In these tough economic times, it’s nice to see some bright spots. Funding successes The Institute for Museum and Library Services awarded the American Jazz Museum (Kansas City, MO) a $40,000 grant to conduct an internship program for the Baker Film Collection exhibit. The National World War II Museum (New Orleans, LA) received a $5.5 million gift from […]
Black holes are regions in space with gravity so powerful that nothing can escape, and where time and space are warped beyond our understanding. A new traveling exhibition from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will guide visitors on a journey to the edge of these strange objects to discover how the latest research is turning science fiction […]
This morning I had the pleasure of talking about the Affiliations program with staff from two Affiliates, the Heinz History Center and the B & O Railroad Museum. But we weren’t talking about the Smithsonian’s Affiliations program – we were talking about theirs. Both the Heinz History Center and the B & O Museum have created […]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently donated a vintage 1938 fireless steam locomotive to our Affiliate in Baltimore, the B & O Railroad Museum. On August 18, Affiliations and Museum staff were on hand to document this dramatic move. The move took two days to complete. One to rig the locomotive onto a […]
Affiliates Plimoth Plantation and the Senator John Heinz History Center extend their reach through Smithsonian’s History Explorer and Thinkfinity! Smithsonian’s History Explorer is a gateway to innovative, standards-based online resources for teaching and learning American history. History Explorer is designed and developed by the National Museum of American History, a partner in Verizon’s Thinkfinity.org consortium […]
Ginkgo biloba The Smithsonian addresses the global challenge of climate change in a range of ways, including through exhibitions and scientific research. From September 29 through October 1, 2009, the Smithsonian will offer an education online conference on climate change to allow teachers and the general public to participate in the Institution’s investigations, meet and question […]
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