Coming up in Affiliateland in June 2017
Kansas National Air and Space Museum curator Mike Neufeld will give a talk and booksigning on Werner Von Braun at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, 6.8. Georgia The Tellus Science Museum will host SITES’ Art of the Airport Tower exhibition in Cartersville, 6.10. Indiana Former director of the National Museum of American History Brent Glass will give […]
Read all about it! Affiliate’s making headlines this month
Genomics, special Smithsonian speakers on the road, famous horse skeletons, and air mail…April was a busy month in Affiliateland! Check out the Affiliates making headlines across the network: Yankee Air Museum (Belleville, MI) Smithsonian’s Mail Call heading to Yankee Air Museum “We are very pleased to bring Mail Call to southeastern Michigan,’’ said Kevin Walsh, […]
Coming Up in Affiliateland in May 2017
Flowers (and programs) are sprouting up all over the Affiliate network in May. Welcome spring! CONNECTICUT The Decorative Arts Society of the Connecticut Historical Society will be touring The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s exhibition and touring behind the scenes at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City, 5.2.17. Connecticut […]
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage wants your stories
Special thanks for this guest post to Angelica Aboulhosn, Public Affairs Specialist with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage invites partners, artists, and others from across the Smithsonian Affiliations network to showcase their work on the new CFCH digital magazine, Folklife. In doing so, contributors […]
Coming Up in Affiliateland in April 2017
Smithsonian activity is popping up across the country this spring! NEW YORK Director of the Smithsonian Latino Center Eduardo Diaz will present the final talk in the Diversity in America lecture series at the Rockwell Museum in Corning, 4.6. Susan Evans McClure, director of the Food program at the National Museum of American History, will […]
Kudos Affiliates! April 2017 edition
Congrats to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments. Funding The Pinhead Institute won the first-ever Telluride Foundation Innovation Prize of $50,000 for its Climate Institute idea. The idea of the Climate Institute came about after Dr. Adam Chambers moved to Telluride and became involved with the organization as a consultant. The new institute will aim […]
Read all about it: Affiliates in the news!
Things have been busy in Affiliateland! If you have a clipping that highlights a collaboration with the Smithsonian or with a fellow Affiliate, or a clipping that demonstrates leadership in education, research, or innovation, please email Elizabeth Bugbee to see if it qualifies for listing. Denver Art Museum (Denver, CO) Can’t get to the museum? […]
affiliates in the news-march enews edition
Here’s a recap of our Affiliate news makers since January 30, 2017. If you have a clipping that highlights a collaboration with the Smithsonian or with a fellow Affiliate, or a clipping that demonstrates leadership in education, innovation, and arts/culture/history/science you would like to have considered for the Affiliate blog, please contact Elizabeth Bugbee “Destination Moon: […]
Kudos Affiliates! March 2017 edition
Congrats to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments. FUNDING The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania (Strasburg, PA) has met a $50,000 matching grant challenge by the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society, with funds designated for the preservation of five historic Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives. The National Park Service (NPS) announced funding for 39 projects in over […]
Coming up in Affiliateland in March 2017
Spring is stirring, and so are Affiliates with fresh activity! NEBRASKA National Museum of American History curator Shannon Perich will give a lecture on popular culture in the 1970s at the Durham Museum to complement the SITES exhibition currently on view, Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project, in Omaha, 3.21. […]
Affiliates in the news!
Here’s a recap of our Affiliate news makers since January 1, 2017. If you have a clipping that highlights a collaboration with the Smithsonian or with a fellow Affiliate, or a clipping that demonstrates leadership in education, innovation, and arts/culture/history/science you would like to have considered for the Affiliate blog, please contact Elizabeth Bugbee High Desert […]
Young astronomers gather at the Smithsonian
Young astronomers from across the nation will convene for an out of this world Youth Summit in Washington, D.C., on February 22nd and 23rd. The astro-photographers, ranging in age from 10 to 14 years old, have all participated in the Smithsonian Institution’s Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos program, held at 13 Smithsonian Affiliate organizations over […]
February in Affiliateland
Is the Smithsonian in your neighborhood? Probably so! These Affiliates are bringing the Smithsonian to communities across the U.S. in February! North Carolina National Museum of American History Curator, Paula Johnson, travels to the North Carolina Museum of History for a public program about Julia Child’s kitchen, in Raleigh, 2.2. South Carolina Staff from Smithsonian Affiliations […]
kudos Affiliates! february 2017
Congrats to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments. FUNDING Union Station Kansas City (Kansas City, MO) received a $1 million gift for the creation of an outdoor concert and festival space from the Michael and Marlys Haverty Family Foundation. The landscaped festival plaza is part of the station’s nearly $8 million expansion that also includes […]
Affiliates in the news
Here’s a recap of our Affiliate news makers since January 1, 2017. If you have a clipping that highlights a collaboration with the Smithsonian or with a fellow Affiliate, or a clipping that demonstrates leadership in education, innovation, and arts/culture/history/science you would like to have considered for the Affiliate blog, please contact Elizabeth Bugbee High Desert […]
All Aboard! Welcome to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
On November 4, Smithsonian Affiliations welcomed the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania into the Affiliate network. The Museum, located in Strasburg, is the first member of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) properties to join the Smithsonian family. At the affiliation announcement ceremony, representatives from the state and federal legislatures gave remarks, as well as […]
