Repurposing the Museum: Using Digital Tools to Re-engage Young People
On Tuesday, June 11, we’re kicking-off our 2013 Affiliations National Conference with an inspiring keynote address from Stephen Brown, President and Executive Producer at Mobile Digital Arts and General Manager of the New Learning Institute. Conference attendees will hear Brown discuss the ways museums can be repurposed by young people with the new digital tools at […]
Young Historians, Living Histories
Young Historians, Living Histories is a collaborative educational program that draws on the exhibition, I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story, from the Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific American Center (APAC). Smithsonian Affiliations and APAC have partnered in a grant collaboration and have been awarded funds from the Smithsonian Office of the […]
affiliates in the news! February-March 2013
International Museum of Art and Science (McAllen, Texas) IMAS hosting traveling exhibit channeling 600-year-old Chinese pavilion Senator John Heinz History Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Heinz History Center exhibit examines ‘1968: The Year that Rocked America’ Riverside Metropolitan Museum (Riverside, Calif.) RIVERSIDE: Smithsonian scientist to visit museum Carolinas Aviation Museum (Charlotte, N.C.) NC museum will receive Smithsonian […]
coming up in affiliateland in march 2013
March is coming in like a lion with events all over Affiliateland! COLORADO The Littleton Museum will host SITES’ Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America featuring 28 artifacts from the National Museum of the American Indian, in Littleton, 3.2. History Colorado will host an exhibition on Jefferson’s Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus […]
opportunities for Latino scholarship
Our colleagues in the Smithsonian Latino Center are gearing up for a very busy 2013. On November 7-9, 2013, the Smithsonian Latino Center will be hosting the Latino Art Now! conference, in collaboration with the Interâ€University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR) headquartered at the University of Notre Dame, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Since […]
Affiliates in the news! January-February 2013
Each month we’re highlighting Affiliate-Smithsonian collaborations making headlines. Congrats to these Affiliates making news this month! If you have a clipping you’d like to have considered for the Affiliate blog, please contact Elizabeth Bugbee. Birthplace of Country Music Alliance (Bristol, Tenn.) Astrophotography students to exhibit work, share enthusiasm about VI and BCM-hosted program American Textile History Museum […]
what’s an SA-Q?
Last year, the Smithsonian launched its first-ever advertising campaign, Seriously Amazing. As part of the effort, seriouslyamazing.org asked a number of fun “SI-Q” – questions designed to peak your interest in our collections, research and exhibitions. Affiliations staff has decided to start asking our own intriguing questions – SA-Q – that seek to expose all the […]
affiliations conference preview: spaces for learning
Do you operate an education center at your museum, or thinking about it? Join us at the Affiliations National Conference on June 10-12 to meet colleagues who are opening or running new spaces for learning on the Smithsonian campus. Through tours of these spaces, frank discussions with colleagues, exchanging resources and research, and hands-on activities, discover and share […]
introducing the mobile app clinic
Nancy Proctor, Head of Mobile Strategy & Initiatives at the Smithsonian Institution and the staff of Smithsonian Affiliations invite you to participate in a Mobile Clinic, a new opportunity as a benefit of your Affiliation that will introduce you to developing mobile tour apps. On Wednesday, February 27 (3-5 pm EST), Nancy will present two […]
coming up in affiliateland in february 2013
FLORIDA The Mennello Museum of American Art opens the African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond exhibition, with 100 artworks on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in Orlando, 2.1. PENNSYLVANIA The Heinz History Center opens 1968: The Year that Rocked America exhibition which contains three artifacts on loan from the […]
kudos Affiliates! february 2013
2013 begins with success for our Affiliates! Funding Science Museum Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) announced the museum has been awarded a $12 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and plans to open a new exhibit area for young children. The new 21,000-square-foot exhibit space will be devoted to children between 3 and 6 years old. The […]
Kudos Affiliates! for December 2012
Congratulations to Affiliates for a great year, and may 2013 be just as prosperous! Three Affiliates received MetLife grants to support programming around SITES exhibitions: Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center (Mashantucket, CT) received $4,990 to fund construction of an outdoor skateboard park which will be used during the public opening and summer kick-off events for the […]
Calling All Affiliates!
Smithsonian Affiliations regularly collaborates with colleagues to engage Affiliate partners in projects throughout the Institution. Here’s a look at a few current projects, and opportunities for the future. Let us know if you are interested in learning more about any of these! Smithsonian Immigration/Migration Initiative (SIMI) In January 2012, eight Affiliate representatives served on the advisory committee […]
Affiliates in the news! December 2012
Each month we’re highlighting Affiliate-Smithsonian collaborations making headlines. Congrats to these Affiliates making news this month! If you have a clipping you’d like to have considered for the Affiliate blog, please contact Elizabeth Bugbee. U.S. Space and Rocket Center (Huntsville, Ala.) Smithsonian director’s reaction to ‘his’ Saturn V rocket on display in Huntsville: ‘Wow’ Frost Art Museum– […]
what’s up in Affiliateland for December 2012 and January 2013
Events in Affiliateland for December 2012-January 2013 MASSACHUSETTS The American Textile History Museum will host SITES’ Suited for Space in Lowell, 12.08. NORTH CAROLINA The North Carolina Transportation Museum will host SITES’ Journey Stories in Spence, 01.05. TEXAS The National Postal Museum will host the EdLab! Professional Development workshop at the International Museum of Art and Science […]
it may be cold outside…
But it’s warm at these Affiliates! While you’re on winter break, check out the Smithsonian in your neighborhood: The Smithsonian Community Coral Reef is on view at the Putnam Museum in Davenport, Iowa. The coral reef, composed of thousands of crocheted natural forms, creates a version of the Great Barrier Reef with loopy “kelps,” fringed “anemones,” crenellated […]
