This April is the 10th Anniversary of Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM!) As always, there are many ways to commemorate this unique American art form at your museum. Joann Stevens, program director for JAM Initiatives at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), shared information about the programs and resources available to help plan your Jazz Appreciation month […]
This past November, Sonoma County Museum opened the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s (SITES) Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964 and they hoped that their local community would help bring the exhibition alive. The museum was not disappointed. Through a busy schedule of public events at the museum, visitors responded to the exhibition in a […]
With more than an estimated 137 million artifacts, 19 museums, galleries and the National Zoological Park, one may think that there’s not a lot that the Smithsonian doesn’t have. But Smithsonian curators and researchers frequently reach out to other experts, borrowing objects to complement Smithsonian exhibitions. Smithsonian Affiliations promotes the mutual sharing of ideas and […]
Spring has sprung here in Washington, DC and we can’t help being drawn outside to experience the sights, scents, and sounds of nature. But you can bring nature indoors for your visitors through a selection of SITES exhibitions that explore our natural surroundings. Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants What we normally think of as […]
The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum would like to host a traveling exhibition from May through August 7, 2011, to accommodate an exhibition space of 2,500 square feet. The exhibition should address contemporary community issues in the urban setting and include engagement of a local community in its development. The content may address any of the following: neighborhood […]
SITES Quarterly Corner | www.sites.si.edu Be the first to host these new interdisciplinary exhibitions from SITES: X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out Go Fish! Hook visitors of all ages with a show that celebrates the perfect marriage of art and science with spectacular, one-of-a-kind x-radiographs–X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out {formerly titled Ichthyo}. Laid out in […]
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