Travel and Hotel
Travel to the Conference by Air | Hub Hotel | Conference Day Locations and Transit
Travel to the Conference by Air
There are three major airports in the Washington-Baltimore metro area:
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (airport code: DCA) - 14 miles away from conference hub hotel located in Silver Spring, Maryland
- Washington Dulles International Airport (airport code: IAD) - 25 miles away from conference hub hotel located in Silver Spring, Maryland
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (airport code: BWI) - 31 miles away from conference hub hotel located in Silver Spring, Maryland
Guide to Washington, DC - Area Airportsnew window
NOTE: The closet airport to the conference hub hotel, The Courtyard Marriott Silver Spring Hotel, is DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) at 14 miles away from the hotel. Then IAD (Dulles International Airport) is 25 miles away from the hotel and BWI (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport) is 31 miles away from the hotel.
Hub Hotel
Lodging reservations for the conference may be made directly with the designated conference hub hotel, The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel, using the conference’s designated rate.
The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel
8506 Fenton St, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910, USA
The conference hub is the Marriott Courtyard Hotel in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland. The motor coach transportation to the conference sites depart and return to this hub location each day.
Silver Spring Location and Conference “Hub Hotel”
The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel is located in the heart of downtown Silver Spring and less than one mile from the Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, where most of our activities will be held. The conference “hub hotel” offers space for socializing and eating and is in near proximity of a variety of restaurants, shopping centers, and entertainment including the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre and the Filmore. In addition, the hotel is readily accessible by car and mass transit and offers amenities including free high-speed internet, on-site café, mini-fridges, (microwaves on request), and a fitness center.
The cost of the conference includes bus transit to and from the “hub hotel,” The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel, to conference locations each day. Parking is available at a hotel adjacent city owned-garage for $15 per day. Free parking will also be available on the UMBC and MC campuses for those who would like to leave their cars there as well. More information to come on how to receive your day parking passes for each campus.
Making a Reservation at The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel
Event Summary: The International Digital Storytelling Conference 2023
Start Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023
End Date: Saturday, June 24, 2023
Last Day to Book: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Hotel offering your special group rate: Courtyard Silver Spring Downtown for 149 USD - 159 USD per night
The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel is ready to assist guests with reservations:
Book group rate online
Book your group rate for The International Digital Storytelling Conference 2023
Group Rate at Marriott Silver Spring Hotel
Book group rate by phone
Please call 301-589-4899 and reference the group name “The International Digital Storytelling Conference 2023”
Upon arrival The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel will provide a map of the local area with surrounding areas and booklet of the county to assist guests in having a memorable conference stay. If The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel can be of any help, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT SILVER SPRING DOWNTOWN
8506 Fenton Street
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Marriott Silver Spring Hotelnew window | Locationnew window
Conference Day Locations and Transit
All conference day locations are accessible by scheduled bus transit from the conference
"hub hotel" each day, The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel. Bus transit from the conference hub hotel is included in the conference ticket cost.
Attendees also have the option to arrive each day to the conference day locations
via car or public transportation that is not included in conference cost.
Performing Arts and Humanities Building
Parking: Lot 9 and Admin Garage
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore MD, 21211new window
Note: The building is at the intersection of Hilltop Road and Hilltop Circle and the map
location is 39.255219,-76.715346
Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center
930 King Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910new window
Note: Use this address: 930 King Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910new window to guide you to the Cultural Arts Center (CU) building on the Montgomery College
campus. The West Garage (WG) is located at 901 Jessup Blair Drive.
We’ll have a selection of workshops and gallery tours at four locations, including:
8th and G Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20001 | Mapnew window
Websites: National Portrait Gallerynew window and American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallerynew window
1400 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20560 | Mapnew window
Website: National Museum of African American History and Culturenew window
1300 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20560 | Mapnew window
Note: The Molina Family Gallery of the National Museum of the American Latino is located in the National Museum of American History on the National Mall at Constitution Avenue, N.W., between 12th and 14th Streets, Washington, D.C.
Websites: National Museum of American Historynew window and National Museum of the American Latinonew window
600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20024 | Mapnew window
Note: Capital Gallery is adjacent to the National Mall and national museums with direct access to the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station and Virginia Railway Express commuter platform.
Websites: Folklife and Cultural Heritagenew window , Folklife Festivalnew window , and Capital Gallerynew window
Hosted by StoryCenter
United States of America
MARYLAND
- Baltimore
- Silver Spring
- Washington D.C.
Conference "Hub Hotel"
The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Sving Hotel
8506 Fenton St, Sliver Spring, MD 20910
Day 1:
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Cir, Baltimore, MD 21250
Day 2:
Montgomery College
Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
7995 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Day 3:
Smithsonian Institution
National Mall
Between the Ulysses S. Grant and the Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial, the Mall covers
309.2 acres (125.13 ha). Between Constitution Avenue NW and Independence Avenue SW
at 7th Street, the width of the Mall is 1,586 feet (483 m).
Day 4:
StoryCenter
Online conference via Zoom
Public Transit
UMBC Transit | UMBC schedulesnew window
Montgomery College Takoma Park Silver Spring Campus | Public Transitnew window
The Washington Metro | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authoritynew window
The Washington Metro, formally the Metrorail, is a rapid transit system serving the
Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which also operates the Metrobus and Metrorail
services under the Metro name.
Airports | Washington Metropolitan Area Airportsnew window