affiliates in the news: week of dec. 28

Congratulations to these Affiliates in the news!

San Diego Natural History Museum (San Diego, CA)
Natural History Museum now LEED certified

Morris Museum of Art (Augusta, GA)
The Morris Museum of Art Embarks Upon Reinstallation of Its Permanent Collection
Museum making changes to showcase art

Virginia Museum of Natural History (Martinsville, VA)
Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s “bug guy” to leave for Virginia post

 North Carolina Transportation Museum (Spencer, NC)
Museum display: The World Aloft 1908

Chabot Space and Science Center (Oakland, CA)
Allen: Chabot explores “Tales of Maya Skies” in new exhibit

Frost Art Museum at Florida International University (Miami, FL)
Cintas Foundation Program at FIU Frost Art Museum Announces 2010 Competition for Coveted Visual Arts Fellowship

Orange County Regional History Center (Orlando, FL)
Orange County Exhibit Depicts 12,000 Years of Fla. History

The Air Zoo (Portage, MI)
Air Zoo’s free-admission promotion nearly doubles attendance for 2009

Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art (Elmhurst, IL)
Golden chessboard one of exhibit’s gems
Lizzadro gem of a museum

Frontiers of Flight Museum (Dallas, TX)
The Dallas Morning News Robert Miller column: New executives taking over at Frontiers of Flight Museum

affiliates in the news: week of Dec 14

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Congratulations to these Affiliate news-makers!

Discovery Science Center
(Santa Ana, California)
Science center unveiling huge globe

Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum (Cartersville, Georgia)
New museum nets 100,000 visitors to planetarium

Rubin Museum of Art (New York, New York)
NOW OPEN! Visions of the Cosmos

Virginia Museum of Natural History (Martinsville, Virginia)
VMNH names Ohio scientist to head local museum

Virginia Museum of Natural History trustees appoint new executive director

Georgia Aquarium (Atlanta, Georgia)
Georgia Aquarium exhibit explores world of ocean predators

affiliates in the news: week of Dec 7

Congratulations to these Affiliates making headlines this week! Do you have a link to a great story about an Affiliate? Email us and let us know- affiliates@si.edu

National World War II Museum (New Orleans, Louisiana)
National World War II Museum in New Orleans opens $60 million addition

Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (Spokane, Washington)
It’s easy to get jazzed up about MAC’s new exhibit

New York State Museum (Albany, New York)
Eastern coyotes big enough to take down deer

North Carolina Museum of History (Raleigh, North Carolina)
North Carolina Humanities Council Invests $59,581 in Eight Cultural Projects Statewide

Discovery Science Center (Santa Ana, California)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Science on a Sphere is Centerpiece of U.S. Center in Copenhagen. International SphereCast Set for Tuesday, December 8

Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
SOUTH SHORE INSIDER: Ellie Donovan, executive director of Plimoth Plantation
History, high-tech woven into jacket. Museum reproduces 17th-century embroidery

Frost Art Museum at Florida International University (Miami, Florida)
Cintas Foundation Program at FIU Frost Art Museum Announces 2010 Competition for Coveted Visual Arts Fellowship

Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science (Tallahassee, Florida)
Brogan Museum Names Endowment for Jack Crow

affiliates in the news!

Congratulations to all the Affiliates making headlines last week!

New York State Museum (Albany, New York)
‘Coywolves’ a product of evolution
Fishers, the newest predator in the CNY wildlife scene

Museum of the Rockies (Bozeman, Montana)
MSU study explores violent world of raptors
How Raptors Use Their Deadly Talons
Videos, claws reveal how raptors use talons. Study: Killing methods include dismemberment, squeezing prey to death

Union Station Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri)
How 2 cities revived old train stations: Kansas City and Nashville could be models for Detroit

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (Raleigh, North Carolina)
SECU Supports Museum of Natural Sciences
State Employees’ Credit Union Members Promote Statewide Education Effort with Support of SECU Daily Planet

Greensboro Historical Museum (Greensboro, North Carolina)
NC Finally Recognizes Pre-Woolworth Sit-Ins In 1957

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture (Baltimore, Maryland)
Lewis Museum to honor ‘rebel music.’ Event Friday linked to Montgomery bus boycott exhibit.

American Textile History Museum (Lowell, Massachusetts)
ATHM becomes Smithsonian Affiliate

Buffalo Bill Historical Center (Cody, Wyoming)
BBHC Receives Second Grant to See and Hear Yellowstone