Pandemic Perspectives
/in enewsletter feature, Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageThe National Museum of American History is launching an engaging series of free virtual colloquium presentations that combine questions raised by the current pandemic with explorations of historic objects in the national collections. Topics to be explored include Voting During a Pandemic and How Your Ancestors Had Fun at Home While Quarantining. Curators and historians […]
Kudos Affiliates!! September 2020
/in enewsletter feature, Uncategorized /by Aaron GlavasCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments during some very trying times! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas. FUNDING The Durham Museum (Omaha, NE) received a $5,000 grant from Cooper Foundation as part of a cycle of Rapid Response COVID-19 grants. Humanities Nebraska awarded grants to 73 organizations […]
Thanks in part to Affiliates, the Smithsonian is on a Summer Road Trip
/in enewsletter feature, Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageSummer vacations may look differently this year, but families can still have fun no matter where they spend the summer. With its new 40-page activity booklet, Summer Road Trip, the Smithsonian invites kids and their families to follow their curiosity through a variety of activities that can be done at home, on the road, at […]
New Benefit: Smithsonian Voices
/in enewsletter feature, Uncategorized, You Heard It Here First /by Elizabeth BugbeeWe want to help share your story! Smithsonian Voices is a blog on Smithsonianmag.com, the online version of Smithsonian magazine. Millions of visitors browse the content online per month and learn about science, history, art, popular culture, and innovation. The blog shares the unique voices that make up the Institution and now will include our […]
Affiliates Shine During the Pandemic
/in Uncategorized /by Aaron GlavasThe world we knew two months ago has changed because of COVID-19 but our Affiliates continue to exemplify their purposes during unprecedented times. HEEDING THE CALL As the need for more personal protective equipment (PPE) has increased, Affiliates have stepped to the front to create equipment and supplies for the medical profession: The Pinhead Institute […]
Kudos Affiliates!! March 2020
/in Kudos, Uncategorized /by Aaron GlavasCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING Springfield Museum of Art (Springfield, OH) received a $500,000 pledge from Speedway LLC to open its Art Invites capital campaign. The museum is now reaching out to the public to help bring […]
Coming Up in Affiliateland in March 2020
/in Affiliates in the News, enewsletter feature, Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageSpring is in full swing with so many great events nationwide. Happy Women’s History Month! TEXAS The John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science will feature a daily screening of the Smithsonian Channel film The Rise of the Killer Virus film as part of the Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World exhibition from […]
Wiki + Affiliates Part III: Nuts and Bolts of an edit-a-thon
/in enewsletter feature /by Elizabeth BugbeeSince October 2019, we have been working with Smithsonian Affiliates to learn how Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons can help raise awareness of underrepresented women in American history. With the help of the Smithsonian’s Open Knowledge Coordinator, Kelly Doyle, and in conjunction with the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative (AWHI), we’ve hosted two webinars introducing the […]
Kudos Affiliates!! February 2020
/in Uncategorized /by Aaron GlavasCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING The National Museum of Industrial History (Bethlehem, PA) announced that Capital BlueCross has awarded $2,500 in funding through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program to the museum’s youth educational initiatives. The initiatives […]
National Museum of Natural History Lineage Workshop
/in enewsletter feature, Uncategorized /by Nicole BrynerAnnouncing an exciting post-conference opportunity for Affiliate educators on Wednesday, July 1, 2020! Immediately following the Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is offering an Affiliate-exclusive day-long, hands-on professional development workshop and discussion exploring fossil-based science content and informal learning opportunities, such as “challenging conversations” and co-learning among family […]
New science exhibitions from SITES
/in Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageLooking for some fascinating science content? Check it out: Life in One Cubic Foot, a new traveling exhibition from SITES, invites your visitors to explore the amazing biodiversity of life on Earth. From New York’s Central Park to a Costa Rican cloud forest to South Africa’s Table Mountain, the exhibition reveals the unique plants and […]
Coming up in Affiliateland in February 2020
/in Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageBrrrrr! Let the cold outside drive you to these compelling programs inside at Affiliates across the country. NATIONWIDE The Smithsonian Channel is again teaming up with Affiliates to screen their feature for 2020 Black History Month – Black in Space: Breaking The Color Barrier. at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, 2.5. at the Heinz […]
Happy Retirement, Rosemary Phillips: You’ve been a great friend to Affiliates!
/in Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageSince 2000, Rosemary Phillips has been a program manager at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), handling a myriad of requests from Smithsonian Affiliates, from moving a Civil War-era locomotive, to the loan of over 50 firearms, to championing a performance of early American music and much more. Throughout her decades-long association with Affiliates, […]
A Plant from the Americas that Conquered the World
/in Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeSpecial thanks to the Biomuseo, a Smithsonian Affiliate in Panama, for this guest post. When Christopher Columbus sailed in search of a new route to Asia, he never, in his wildest dreams, imagined that he was going to run into a totally new world. The Venetian was so disoriented that the first time he tasted […]
New Year Kudos Affiliates!! January 2020
/in enewsletter feature, Uncategorized /by Aaron GlavasCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments to begin 2020! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING The Bath Community Fund (BCF) of Akron Community Foundation (ACF) recently awarded $26,250 to 12 nonprofits serving the township including a $4,500 grant to Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland, […]
2020 Invent It Challenge
/in enewsletter feature, Resources, Uncategorized, You Heard It Here First /by Elizabeth BugbeeThe Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and Cricket Media have partnered for the past nine years to bring the Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge to students across the globe. The challenge is a free, STEM-focused contest open to students ages 5-18 that inspires them to solve real-world global issues through creativity and […]
