Museum and Education Center currently under development at the department of state. It will be a multimedia, publicly accessible, engaging space with Public Programs that help the general public understand a little bit more about what is diplomacy. What is diplomacys relevance to their lives today and how, possibly, they could become involved. We are actively collecting artifacts, researching history, and developing Public Programs. We are very busy. We have a very active Public Program already for students. One of the ways we tell the story of diplomacy is through the wonderful items we have in our collection. Absolutely. Lets jump right in. First object we would like to show is the oldest in our collection. It is the first treaty that the United States entered into, in 1778. Most americans and International Folks understand that american independence in 1776. Part of the recognition was not only did you have friends and allies that were going to fight your enemies in Great Britain, b