affiliates in the news: week of Dec 14
Congratulations to these Affiliate news-makers! Discovery Science Center (Santa Ana, California) Science center unveiling huge globe Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum (Cartersville, Georgia) New museum nets 100,000 visitors to planetarium Rubin Museum of Art (New York, New York) NOW OPEN! Visions of the Cosmos Virginia Museum of Natural History (Martinsville, Virginia) VMNH names Ohio scientist […]
affiliates in the news: week of Dec 7
Congratulations to these Affiliates making headlines this week! Do you have a link to a great story about an Affiliate? Email us and let us know- affiliates@si.edu National World War II Museum (New Orleans, Louisiana) National World War II Museum in New Orleans opens $60 million addition Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (Spokane, Washington) […]
affiliates in the news!
Congratulations to all the Affiliates making headlines last week! New York State Museum (Albany, New York) ‘Coywolves’ a product of evolution Fishers, the newest predator in the CNY wildlife scene Museum of the Rockies (Bozeman, Montana) MSU study explores violent world of raptors How Raptors Use Their Deadly Talons Videos, claws reveal how raptors use talons. Study: […]
mark your calendars in 2010
Just a few important dates Smithsonian Affiliations staff wants to make sure are on your calendars in 2010. Mark your calendars now so you don’t miss out on these great opportunities in the coming New Year! Recommend an intern at your museum for the Affiliations Intern Partnership Program, deadline for summer 2010 is January 15, […]
what’s new at SITES
SITES Quarterly Corner | www.sites.si.edu Be the first to host these new interdisciplinary exhibitions from SITES: X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out Go Fish! Hook visitors of all ages with a show that celebrates the perfect marriage of art and science with spectacular, one-of-a-kind x-radiographs–X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out {formerly titled Ichthyo}. Laid out in […]
bravo affiliates! kudos for december ’09 / january ’10
In these tough times, it’s nice to see some bright spots. We’d like to acknowledge the following Affiliates for their hard work and accomplishments. The Museum of Arts and Sciences (Macon, GA) received a $10,000 grant from College Hill Corridor to hold a spring break day camp at Tattnall Square Park. Ellie Donovan has been named Executive […]
affiliates in the news: week of november 23
Congratulations to all the Affiliates making headlines this week! New York State Museum (Albany, New York) NYSGS to play key role in national geothermal energy search Geological Survey gets $280G federal DOE grant San Diego Natural History Museum (San Diego, California) The Bug Counters Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth, Massachusetts) It’s time to talk turkey about Thanksgiving traditions […]
adiós to a good friend
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Juan Pastoriza, a good friend and long-time collaborator with Smithsonian Affiliations. Juan passed away on November 10, and will be greatly missed by his many colleagues, friends and family. Juan was the director of the Museum and Center of Humanistic Studies at the Universidad del Turabo […]
affiliates in the news: week of november 16
Congratulations to all the Affiliates making headlines this week. CALIFORNIA Discovery Science Center (Santa Ana) Building a love of science Arts Council for Long Beach (Long Beach) Antonio Pedro Ruiz To Receive Arts Council Award Chabot Space and Science Center (Oakland) Chabot Debunks 2010 Predictions What’s Up at Chabot: Full-dome show explores Mayans’ astrological contributions GEORGIA […]
sleepless in seattle
There is so much going on at Smithsonian Affiliates in and around Seattle that one can hardly sleep. Of course being in the heart of America’s coffee capital only adds to this condition. This trip started on November 12 at the Museum of Flight, a sparkling and sprawling Affiliate, just south of the city, appropriately recognized […]
musings from the new england museum association
One of the most interesting questions I heard asked at the New England Museum Association conference last week was, what’s the new non-profit normal? There was a sense that both retrenching and rethinking are in order, but that steering museums through these turbulent times will produce changes that will last far beyond the economic crisis […]
Coming up in Affiliateland
What’s going on at Affiliates in November? MARYLAND: Staff of the B & O Railroad Museum in Baltimore receive training with educators from the Smithsonian’s Early Enrichment Center, 11.5. The Reginald F. Lewis Museum sponsors a “Get on the Bus” tour from D.C. to Baltimore, featuring SITES’ project director Marquette Folley, 11.7. ILLINOIS: The Jeweled Objects of Desire […]
Rubin Museum finds rare treasures in Smithsonian library
Thanks to the Rubin Museum of Art’s curatorial assistant Tracey Friedman for this guest post. Here, Tracey explains what happened when she came to Washington to research medieval cosmology in the Smithsonian’s Dibner Library for their upcoming exhibit, Visions of the Cosmos. We started with the questions: How did we come to be? What is […]
the sky’s the limit at NASM
What do an object loan coordinator, digitized posters, a public observatory and a virtual conference have in common? All are opening the collections and resources of the National Air and Space Museum in new and exciting ways! New Loan Coordinator: Hunter Hollins Hunter joined the Space History Division of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) […]
B & O Railroad Museum celebrates 10th Anniversary as Smithsonian Affiliate
The B&O Railroad Museum (Baltimore, Maryland) celebrated the 10th anniversary of their association with the Smithsonian on October 15, 2009. The B&O was both the first museum in Maryland and the first railroad history museum to formally affiliate with the Smithsonian when it joined the program on April 16, 1999. A look back at the […]
kudos, Affiliates!
In these tough economic times, it’s nice to see some bright spots. Here’s our congratulations roundup for November 2009. The Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (Newark, NJ) received $300,000 from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities for job training in environmentally-friendly construction. The National World War II Museum (New Orleans, LA) received $25 million from […]
