Affiliates in the news!
Congrats to these Affiliates making news! We were on a hiatus during our Conference season, but we’re back in action highlighting Affiliate-Smithsonian and Affiliate-Affiliate collaborations making headlines. 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. Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum (Clewiston, […]
July-August Kudos to Affiliates!
Congrats to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments: Funding Allied Arts announced more than $2.55 million will be distributed to various nonprofit arts organizations during fiscal year 2016. Among the top grantees are Science Museum Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) ($429,220). The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has pledged a three-year, $1 million grant to Union Station, Kansas City, […]
what’s going on in Affiliateland? july-august 2015
MICHIGAN Black Wings: American Dreams of Flight exhibition from the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service opened at the Air Zoo in Portage, 7.4. OHIO Brittany Vernon, Coca Cola/IMLS Museum Studies Apprentice at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati spent a three-week externship at the Anacostia Community Museum, helping the education department plan for a […]
Press roundup for June 2015
Lots of Affiliates in the news around the country! New Mexico Museum of Space History (Alamagordo, NM) Restoration Project For New Mexico Museum Of Space History “The Smithsonian takes artifact conservation very seriously, as do we here at the museum. Our goal is to make sure that when an artifact undergoes this process that everything is […]
June 2015 kudos to Affiliates
Congrats to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! FUNDING The Wisconsin Department of Tourism has given the Wisconsin Maritime Museum (Manitowoc, WI) a $39,500 grant for their first annual submarine festival, Sub Fest. The festival will be July 10-12. During the festival, visitors will see a Naval Art Collection, film showings, and interactive exhibits. Sub Fest […]
What to see while you’re in town for the National Conference
While you’re in D.C., don’t miss the opportunity to see what’s new at the Smithsonian! We know that it can be daunting to choose among all the museums and exhibitions, so here are a few suggestions, tailored to your time at the Affiliations conference. Monday, June 15, 12:15 pm, Freer Sackler Gallery of Art Before the conference starts, take […]
Coming Up in Affiliateland in June 2015
Even though we’ll see many Affiliates in DC for the Affiliations National Conference, some will be home leading this great roster of events. MASSACHUSETTS Dr. Libby Haight O’Connell (Chief Historian, Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, History Channel and A+E Networks, and Alumnus of the Board of the National Museum of American History) presents The American […]
Our app is back !
The 2015 Affiliations National Conference mobile app will have conference activities at your fingertips. Access all the information you need during the conference on your smartphones and devices. The app will include an online agenda and a notes section that allows attendees to take notes inside the app and email the document to save or share […]
Katharine Hepburn at The Durham Museum
Special thanks for this guest post to Amy Henderson, National Portrait Gallery’s historian emerita. Amy is a cultural historian specializing in “the lively arts”–particularly media-generated celebrity culture. Her books and exhibitions run the gamut from the pioneers in early broadcasting to Elvis Presley, Katharine Hepburn and Katharine Graham. In the late 1980s, I met writer-director Garson Kanin at […]
coming up in affiliateland in may 2015
SOUTH CAROLINA Affiliations director Harold Closter will give remarks at the Affiliations announcement at the Upcountry History Museum in Greenville, 5.7. WASHINGTON, D.C. The National Inventors Hall of Fame (headquartered in North Canton, OH) will host a series of innovation events at the Smithsonian to celebrate the 2015 class of inductees – 14 trailblazing inventors. […]
Affiliates in the news! May 2015 edition
Congrats to these Affiliates making news! Each month we highlight Affiliate-Smithsonian and Affiliate-Affiliate collaborations making headlines. 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. Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals (Hillsboro, OR) Rice NW Museum of Rocks […]
It’s Not About the Conference: Museums and the Web 2015
The first rule of the Museums and the Web conference–it’s not about the conference. The second rule–meet somebody. What better way start to a conference dedicated to sharing ideas about digital experiences in museums than reinforcing the idea to just get together and share! I had the opportunity to attend the #MW2015 Conference in Chicago this […]
may kudos Affiliates!
Congratulations on your spring accomplishments! FUNDING Allied Arts announced the distribution of $137,881 in educational outreach and capacity-building grants to fund 47 projects in support of local arts and cultural organizations, including scholarship and transportation assistance for Title 1 schools to attend Space Day at Science Museum Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, OK). The National WWII Museum (New Orleans, […]
new webcasts from the National Air and Space Museum
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) is developing nine STEM in 30, live, fast-paced 30-minute webcasts which will be made available to teachers and students in grades 5-8 classrooms across the country. The primary goal of this program is to increase interest and engagement in STEM for students. STEM in 30 hopes to achieve: – Increased interest […]
New Harmonies, New Opportunities at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Many thanks for this guest post to Rene Rodgers, Ph.D, Associate Curator at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Would you like to be a guest author? Contact us. At the beginning of August 2014, the Birthplace of Country Music Museum (BCMM) in Bristol, TN/VA, opened its doors for the first time after several years of planning, fundraising, […]
The Rollercoaster of Brand Marketing: How to Learn from (Our) Successes and Pitfalls in Launching New Brands
Do you launch a new brand from the top down or the bottom up? Is every tactic and strategy a winner? Is your brand strategy still successful years later? Both the Ohio History Connection and the Smithsonian Institution have recently embarked on name changes or brand refreshes. At the 2015 Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference, colleagues […]
