Entries by Elizabeth Bugbee

2012 Affiliations National Conference

Join your Affiliate and Smithsonian colleagues at the Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference, June 12- 14, 2012!  If you haven’t already marked your calendars, now is an even better time to do so. This year’s final event during the National Conference is a special program and reception on June 14 honoring the late I. Michael Heyman, 10th Secretary […]

coming up in affiliateland – december 2011 and january 2012

a busy ending to 2011… and full steam ahead into 2012!   TEXAS: The Frontiers of Flight Museum hosts the the National Air and Space Museum’s At the Controls in Dallas, 12/1. GEORGIA: The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History celebrated its 10th anniversary as a Smithsonian Affiliate in Kennesaw, 12/3. COLORADO: The Littleton Museum hosts […]

kudos! december 2011 – january 2012

Congratulations Affiliates on ending the year so strong! Two Affiliates received SITES’ Smithsonian Community Grants, supported by MetLife Foundation:         The Orange County Regional History Center (Orlando, Florida) received $5,000 to fund honoraria, travel, materials and marketing for three programs related to the themes of Beyond Baseball: The Life of Roberto Clemente.             The Reginald F. […]