Just saw this interesting article about the Hirshhorn in the New York Times. In recent studies, they found out that over half of their visitors stumble in to the Museum accidentally, looking for planes that are actually housed next door at the National Air and Space Museum. Add to that the imposing nature of […]
Whew! What a whirlwind these meetings are! We invite you to share your favorite moments, ideas you heard, or aspects of the conference that were particularly useful. Here’s a few of mine: the Affiliations reception at our Colorado affiliate, the Littleton Historical Museum, was a blast. The Museum is terrific; we got a view of SITES’ […]
Although they have no building yet, the new National Museum of African American History and Culture is busy with some terrific programming. Among their recent initiatives is Save Our African American Treasures: A National Collections Initiative of Discovery and Preservation. It’s a collaboration among cultural institutions, community leaders, and the public to preserve and collect African American […]
All staff of affiliate museums are invited to join us for a reception in Colorado, during the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums. Invitation below. We hope to see you! Smithsonian Affiliations cordially invites you to An Evening at the Littleton Historical Museum: History, Art & Fun on the Farms a reception for staff […]
Many thanks to Joshua Ruff, History Curator and Betsy Radecki, Educator, from the Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages in Stony Brook, NY for this post. This is the first of what we hope will be many! guest authored posts from Affiliates about Smithsonian experiences at their sites. The Long Island Museum […]
On Saturday, the Regents of the Smithsonian voted unanimously for the 12th Secretary, Dr. G. Wayne Clough. (pronounced cluff) With a PhD in civil engineering, Clough comes to SI from his post as president of Georgia Tech University. While there, he has increased enrollment and research expenditures dramatically, overseen the expansion of campuses all […]
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