Kudos Affiliates!! April 2019
/in Uncategorized /by GlavasCCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING Science Museum Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, OK) announced that Schlumberger will provide a matching grant of $90,000 to help renovate the museum’s energy exhibit, Energy Quest. Energy Quest will feature more than 2,000 square […]
75th Anniversary of D-Day Smithsonian Material Culture Forum Webcast
/in Behind the Scenes, Resources, WW II /by Laura HansenWatch the live webcast of the Smithsonian Material Culture Forum on Monday, May 13, 4-6 pm! See below for the event schedule. From its grand strategy to the personal stories of individual soldiers, the history of D-Day remains a captivating and rich story. To usher in the 75th anniversary of the battle, the Smithsonian presents, “Forgotten Voices, […]
the Moon is rising in Affiliateland in April 2019
/in Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageGreat events at Affiliates as spring starts blooming! NORTH CAROLINA The National Air and Space Museum has loaned three Apollo-related artifacts for the exhibition One Giant Leap: North Carolina and the Space Race opening at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, 4.5. WASHINGTON Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission exhibition, organized by the National […]
Using Artifacts to Inspire Critical Thinking
/in Affiliate Guest Authors, Learning Lab, Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeThis article has been re-posted from the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access page. It was written by Mary Manning, College and Career Readiness Specialist, at Cleveland History Center of the Western Reserve Historical Society, a Smithsonian Affiliate in Ohio. You don’t need to be a museum curator to use artifacts in a classroom. If […]
Coming up in Affiliateland in March 2019
/in Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageCongratulations to Affiliates on these great programs! NEBRASKA The Durham Museum opens American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith, a SITES exhibition, on 3.2. National Museum of American History curator Dr. Barbara Clark Smith will deliver a public talk on her new book about resistance in revolutionary America in Omaha, 3.5. RHODE ISLAND National Museum of American […]
Kudos Affiliates! March 2019
/in Uncategorized /by GlavasCCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING The Northampton County Department of Community and Economic Development announced the recipients of the 2019 Hotel Tax Grant Awards. The awards include $20,000.00 to the National Museum of Industrial History (Bethlehem, PA) for […]
Kudos Affiliates! February 2019
/in enewsletter feature, Kudos, Uncategorized /by GlavasCCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced $14.8 million in grants to support 253 humanities projects in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. An additional $47.5 million was […]
Coming Up in Affiliateland, February 2019
/in Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageLots of winter activity in Affiliateland – enjoy! FLORIDA The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access will offer a teacher professional development workshop on using digital resources in collaboration with the Frost Art Museum in Miami, 2.2. The Mennello Museum of American Art opens the Art of the Airport Tower exhibition from the National Air and […]
SITES Corner: New Exhibitions for a New Year
/in Exhibitions, Guest Authors, You Heard It Here First /by Elizabeth BugbeeThe Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) has some exciting exhibitions for 2019 and beyond. Check out what’s available and bring a Smithsonian exhibition to your neighborhood soon. 100 Faces of War Featuring 100 portraits of Americans from every state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, the subjects represent a cross section of those who […]
coming up in Affiliateland in December 2018
/in Affiliates in the News, enewsletter feature, Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageHappy holidays to all! NORTH CAROLINA The Cape Fear Museum of History and Science officially joins the Affiliations program with a public announcement in Wilmington, 12.3 MASSACHUSETTS The third annual Smithsonian Week in Springfield focuses on the ways popular culture has played a major role in influencing and expressing the sentiments of generations of Americans. Pop! […]
Kudos Affiliates! December 2018
/in Kudos, Uncategorized, You Heard It Here First /by GlavasCCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING The National Mississippi River Museum received $5,000 from IBM to aid the development of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum at the museum. Midlands Community Foundation has awarded $89,175 to 24 nonprofit […]
Kudos Affiliates! November 2018
/in Uncategorized /by GlavasCCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING The National Park Service, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts, awarded $4.8 million in Save […]
coming up in Affiliateland in November 2018
/in enewsletter feature, Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageGiving thanks for all our great Affiliate partners! OHIO The Cummings Center for the History of Psychology will present the virtual version of No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man, a virtual reality experience from Intel and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in Akron, 11.2-3. The Western Reserve Historical Society will collaborate with the Smithsonian Center […]
Kudos Affiliates! October 2018
/in Uncategorized /by GlavasCCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING The Dane G. Hansen Foundation has awarded the Cosmosphere (Hutchinson, KS) a $50,000 grant to bring the science center’s outreach programs to rural schools in Northwest Kansas. Programs supported by the grant will serve […]
Coming Up in Affiliateland in October 2018
/in Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageShark girls, genomes and zombies… oh my! It’s October in Affiliateland. CONNECTICUT Mallory Warner, Museum Specialist from the National Museum of American History, will give a talk on women’s medical uniforms in World War I at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, 10.11. CALIFORNIA LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes will host a workshop for teachers on […]
Kudos Affiliates! September 2018
/in Affiliates in the News, Kudos, Uncategorized /by GlavasCCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING In the final round of fiscal year 2018 funding, nine Affiliates received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of a $43.1 million award to 218 projects across the […]
