new! Civil War booksigning opportunity
Smithsonian Books and Smithsonian Affiliations are teaming up to offer Smithsonian Affiliates a special lecture program and book signing event opportunity with the some of the authors (subject to availability) of Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. It is a truly unique narrative crafted around one-of-a kind, famous, and previously unseen Civil War relics […]
november 2013 Affiliate kudos
Even though the weather is getting chilly, Affiliate accomplishments continue to shine!! Funding The Illinois Arts Council Agency recently awarded Peoria Riverfront Museum (Peoria, IL) a grant of $20,600 from state funds. The grant will be used specifically for general operating support of the museum. In addition, Peoria Riverfront Museum received a $2000 grant from Target. The […]
“Health is a Human Right” featuring images from the National Museum of American History
Special thanks to Judy M. Gantt, Director, David J. Sencer CDC Museum, for this #MuseumDayLive guest post. Opening on Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live, 9.28.13, Health is Human Right: Race and Place in America examines some historic challenges of the past 120 years in achieving health equity for all in the U.S. The exhibition is on […]
Bring 101 Smithsonian Objects to your Neighborhood!
Ok, so we can’t actually send 101 artifacts on the road all the time, but we can send Smithsonian Under Secretary for Art, History, and Culture Richard Kurin! Aided by a team of top Smithsonian curators and scholars, Richard’s new book The Smithsonian’s History of America in 101 Objects, is a literary exhibition of objects […]
coming up in affiliateland in october 2013
NEW YORK Smithsonian Regent David Rubenstein will be featured in the Titans of Industry seminar at the Center for Jewish History in New York City, 10.2. VIRGINIA George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens will host a field trip and sessions as part of the International Museum Theater Alliance Global Conference in Mount Vernon, 10.8. […]
affiliates in the news! october 2013
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. Denver Museum of Nature and Science (Denver, Colorado) Meet the Smithsonian’s fossil guy “Kirk […]
Affiliates hear it first from SITES!
Celebrate your special connection to the Smithsonian. SITES is offering Smithsonian Affiliates first dibs on booking these BRAND NEW exhibitions before we market them widely. Contact us today to reserve your preferred booking period. Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project Images of everyday life in 1970s America: disco dancing and inflation, protests and bell bottoms, […]
kudos affiliates! october 2013
The air is turning crisp, but Affiliate accomplishments continue to shine! FUNDING Chabot Space & Science Center (Oakland, CA) was presented a “Waste Management Cares” award in the amount of $95,000 for their environmental education programming. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced the recipients for the Museums for America and National Leadership Grants for Museums […]
National Youth Summit: Freedom Summer
UPDATE: DOWNLOAD TEACHER RESOURCES FOR THE PROGRAM! UPDATE! DEADLINE TO APPLY IS OCTOBER 15, 2013 Freedom Summer: National Youth Summit A collaborative program at the National Museum of American History and Smithsonian Affiliates The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) announces the next grant opportunity for its popular National Youth Summit series. Smithsonian Affiliates are invited […]
‘old betsy’ makes multi-generational connections in Peoria
Special thanks to Monica Reardon, Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern, for authoring the 2013 Smithsonian #MuseumDayLive! blog series. The Peoria Riverfront Museum, located in Peoria, Illinois, focuses on interdisciplinary learning, ranging from art to science to history and then some. The space includes a planetarium, a sculpture garden, art studios, gallery spaces, and more. The museum even has […]
Small artifacts, big impact at the National Museum of American Jewish History
Special thanks to Monica Reardon, Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern, for authoring the 2013 Smithsonian #MuseumDayLive! blog series. An Affiliate since 2001, the National Museum of American Jewish History was established in 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The museum explores and interprets the American Jewish experience through exhibitions and public programs. It tells the stories of Jews who migrated […]
Swingin’ with the Smithsonian in Daytona Beach
Special thanks to Monica Reardon, Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern, for authoring the 2013 #MuseumDayLive! Affiliate blog series. The Museum of Arts & Sciences (MOAS) is a science and history museum located in Daytona Beach, Florida. This Affiliate’s collections showcase a multitude of topics, which include Coca-Cola® memorabilia, paintings of Florida, a giant ground sloth skeleton, celestial […]
Welcome to the Smithsonian, @Plimoth #mishoon
Today, September 6, 2013, Smithsonian Affiliate Plimoth Plantation delivered a traditional Mashpee Wampanoag #mishoon to the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. (What is a mishoon? Read our previous blogs here and here) In a special ceremony at the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Maryland, Plimoth, Wampanoag, and Smithsonian staff came together and celebrated […]
every time i visit your museum, bling bling
Special thanks to Monica Reardon, Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern, for authoring the 2013 Smithsonian #MuseumDayLive! blog series. Housed in an historic bank building on Wall Street in New York City, the Museum of American Finance is dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. The founder, John Herzog, began with two exhibits […]
Satisfy your Museum Day hunger with a Flying Pancake
Special thanks to Monica Reardon, Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern, for authoring the 2013 Smithsonian #MuseumDayLive! blog series. A donation in 1963 to The University of Texas marked the beginnings of the museum Frontiers of Flight, now located in Dallas, Texas. The collection of artifacts and archival materials of George Haddaway, an aviation historian and the […]
The Sun Sets on the Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion
After 5-years on the road visiting 5 Affiliates in Illinois, Texas, New York, and Kentucky, a team of experts packed-up the Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion at the International Museum of Art and Science (McAllen, Texas) at the end of August. The Pavilion reached nearly 150,000 visitors while on view at Peoria Riverfront Museum, Irving Arts […]
