constitutes Construction Phase 2. In the final phase,
the pedestrian access project is completed.
EXHIBIT DESIGN
The Coast Guard hired firms with museum expertise to assist them
in curating artifacts and developing galleries of exhibits. The exhibit
design work group has developed over 200 galleries and exhibits
based on background work provided by the Museum Association’s
Exhibit Advisory Panel (2017) and Education Initiative (2018).
—ADM Linda Fagan
Commandant, United States Coast Guard
THE PATH FORWARD
Aug 2022
Engineering & Design Construction (est. 2.5 yrs.) Closeout (est. 6 mo.)
Construction
Documents
Site Preparation
Bulkhead & Fill
Building Construction
Hardscape
Museum
Permitting
Beneficial Occupancy
Construction Documents
Bridge Construction
OPEN!
Pedestrian
Bridge
Programming and Education
Exhibits
& Visitor
Experience
Exhibit Detail Design
Construction Documents
Exhibit Fabrication
Outfitting
Rendering of the Modern Combat Exhibit in the Defenders of Our
Nation Wing on the Security Deck (Deck 2).
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MUSEUM FLOOR PLANS
DECK 3: SECURITY
The Coast Guard story will be told on three exhibit decks
themed around Safety, Security and Stewardship. The
Coast Guard and expert museum design firms continue
to refine the selection of artifacts for display while they
source images and video to complement the individual
text panels that make up the exhibits.
These floor plans provide a vivid sense of how visitors
will engage with and be immersed in the Coast Guard’s
development throughout the Museum from 1790 to today.
Gallery numbering indicates the intended sequence of the
exhibit experience on each deck.
12
11
Enforcers on the Seas Wing
10
9
1. Cutter Development 2. Early Law Enforcement 3. Rum Wars 4. War on Drugs 5. Migration Operations
6. Boarding Party Interactive 7. Force Protection at Home 8. First Hundred Years 9. World War I 10. World War II
11. Redefining Defense Roles 12. Modern Combat
8
1
Defenders of Our Nation Wing
2
5
7
3
6
4
DECK 2: SAFETY
DECK 4: STEWARDSHIP
7
6
1
5
4
3
2
14
13
12
2
3
1
11
4
10
5
6
9
8
7
Meet the Coast Guard Gallery
Life Savers Around the Globe Wing
Champions of Commerce Wing
Protectors of the Environment Wing
1. Meet the Coast Guard Gallery 2. Origins of Search and Rescue 3. Pea Island Immersive 4. Modern Boat Rescue
5. SAR in the 21st Century 6. Stories of Saved Lives 7. Helicopter Overlook
1. Global Supply Chain 2. Early ATON 3. U.S. Lighthouse Services 4. Marine Safety 5. Modern ATON
6. Commercial Port Security 7. On the Cutter Bridge 8. Ice Operations 9. LORAN 10. Light Ships 11. Lantern Room
12. Living Marine Resources 13. Containing Catastrophe 14. Environmental Enforcement
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INSPIRING
TOMORROW’S
LEADERS
Student visitors will learn about the unique way in which young Coast
Guard men and women are entrusted with immense responsibility.
LA’SHANDA HOLMES is the Coast Guard’s first African
American female helicopter pilot. After growing up in the foster care
system, she put herself through college and became a pilot, conducting
search and rescue, drug interdiction, and law enforcement missions.
Rendering of the U.S. Lighthouse Services Exhibit in the Champions
of Commerce Wing on the Stewardship Deck (Deck 4).
Rendering of the Hurricane Katrina Exhibit in the Life Savers
Around the Globe Wing on the Safety Deck (Deck 2).
STEM DISCOVERY CENTER
As a hub of experiential learning, the
Museum will stimulate young minds and
motivate the next generation of Coast Guard
men and women, engineers, scientists and
innovators through simulated qualifications,
edifying out-of-classroom experiences and
team building exercises. The Museum will
provide a comprehensive immersion into
Coast Guard Life with experiences that will
appeal to all visitors. Examples of planned
experiences include:
• A simulated Coast Guard Qualification
program, which requires participants
to garner knowledge, demonstrate
competencies, and execute a mission
in the Petty Officer Arnold D. Palmer
Simulation Center located in the STEM
Discovery Center.
• Immersive galleries, which introduce
visitors to Coast Guard trailblazers
spanning over two centuries of the
Service’s history.
• Future opportunities include the ability
to teach the leadership secrets of the
Coast Guard with content informed by
the Admiral James M. Loy Institute for
Leadership at the Coast Guard Academy.
STORIES THAT
MATTER
80,000 sq. ft. on
the waterfront
in historic New
London, CT
Free and
open to
the public
Idea Hub: Nearby
USCG Academy
and Research and
Development Center
State-of-the-art
virtual reality
experiences
“America’s Tall
Ship” USCGC
EAGLE
showcased
OVER 200 GALLERIES AND EXHIBITS will engage visitors to learn
about the multi-mission Coast Guard and its 230-year history while
addressing the complex present and challenging future. The Museum will
place the visitor in the shoes of Coast Guard men and women, offering
opportunities to solve problems, learn skills, and interact with members
of the Service.
Stories will captivate visitors from the heritage of the Coast Guard’s
predecessor Services, the role the Service has played in every major
conflict since its founding, and instances of shipmates displaying the core
values of Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty.
300,000+
estimated annual
museum visitors
On-site & in-water
USCG air and sea
assets
Interactive STEM
learning
experiences
2 Million+ travelers
through nearby
Amtrak and ferries
$10 Million+
economic impact
annually
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We owe it to the brave men and
women of the coast guard – past,
present and future – to finally make
the museum a reality, and today is a
tremendous step toward fulfilling that
commitment.
— U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT)
THE POWER
FAMILY
The J.D. Power III Stewardship Deck contains the Champions of
Commerce Wing and the Protectors of the Environment
Wing. The exhibits showcase how the Service protects the
Nation’s economic and environmental prosperity. Heroes are
heralded for the safekeeping of resources, wildlife, and commerce.
RECOGNIZING
THE MOST
GENEROUS
PARTNERS
All donations, including multi-year pledges, will be appropriately
acknowledged. Donors of $50,000 or more will be identified
on the Wall of Philanthropy and gifts over $100,000 are
recognized with a prominent naming opportunity. There are
a myriad of opportunities for contributors to connect their
gift to a subject, event, historic artifact, exhibit or program
that is most meaningful.
I am excited that this
museum will create a
place to teach a child that
America has always
raised heroes, and you can
be one, if you measure up
to these heroes within.
—MCPOCG Vincent W. Patton,
Ed.D., USCG (RET.)
Museum Association Board Member
Rendering of the Living Marine Resources Exhibit in the Champions
of Commerce Wing on the Stewardship Deck (Deck 4).
In our business,
the Coast Guard is
a key partner, so
contributing to their
National Museum is a
natural way for Kirby
Corporation to honor
the Service.
—David Grzebinski
President and CEO,
Kirby Corporation
Our family is
proud to contribute
to this important
National project
and recognizing
our father, J.D.
Power III, is a real
honor.
—PS3 Susan Curtin, USCG Reserves
Partner, Power Family Enterprises
Museum Association Board Chair
$10,000,000+
Five-Story Atrium
$5,000,000+
Deck
(One of the five floors of the museum)
$2,500,000+
STEM Discovery Center
$2,500,000+
Wing
(Broad thematic areas on each deck)
$1,000,000+
Gallery
(A group of exhibits on a specific theme)
$100,000-500,000+
Exhibit
(Focused, individual visitor experiences within galleries)
$50,000+
Wall of Philanthropy
J.D. POWER III aboard EASTWIND
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during his time in the Coast Guard.

THE MOST DEDICATED LEADERSHIP
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Susan J. Curtin
CHAIR
Partner, Power Family Enterprises
CAPT Wes Pulver, USCG (Ret.)
PRESIDENT
National Coast Guard Museum Association
RADM Richard M. Larrabee, USCG (Ret.)
TREASURER
Past Director, Ports Department, the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey
CDR Kevin Harkins, Ph.D., USCG (Ret.)
SECRETARY
CEO, Harkcon, Inc.
Jeff Kingsley
Known
Steve Lovelette
President, JMB Financial Advisors
ADM James M. Loy, USCG (Ret.)
21 st Commandant of the USCG
MCPOCG Vincent W. Patton, Ed.D., USCG (Ret.)
Northeast Maritime Institute
Michael Rauh
President and CEO, Chelsea Groton Bank
RADM Richard W. Schneider, Ph.D., USCGR (Ret.)
President Emeritus, Norwich University
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE
Gordy Bunch, Chair
ADM Thad W. Allen, USCG (Ret.)
Brandy Birtcher
The Honorable Andrew H. Card, Jr.
The Honorable Michael Chertoff
Lucy Duncan
RADM Tom Gilmour, USCG (Ret.)
Michael Greenwald
The Honorable Michael P. Jackson
The Honorable Jeh C. Johnson
Jeff Kingsley
RADM Mary Landry, USCG (Ret.)
Sarah Miller
Thomas Niles
Joe Pyne
The Honorable Thomas J. Ridge
Bob Vicente
Dave Waldmann
SECRETARIES
CIRCLE *
Thomas J. Ridge, Chair
James H. Burnley, IV
Andrew H. Card, Jr.
Michael Chertoff
Mimi Weyforth Dawson
Elizabeth Dole
Mortimer L. Downey, III
Michael P. Jackson
Jeh C. Johnson
James M. Loy
Janet A. Napolitano
Federico Peña
Paul A. Schneider
Samuel K. Skinner
Rodney E. Slater
* Former Federal Cabinet and Deputy Secretaries
responsible for oversight of the Coast Guard are assisting
in promoting and supporting the Museum project.
www.CoastGuardMuseum.org I info@coastguardmuseum.org I @USCGMuseum I @USCGMuseum I @USCGMuseum
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