you could be our next visiting professional!
Twice a year, Affiliate staff members have the unique opportunity to work alongside SI experts for research and hands-on training through our Visiting Professional Program. Affiliations was delighted to welcome six Affiliate staff members for the fall 2009 and spring 2010 programs. Here’s a taste of what past visiting professionals experienced to inspire you to […]
Affiliates, take note… grant opportunities
The Save America’s Treasures program offers grants for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and historic structures and sites. Intellectual and cultural artifacts include objects, collections, documents, sculpture, and works of art. Historic structures and sites include districts, buildings, areas, and structures. Grants are awarded through a competitive matching grant program. […]
affiliates, want to play with MIT?
The educational game designers at MIT’s Education Arcade have been working with Smithsonian scientists and educators to create an online curated game for middle school students to be played over six weeks in the spring of 2011. In the game, players will receive encoded messages from scientists in the far future. These scientists are writing because much […]
Kudos, Affiliates! May 2010
Great news from Affiliateland… way to go! Michigan State University Museum (East Lansing, Michigan) will be a partner in the Biocomputational Evolution in Action Consortium (BEACON). A partnership between five U.S. universities, BEACON will be a five-year, $25 million research center exploring the intersection of computer and biological sciences, with a focus on […]
affiliates in the news: week of march 29
Congratulations to these Affiliates making headlines this week! Mexican Heritage Plaza (San Jose, CA) Exhibit in San Jose triggers memories of farm labor for old braceros California Science Center (Los Angeles, CA) Museum Takes New Look at Air, Water, Land and Life (ABC news/travel section) Museum Takes New Look at Air, Water, Land and Life […]
SITES’ quarterly corner
Spring has sprung here in Washington, DC and we can’t help being drawn outside to experience the sights, scents, and sounds of nature. But you can bring nature indoors for your visitors through a selection of SITES exhibitions that explore our natural surroundings. Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants What we normally think of as […]
how will you commemorate the Civil War’s 150th anniversary?
Here at Affiliations, we’ve been hearing about all kinds of plans to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Thinking about borrowing artifacts? Looking for a speaker for a conference or public program? Wonder what kinds of exhibitions other museums are organizing? Here’s what we’ve heard so far from inside the Smithsonian and around […]
affiliates in the news: week of march 15
Congratulations to these Affiliates making headlines this week! California Science Center (Los Angeles, CA) Exploring the world’s ecosystems in the California Science Center’s new wing North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (Raleigh, NC) SECU Members Help Bring NC’s Natural Beauty to Students Across the State! The Frost Art Museum at Florida International University (Miami, FL) […]
Sculptures Available from NMAH
Stephen Hansen Sculptures Available to Affiliates from the National Museum of American History The Information Age might seem like too serious a topic to loan itself to humor, but this is what happened when the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History commissioned artist Stephen Hansen to design the entrance to its path breaking exhibition […]
affiliates in the news: week of march 8
Congratulations to these Affiliates making headlines this week! Morris Museum of Art (Augusta, GA) Much-Anticipated Reopening of the Morris Museum of Art Morris Museum of Art holds grand reopening Arab American National Museum(Dearborn, MI) Dearborn: Discover a Muslim welcome California Science Center (Los Angeles, CA) California Science Center Opens New Ecosystems Experience Agua Caliente Cultural Museum (Palm […]
affiliates in the news: week of march 1
Rubin Museum of Art (New York, NY) New York’s famed Rubin Museum exhibiting Hindu artifacts Senator John Heinz History Center (Pittsburgh, PA) Washington exhibit a display with some bite Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach, CA) Three Long Beach museums receive Getty Foundation grants for So Cal collaborative art project Long Beach Art Museums […]
affiliates in the news: Feb 15- 26
Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans, LA) Ogden Museum of Southern Art Announces Staff Changes Senator John Heinz History Center(Pittsburgh, PA) Meet the first president at History Center exhibit ‘Mount Vernon’ display offers view of George Washington’s life Exhibit takes on myths about the father of our nation Buffalo Bill Historical Center (Cody, WY) […]
Kudos, Affiliates! March 2010
Way to go Affiliates! Smithsonian Affiliations received $9,100 from the Smithsonian Women’s Committee to support a “blended learning” webinar on Universal Design in collaboration with the American Association of Museums. Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center (Hutchinson, Kansas) received a grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce’s Travel and Tourism Division. The $60,600 grant will help leverage an […]
what does it mean to be human?
How do you define human?! Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of its official opening on the Mall, the National Museum of Natural History plans to open a new Hall of Human Origins based on decades of cutting-edge research by Smithsonian scientists. Part of its broader “Human Origins: What Does it Mean to be Human?” […]
affiliates in the news: week of feb 8
Congratulations to these Affiliates making headlines this week! Buffalo Bill Historical Center (Cody, Wyoming) BBHC shifts to greener operations Heard Museum (Phoenix, Arizona) Heard’s new director first with Native American roots Antique Automobile Club of America (Hershey, Pennsylvania)Automobile museum displays Negro League Baseball memorabilia National Civil War Museum (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Curator continues campout at National Civil War […]
are you wendish?
This question has been on my mind since visiting the Institute of Texan Cultures to announce our new affiliation on January 28, 2010. Housed in the formidable Texas Pavilion, a landmark of San Antonio’s HemisFair Park, the Institute celebrates the diverse heritage of early Texans in its core exhibition, Texans One and All. Here one […]
