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 […]
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 […]
