A night of music with Rahim AlHaj
The Arab American National Museum (AANM), our Smithsonian Affiliate in Dearborn, Michigan, is the first museum in the world devoted to Arab American history and culture. Through its programs and exhibits the museum, situated in the midst of the largest Arab American community in the U.S., demonstrates how “Arab Americans have enriched the economic, political […]
What’s Coming Up in Affiliateland in October?
PANAMA is in DC! Museo del Canal Interocánico de Panamá and the Smithsonian Latino Center collaborate on programming, including the Panamanian Passages exhibition, opening at SI’s International Gallery on 10.5. 10.1-9 – The Tremendous Encounter puppet show is presented in SI’s Discovery Theater. 10.15 – The Latino Center’s annual gala celebrates Panama. 10.16 – Interpreting 500 […]
October ’09 Affiliate Kudos!
In these tough economic times, it’s nice to see some bright spots. Funding successes The Institute for Museum and Library Services awarded the American Jazz Museum (Kansas City, MO) a $40,000 grant to conduct an internship program for the Baker Film Collection exhibit. The National World War II Museum (New Orleans, LA) received a $5.5 million gift from […]
Say hello to our new Affiliates
This summer, Smithsonian Affiliations was pleased to welcome three new organizations to its network of 165 Affiliate partners in 41 states, D.C., Panama and Puerto Rico. Here’s a chance to get to know them a little more– Hiller Aviation Museum (San Carlos, CA) Ever heard of the Black Diamond? No, it’s not a sparkling gemstone, but […]
Sounds of Iraq in Michigan
If you happen to be in the Detroit area on October 1, be sure to stop in at our Affiliate, the Arab American National Museum (AANM) in nearby Dearborn, to hear Smithsonian Folkways, Grammy-nominated, oud virtuoso Rahim Alhaj. Alhaj performs in conjunction with the opening of the museum’s new Connecting Communities exhibition and as part of […]
Dive into Deep Space
Black holes are regions in space with gravity so powerful that nothing can escape, and where time and space are warped beyond our understanding. A new traveling exhibition from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will guide visitors on a journey to the edge of these strange objects to discover how the latest research is turning science fiction […]
Share and Share Alike
This morning I had the pleasure of talking about the Affiliations program with staff from two Affiliates, the Heinz History Center and the B & O Railroad Museum. But we weren’t talking about the Smithsonian’s Affiliations program – we were talking about theirs. Both the Heinz History Center and the B & O Museum have created […]
The Georgia Aquarium
Whale Sharks, manta rays and 6 million gallons of water ( I have seen 8 million quoted – either way it is ALOT of water!)combined with a 100 year old giant squid on loan from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History were just a few highlights from the first half hour of our tour of […]
Smithsonian’s fireless locomotive moves to Baltimore
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently donated a vintage 1938 fireless steam locomotive to our Affiliate in Baltimore, the B & O Railroad Museum. On August 18, Affiliations and Museum staff were on hand to document this dramatic move. The move took two days to complete. One to rig the locomotive onto a […]
what can your toaster teach you?
Design is not my thing. It’s embarrassing to admit, but I’d sooner jump out of a plane than wander through a shop like Target or IKEA where rows and rows of modern gadgets remind me that I’m just not chic enough. I have a feeling I’m not the only one. So in my search […]
grab your compass
Affiliates Plimoth Plantation and the Senator John Heinz History Center extend their reach through Smithsonian’s History Explorer and Thinkfinity! Smithsonian’s History Explorer is a gateway to innovative, standards-based online resources for teaching and learning American history. History Explorer is designed and developed by the National Museum of American History, a partner in Verizon’s Thinkfinity.org consortium […]
climate change online conference
Ginkgo biloba The Smithsonian addresses the global challenge of climate change in a range of ways, including through exhibitions and scientific research. From September 29 through October 1, 2009, the Smithsonian will offer an education online conference on climate change to allow teachers and the general public to participate in the Institution’s investigations, meet and question […]
Show me the money
In these tough economic times, it’s nice to see some bright spots. Congratulations to all these Affiliates who’ve received grants and awards recently. Well done! Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art has been awarded a $25,800 grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) to support ongoing education and exhibition programming. The American Civil War Center at […]
new Undersecretary for Science
Eva J. Pell, Senior Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at Pennsylvania State University, has been named Under Secretary for Science at the Smithsonian Institution. Pell has been Vice President and Dean since 2000 and was promoted to Senior Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at […]
behind the scenes with african animals
One of the favorite parts of my job is when an Affiliate director says, “do you think we could get a tour of that new exhibition?” It gets even better when the curator on the tour says, “and I have more objects like this in storage; let’s take a look.” Yeah! I was fortunate one […]
Deep in the heart of Texas
Submitted by Harold A. Closter, Smithsonian Affiliations Director Four days, six Affiliates and five hundred miles. We try to make the most of our visits to Smithsonian Affiliates and especially enjoy the vitality and diversity of our partners in the Dallas area. The catalyst for this trip, July 12 – 15, was the opening of Within […]
