As we fall into autumn, Affiliates are springing ahead with great programming across the nation.
TEXAS The Irving Arts Center will open the SITES’ exhibition Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill: Photographs by Jerry Dantzic in Irving, 9.14.
NATIONWIDE
Over 90 Affiliates are taking part in the annual Smithsonian magazine Museum Day, offering free admission on 9.21.
SOUTH CAROLINA
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate will hold a teachers’ night featuring an educator from the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, in Greenville, 9.21.
RHODE ISLAND
The Rhode Island Historical Society will feature a lecture about sports history by National Museum of American History’s curator, Eric Jentsch, in Providence, 9.21.
Upcoming lecture in Framingham examines ‘More than “Just Uhura”‘
MASSACHUSETTS
Framingham State University continues its Moon Landing in Context series with a talk on Star Trek, civil rights, and space history by National Air and Space Museum curator Margaret Weitekamp, in Framingham, 9.26.
NEW YORK
National Museum of American History curator Madelyn Shaw will give a talk on the history of postwar American fashion at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook, 9.26.
FLORIDA
The Museum of Arts and Sciences continues its annual Septembers with the Smithsonian with concerts by the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, in Daytona, 9.28.
OHIO Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission exhibition from SITES opens at the Cincinnati Museum Center, 9.28.
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CONNECTICUT
Roger Connor, Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, will present a talk on “By the Stars to Victory: Making Aerial Celestial Navigation Practical Between the World Wars” as part of the Stars of the Smithsonian lecture series at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, 3.3.
PENNSYLVANIA
The traveling exhibition Toys of the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s opens at the Heinz History Center with two artifact loans from the National Museum of American History – a toy computer from 1965 and a vintage Mr. Potato Head, in Pittsburgh, 3.4.
NATIONWIDE
Over 40 Affiliates nationwide will take place in the special edition of Museum Day Live!, offering free admission and special programming on 3.12.
Carla Dove, Program Manager at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology
NORTH CAROLINA
Carla Dove, forensic ornithologist at the National Museum of Natural History, will explain to visitors her job in identifying what types of birds collide with airplanes, and how that helps to make aviation a safer industry at the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, 3.12.
NEW MEXICO
Jeffrey Post, Curator at the National Museum of Natural History, will present a talk on the American gemstone jewelry collection at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, 3.15.
IDAHO
The Idaho Museum of Natural History opens SITESTitanoboa: Monster Snake exhibition in Pocatello, 3.19.
Briana Pobiner of the National Museum of Natural History holds a hominid skull.
MASSACHUSETTS Dr. Briana Pobiner, educator at the National Museum of Natural History, will present a talk on “Ancient Appetites: What Our Ancestors Really Ate and How We Know” at Framingham State University in Framingham, 3.21.
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Many thanks to guest author Cathy Faye, PhD, assistant director at the Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology at the University of Akron for this post!
Museums have the power to present us with unfamiliar and interesting places, spaces, things, ideas, and people. Sometimes, these things are new to us, things we haven’t seen before. Sometimes, we are seeing a new interpretation of something that is otherwise familiar. In both cases, museums show us not only what is, but what is possible. When we learn something new about the world, the boundaries of our places and spaces expand, and we see ourselves fitting into them in new ways.
High-school students explore exhibits at the Museum of Psychology at the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology. Archives of the History of American Psychology, The University of Akron
In 2016, a new pop-up museum experience in Washington, DC will work with this idea of using the past, present, and future to expand our ideas of what has been and what is possible for women and girls of color in the field of psychology.
I Am Psyched!
I Am Psyched! is a collaboration between the American Psychological Association, The Cummings Center for the History of Psychology (a Smithsonian Affiliate), and Psychology’s Feminist Voices. Designed as part of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Day Live! initiative, I Am Psyched! focuses on illuminating the past, present, and future of women of color in the field of psychology. Historically, psychology has been dominated by white men. However, the period following World War II and the Civil Rights Movement, women of color entered the field in greater numbers, leaving inspirational stories and paving the way for a more diverse and inclusive psychology.
I Am Psyched! explores these stories and celebrates the legacies of these women through a pop-up museum exhibit, a live-streamed conversation hour with groundbreaking women psychologists, and on-site and virtual learning activities.
The pop-up exhibit, to be installed at the American Psychological Association’s Capitol View Conference Center in Washington, DC, will feature film, sound recordings, images, artifacts, and letters that tell the fascinating story of how women of color have and continue to contribute to psychology.
Alberta Banner Turner, 1909-2008, Archives of the History of American Psychology, The University of Akron
For example, the exhibit will feature the story of Alberta Banner Turner, who received her doctoral degree in the 1930s–the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Throughout her career, Turner fought for racial equality and spoke out loudly against racial injustice.
Turner’s story is just one of many that will be explored through interactive learning stations, where visitors can explore the history of women of color in psychology and participate in activities that encourage reflection on issues of race, gender, and ethnicity in the social and behavioral sciences.
Museum Day Live! Event
The pop-up museum will be launched on March 12, 2016 for the Smithsonian’s Museum Day Live! event. On Museum Day, several prominent women psychologists will lead a conversation hour, which will be recorded and livestreamed. Recognizing that March 12, 2016 is also National Girl Scout Day, we will design activities for participating girl scouts to earn their own Museum Day-related merit badge by interacting with the exhibits in various ways. We are excited to be able to highlight the rich history and path-breaking contributions of women of color to psychology to inspire the next generation of psychologists.
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In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket. for free.
We’ve compiled a list of exhibitions by region so you can see what is happening at Smithsonian Affiliates during Museum Day. Download your ticket today!
Click here to view the complete list of Smithsonian Affiliates participating this year.
Southeast
Tampa Bay History Center (Tampa, Florida)
Florida’s Got the Blues
Augustine at 450: A Look at the Oldest European Settlement in the U.S.
Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History (Kennesaw, Georgia)
Seeking Justice: The Leo Frank Case Revisited
US Space and Rocket Center (Huntsville, Alabama)
Science Fiction, Science Future
Upcountry History Museum – Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina)
The Forgotten War: Korea 1950-1953
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Orange County Regional History Center (Orlando, Florida)
Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts at Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
Steampunk
Mountain-Plains
UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures (San Antonio, Texas)
Sikhs: Legacy of the Punjab
Our Part of Victory: Texas in World War II
Denver Art Museum (Denver, Colorado)
Fritz Scholder (1937-2005); “Indian and Contemporary Chair;” oil on linen; 1970; Smithsonian American Art Msueum, Gift of Judge and mrs. Oliver Seth. On view at the Denver Art museum.
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (Seattle, Washington)
Titanoboa: Monster Snake
The Anchorage Museum (Anchorage, Alaska)
Polar Night: Life and Light in the Dead of Night
“Home Field Advantage” at the Anchorage Museum.
City Limits
Florian Schulz: To the Arctic
Home Field Advantage: Baseball in the Far North
Vox Van
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More than half of our 194 Smithsonian Affiliates participate in Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live, an annual program which will take place this year on September 27th. If you haven’t registered yet, please email: museumday@si.edu.
Many of those Affiliates offer the Smithsonian Affiliate Membership Program as a benefit to their museum members. This year, we’re launching a Smithsonian Membership Drive in the month of September to provide Affiliates with ways to add new members to their membership programs. We hope the following toolbox will help you turn visitors into new members!
Host an open house or behind-the-scenes tour of your collections and end the tour with a table with membership materials and staff to help visitors sign up.
Highlight artifacts on loan from the Smithsonian: we can help with language and images- use this information in an enewsletter with the Smithsonian Affiliate logo identifying your organization as a Smithsonian Affiliate. Include a link to how they can become dual members of the Smithsonian and your organization.
Highlight upcoming Smithsonian programs and exhibitions- make the connection between the Smithsonian and your members. (Email us if you would like to plan an Smithsonian collaboration- that’s what we’re here for!)
Screen Smithsonian Channel programming at an evening event; we can send free Smithsonian Magazines that you can give away to visitors who sign up for membership.
Build the membership drive around already scheduled events, and host a new member raffle for a free Smithsonian membership (a one year membership courtesy of Smithsonian Affiliations.)
Tap into a different audience with a Scavenger Hunt, complete with Smithsonian objects that have been 3D printed. Learn more here.
Set up a photo booth for new members to take a picture and use a Smithsonian Affiliate hashtag to share on social media. On Museum Day, share these on a backdrop #smithsonianaffiliate or #museumdaylive !
Use our new Smithsonian Affiliate Membership Program logo on your materials. Contact us to get the files.
We will send out a Smithsonian souvenir prize package to each Smithsonian Affiliate that sells more than 50 Smithsonian dual memberships during September. If you sell more than any other Affiliate, your organization will receive a special program courtesy of Smithsonian Affiliations!
Want to know more about offering the Smithsonian Affiliate Membership Program? Here are the benefits you can offer to your members:
Smithsonian Magazine (one year subscription) or Air & Space Magazine (six issues)
10% discount on all Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Travel and study tour opportunities from Smithsonian Journeys
Free admission to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City
A personalized Smithsonian-Affiliate branded membership card
10% discount on all IMAX tickets at the Smithsonian
iPad App for Smithsonian Magazine subscribers
Reciprocal Membership to other Smithsonian Affiliate members, if your organization has signed up to participate. For a full list of Smithsonian Affiliates participating in the Smithsonian Affiliate Reciprocal Membership program, visit: https://affiliations.si.edu/docs/reciprocal-members-2.24.14.pdf
Would you like to chat? In the next two weeks, Smithsonian Affiliations staff will be setting up regional calls to discuss details for the Smithsonian Affiliate Membership Drive Month. We will follow up with an eAlert with dates and times.
For more information on the program and the membership, please contact your National Outreach Manager, or Christina DiMeglio Lopez, dimeglioc@si.edu.
Special thanks to Judy M. Gantt, Director, David J. Sencer CDC Museum, for this #MuseumDayLive guest post.
Opening on Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live, 9.28.13, Health is Human Right: Race and Place in America examines some historic challenges of the past 120 years in achieving health equity for all in the U.S. The exhibition is on view at the David J. Sencer CDC Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia. The exhibition features images from the National Museum of American History that document the El Bracero program, a guest worker program started in 1942 to address the shortage of labor needed for agriculture and railway maintenance, as many men in the U.S. left to fight World War II. During the period from 1942-1964, about 4.6 million Mexican agricultural workers crossed the border under the program to work in more than half of the states in America. Many of these workers faced discrimination, poor living conditions, and inadequate housing.
Upon crossing the bridge from Mexico, men were led through a makeshift booth, and sprayed with DDT by Department of Agriculture personnel. Photograph by Leonard Nadel, 1956.
Is the Smithsonian in your neighborhood? Find out which other Affiliates are participating in #MuseumDayLive on September 28, 2013, here.
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