In these tough times, it’s nice to see some bright spots. We’d like to acknowledge the following Affiliates for their hard work and accomplishments. The Museum of Arts and Sciences (Macon, GA) received a $10,000 grant from College Hill Corridor to hold a spring break day camp at Tattnall Square Park. Ellie Donovan has been named Executive […]
One of the most interesting questions I heard asked at the New England Museum Association conference last week was, what’s the new non-profit normal? There was a sense that both retrenching and rethinking are in order, but that steering museums through these turbulent times will produce changes that will last far beyond the economic crisis […]
What’s going on at Affiliates in November? MARYLAND: Staff of the B & O Railroad Museum in Baltimore receive training with educators from the Smithsonian’s Early Enrichment Center, 11.5. The Reginald F. Lewis Museum sponsors a “Get on the Bus” tour from D.C. to Baltimore, featuring SITES’ project director Marquette Folley, 11.7. ILLINOIS: The Jeweled Objects of Desire […]
Thanks to the Rubin Museum of Art’s curatorial assistant Tracey Friedman for this guest post. Here, Tracey explains what happened when she came to Washington to research medieval cosmology in the Smithsonian’s Dibner Library for their upcoming exhibit, Visions of the Cosmos. We started with the questions: How did we come to be? What is […]
In these tough economic times, it’s nice to see some bright spots. Here’s our congratulations roundup for November 2009. The Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (Newark, NJ) received $300,000 from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities for job training in environmentally-friendly construction. The National World War II Museum (New Orleans, LA) received $25 million from […]
PANAMA is in DC! Museo del Canal Interocánico de Panamá and the Smithsonian Latino Center collaborate on programming, including the Panamanian Passages exhibition, opening at SI’s International Gallery on 10.5. 10.1-9 – The Tremendous Encounter puppet show is presented in SI’s Discovery Theater. 10.15 – The Latino Center’s annual gala celebrates Panama. 10.16 – Interpreting 500 […]
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