“But, will it play in Peoria?” This time-honored question from vaudeville days still stands as the benchmark of quality and success. Whether politics or culture, the discriminating folks of this central Illinois riverfront city continue to have great sway over things that matter. Thanks to our Smithsonian Affiliate colleagues at Peoria’s Lakeview Museum of Arts and […]
CLAUDINE K. BROWN NAMED KEYNOTE SPEAKER OF 2011 AFFILIATIONS NATIONAL CONFERENCE We are pleased to announce that Claudine K. Brown, the Smithsonian’s Assistant Secretary for Education and Access will provide the keynote speech on June 14 at the 2011 Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference, underscoring the centrality of education and the role of partnerships in advancing the […]
As winter thaws into spring (hopefully!), it’s great to see these accomplishments in Affiliateland. The Walmart Foundation has donated $38,838 to the Las Vegas Natural History Museum. The funds will be used to improve its live animal and marine life departments. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has awarded the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture $30,000 […]
2011 is a big year for organizations–20 at the latest count–celebrating their 10th anniversary as Smithsonian Affiliates. To honor these Affiliates we’ll be blogging monthly about each one as they reach this milestone. Two unique Smithsonian Affiliates celebrated 10 years of collaborating with the Smithsonian in February- Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American […]
Congratulations to these Smithsonian Affiliates making headlines this week! Dallas Museum of Nature and Science(Dallas, TX) Perot Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas Receives $25 Million Gift from The Rees-Jones Foundation. READ MORE National Museum of American Jewish History (Philadelphia, PA) American Jews’ Story Told in a New Home. READ MORE Northwest Museum of Arts […]
Special thanks for this guest post to Latasha M. Richards, collections manager at York County Culture & Heritage Museums, a Smithsonian Affiliate in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The idea to visit the Smithsonian came to mind while I worked on ways to improve and better utilize the current collections storage space at the York County Culture […]
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