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 […]
a new face at SEEC!
In 1988, the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center was founded, in part, to demonstrate the tremendous learning potential of museums on very young children, and to share those lessons as broadly as possible. Dr. Sharon Shaffer, SEEC’s founding director, has grown the organization to three centers on the National Mall and an ambitious outreach program that […]
Innovation in Education at the 2012 Affiliations Conference
From programs on the ground in local communities to reaching diverse audiences with new technology, Affiliates and the Smithsonian are creating innovative learning experiences that are changing the role museums play for students. These innovators in education will share their successes during two separate sessions at the 2012 Affiliations National Conference, June 12 – 14. In […]
Coming together in Minneapolis!
Are you going to the AAM Annual Meeting in Minneapolis this year? So is Affiliations’ own National Outreach Manager for the midwest, Aaron Glavas. Reach him at glavasc@si.edu or 202.633.5309 to let him know where you’ll be! Support your colleagues and check out these sessions featuring Affiliate and Smithsonian staff!: Bringin’ It All […]
Coming up in Affiliateland in April 2012
Spring has sprung in Affiliateland! WASHINGTON The Museum of Flight will host Dr. Sharon Shaffer, Director of the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, to present a training seminar in Seattle, 4.1. FLORIDA The Orange County Regional History Center opens SITES’ Beyond Baseball: The Life of Roberto Clemente, in Orlando, 4.7. MASSACHUSETTS National Portrait Gallery Senior Historian Dr. Sidney Hart […]
Jazz Appreciation Month and International Jazz Day
The 1st Annual International Jazz Day, formulated by the United States and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)will be held on April 30, 2012. UNESCO officially proclaimed April 30 as International Jazz Day to pay tribute to this uniquely global art form, with distinctly American roots, that is played and enjoyed across […]
Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos Program
Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos Program is a special opportunity for 25 Affiliates from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and Smithsonian Affiliations. Qualified Affiliates that successfully complete the online professional development program to facilitate the use of the MicroObservatory online telescope system will be awarded $1500 for implementation of Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos Program. […]
