Mission Possible: Creative Control
Special thanks to our Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern Neema Amadala (University of Calgary) for participating in the Smithsonian’s EdLab Teacher workshops in order to share her experience with us. Here, Neema Amadala reflects on what participating in these workshops meant to her. Imagine being able to interact with a painting and the museum in a completely different manner […]
EdLab: Mission Possible
Special thanks to our Smithsonian Affiliations summer interns Lisa Hung (University of California, Irvine) and Neema Amadala (University of Calgary) for participating in the Smithsonian’s EdLab Teacher workshops in order to share their experiences with us. This is the final guest post in their “Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom” series. EdLab: Mission Possible By Neema Amadala We finished […]
Beyond the Walls of the Classroom: Mission Accomplished
Special thanks to our Smithsonian Affiliations summer interns Lisa Hung (University of California, Irvine) and Neema Amadala (University of Calgary) for participating in the Smithsonian’s EdLab Teacher workshops in order to share their experiences with us. This is the third of four guest posts in their “Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom” series. Beyond the Walls of the Classroom: […]
Creativity in the Classroom: Mission In Progress
Special thanks to our Smithsonian Affiliations summer interns Lisa Hung (University of California, Irvine) and Neema Amadala (University of Calgary) for participating in the Smithsonian’s EdLab Teacher workshops in order to share their experiences with us. This is the second of four guest posts in their “Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom” series. Creativity in the Classroom: Mission In […]
Teaching in a 21st-Century Classroom: Mission Impossible?
Special thanks to our Smithsonian Affiliations summer interns Lisa Hung (University of California, Irvine) and Neema Amadala (University of Calgary) for participating in the Smithsonian’s EdLab Teacher workshops in order to share their experiences with us. This is the first of four guest posts in their “Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom” series. Teaching in a 21st-Century Classroom: […]
Announcing the I. Michael Heyman Smithsonian Across America Affiliations Fund
I. Michael Heyman, 10th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1994-1999), passed away November 19, 2011. In honor of his tenure and accomplishments friends, family, and Smithsonian officials gathered on June 14, 2012 in a special ceremony at the National Museum of American History. Heyman was widely praised for launching a number of initiatives, Smithsonian Affiliations […]
Building Funding Partnerships Together – Smithsonian and Affiliates
While we work together to bring collections, educational programming and a variety of resources to museums and communities across the country, we plan to offer Affiliates additional benefits by expanding our partnership activities and identifying support for our shared goals – both Smithsonian and Affiliate goals. Through joint fundraising, the Smithsonian as a national organization […]
coming up in affiliateland in june 2012
CALIFORNIA The San Diego Museum of Man will be hosting a reception for the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies during the International Society for Technology in Education in San Diego, 6.25. MICHIGAN The Michigan State University Museum will be represented in the Community and Culture Program of the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in […]
kudos affiliates! june 2012
As summer heats up, so too do Affiliate accomplishments! The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced that the Lowell Festival Foundation along with Lowell National Historical Park (Lowell, Massachusetts) is one of 788 not-for-profit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The Lowell Festival Foundation is recommended for […]
Tribute to former Secretary Heyman
I. Michael Heyman served as the tenth Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1994-2000. To celebrate his inspiring and productive years at the Institution, current Secretary Dr. Wayne Clough invites all Affiliate staff to join a program and reception at the National Museum of American History, Warner Bros. Theater, at 5pm on June 14. In his five years as […]
Partnering for success at the 2012 Affiliations National Conference
The Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference is not only the best place to make an unexpected professional connection, but also an invaluable opportunity to raise awareness of the two-way street that exemplifies our partner network. During this year’s conference, Smithsonian and Affiliate staff will focus on: Building and sustaining educational relationships with innovative programs that have a great […]
Center Stage at Headley-Whitney: The Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion
Special thanks for this guest post to Amy Gundrum Greene, Chief Administrator/Curator of Collections & Exhibitions at Headley-Whitney Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky. The Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion, a 1 to 5 (approx. 10’x10’x10’) scale model of the Pavilion in Beijing’s Forbidden City does not travel lightly. The twelve large crates arrived on their own tractor trailer […]
The Loan Clinic: Unlock the Mysteries of Sharing Collections
How did nearly 20 fossils return on long-term loan to the Tellus Science Museum? How did the Senator John Heinz History Center manage to negotiate the loan of a piece of the Star Spangled Banner? What kind of research did the Frost Art Museum have to undertake to find the perfect paintings for its upcoming […]
Museum Evaluation Conference Call
Do you have questions about museum evaluation? Join us! The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies (SCEMS) assists the museum community in acquiring and strenthening its understandings and practices of museology. One of their most valuable resources available to the Smithsonian community is professional development on evaluation which can help museum professionals achieve more successful […]
New National Youth Summit
Building on the success of the National Youth Summit: 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides program in 2011, Affiliates will again be invited to partner with the National Endowment for the Humanities, PBS, and National Museum of American History. Scheduled for October 15th, the next Youth Summit coincides with the broadcast of Ken Burns’ documentary, […]
kudos Affiliates! may 2012
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) $17 million in grants for 208 humanities projects, including the following Affiliates: City of Las Cruces Museum System (Las Cruces, New Mexico) received $1,000 to host the NEH traveling exhibition Bison. Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages (Long Island, New York) was awarded $286,014 for the […]
