Affiliates in the news: March edition
Congrats to these Affiliates making news! 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’d like to have considered for the Affiliate blog, please contact Elizabeth Bugbee. Idaho Museum of Natural History (Pocatello, ID) Idaho Museum of Natural […]
visiting Affiliate artifacts… in Washington
In Affiliations, we like to say that our partnerships are two-way streets. We learn as much from our Affiliates as we share. Our Affiliate partners lend ideas, energy and expertise not only to the Smithsonian, but to each other. They also lend artifacts, and often, the very best, rare ones they have in their collections. Recently, […]
Road Report: Smithsonian Dazzles in New Mexico
The beauty of the “Land of Enchantment” began gradually as the plane started its relatively smooth descent over the Sandia Mountains into Albuquerque, home of two Smithsonian Affiliates and the nature of my visit. As I drove to my first destination of the day-National Museum of Nuclear Science & History-I understood why the Sandia Mountains […]
Let’s welcome the Smithsonian’s newest museum to the family
Scheduled to open on September 24, 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture will be the Smithsonian’s newest addition to its campus on the National Mall. Activities to commemorate and welcome the new Museum are being planned around the Smithsonian, to include special events and exhibitions that celebrate the African American experience. […]
kudos Affiliates! February 2016
Congrats to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments. Funding MassBay Community College and Framingham State University (Framingham, MA) have received a $5,000 grant from the Sudbury Capital Grant Fund for the new MetroWest College Planning Center. The center has been set up to improve college readiness, participation, and completion among underserved student populations and nontraditional adult […]
44th annual legal issues in museum administration conference- Affiliates receive a 30% discount
The Smithsonian Institution Office of General Counsel invites you to attend the forty-fourth annual Legal Issues in Museum Administration conference, to be held Wednesday through Friday, April 6-8, 2016, in Los Angeles at the Getty Center and Loews Hollywood Hotel. Smithsonian Affiliates may use the code CX006SME for a 30% discount on tuition (in person […]
what’s new in Affiliateland in February 2016
2016 is off to a great start with some noteworthy events at Affiliates: NEW YORK Undersecretary for Museums and Research Richard Kurin will give a lecture on the Smithsonian’s History of America in 101 Objects followed by a book signing at the Museum of American Finance in New York, 2.10. FLORIDA National Museum of African American […]
affiliates in the news!
Congrats to these Affiliates making news! If you have a clipping highlighting a collaboration with the Smithsonian or with a fellow Affiliate you’d like to have considered for the Affiliate blog, please contact Elizabeth Bugbee. Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor (Honolulu, HI) Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Named Hawaii’s “#1 Historical Spot Worth Traveling For” By TripAdvisor’s® FlipKey® […]
On the Road Again with 101 Objects
Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, Richard Kurin, helped kick-off our 20th anniversary year at the Sullivan Museum and History Center (Vermont) in September and he’s on the road again sharing stories from his recent book, The Smithsonian’s History of America in 101 Objects, with Affiliates across the country. Since 2013 he has visited […]
I Am Psyched! Pop-Up Museum Explores Contributions of Women of Color in Psychology
Many thanks to guest author Cathy Faye, PhD, assistant director at the Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology at the University of Akron for this post! Museums have the power to present us with unfamiliar and interesting places, spaces, things, ideas, and people. Sometimes, these things are new to us, things […]
kudos Affiliates! December 2015-January 2016
Wow! Congratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments. What a way to start a new year. FUNDING Lilly Endowment awarded a $7.5 million grant to Conner Prairie (Fishers, IN). $6 million of the grant will be used to bolster the Lilly endowment; the rest will be used to renovate the historic Chinese House, enhance […]
Affiliates in the news: Happy New Year edition!
Congrats to these Affiliates making news! If you have a clipping highlighting a collaboration with the Smithsonian or with a fellow Affiliate you’d like to have considered for the Affiliate blog, please contact Elizabeth Bugbee. Conner Prairie (Fishers, IN) Women’s Volunteer Group Achieves $1 Million Milestone In Raising Funds To Support Conner Prairie At its Annual Meeting today, […]
20 years in your neighborhood!
Twenty years ago, during the 150th anniversary celebration of the Smithsonian Institution, Secretary I. Michael Heyman announced the creation of a national outreach program that would extend the reach of the Smithsonian collections to communities, museums and research organizations across the nation. To fulfill the Smithsonian’s mission for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge,” Smithsonian […]
what’s going on in Affiliateland, December 2015 – January 2016
Affiliates finished the year off with a bang, and are charging into 2016, full steam ahead. Happy holidays to all! RHODE ISLAND Archives of American Art curator Mary Savig gave a lecture on handmade holiday cards by 20th century artists at the Rhode Island Historical Society in Providence, 12.5. NORTH CAROLINA The Schiele Museum of Natural […]
Smithsonian Institution and Affiliate Collections Come Together for “Super Indian” at the Denver Art Museum
Special thanks for this guest post to: Eric Berkemeyer, Curatorial Assistant of Native Arts, Denver Art Museum This October the Denver Art Museum opened Super Indian: Fritz Scholder, 1967-1980 which explores how Fritz Scholder used color and composition to create the powerful and innovative works of his Indian series. The exhibition features more than 40 monumental paintings […]
Affiliates in the news- Thanksgiving edition!
Congrats to these Affiliates making news! If you have a clipping highlighting a collaboration with the Smithsonian or with a fellow Affiliate you’d like to have considered for the Affiliate blog, please contact Elizabeth Bugbee. Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West (Scottsdale, AZ) Video: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West now a Smithsonian Affiliate The video features the […]
