Smithsonian Affiliations
2010 Year in Review
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AFFILIATES
“From Bellingham to
Baltimore, from Greensboro
to Omaha, from Long Island
to Las Vegas, and from
Peoria to Panama, there are
few places currently
untouched by the magical
presence of a Smithsonian
artifact, exhibition, or
speaker.”
- Harold Closter, Director, Smithsonian Affiliations
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the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Panama
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welcome! 7 new Affiliates
joined the network
Smithsonian Affiliations 2010 Year in Review
KUDOS!
2 Affiliates won National Medals for Museum Service
4 Affiliates opened new buildings or expansions
5 Affiliates received community grants for
programming from SITES for a total of $22,464 in
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285 objects from Smithsonian
collections were loaned to Affiliates
The skeleton of the famous racehorse
Lexington, returned to his birthplace 160
years later, on view at the International
Museum of the Horse in Lexington, KY.
Lexington has been named the Official Horse
of Bluegrass Country. Photo: James Shambhu.
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1,198 SI artifacts
currently
on view at
Affiliates
across the
nation
Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine vial, on view at the
National Museum of American Jewish History in
Philadelphia, PA, represents one of the 18
Jewish Americans spotlighted in the “Only in
America” gallery. Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.
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Blackberry Woman by Richmond Barthé on view at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum in Biloxi, MS. Photo: Smithsonian American Art Museum. Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment.
The Pioneer, an 1851 locomotive, is currently being
restored by the B & O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD.
It will be on view in time for the museum’s Civil War
commemoration activities. Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.
This 5’ model shows the complete, two-astronaut Gemini spacecraft as it appeared in orbit. It’s now on view at the Challenger Learning Center in Peoria, AZ. Photo: NASM.
Smithsonian Affiliations 2010 Year in Review
“We go the extra mile if we can do a loan to an Affiliate. We are happy to loan our gems if it helps people discover the jewels in their own backyards.” - Eleanor Harvey, Chief Curator Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion has over 800 parts, but no nails.
It took three conservators four days to assemble at Flushing Town Hall
in Flushing, NY, with the help of a Chinese maitre d’ from a restaurant
next door to translate. Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.
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One of 20 photographs from NASM
book Women and Flight. The images
were part of the Women’s Museum
exhibition Dreams of Flight: A Journey
through Air and Space in Dallas, TX,
which highlighted female pioneers in
flight, from early aviators to astronauts. Photo: NASM.
26 exhibitions opened at Affiliates
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14
came
from
SITES
Dig It! The Secrets of Soil, a major exhibition
about the complex world of dirt from NMNH,
is on view at The Durham Museum, Omaha,
NE, the only other venue to host it outside
the Smithsonian. Photo: NMNH.
Bittersweet Harvest opened at the
Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose,
CA, and traveled to two other
Affiliates, the Museo Alameda in
San Antonio, TX, and the Sonoma
County Museum, Santa Rosa, CA.
“Opportunities like this
exhibition are wonderful
venues to show off our
pieces to the public. [It]
allows other people to tell
different stories than we
would tell. And
sometimes, we learn a
few things about our
pieces that we didn’t
know before.”
- Jeff Post, Curator
National Museum of
Natural History
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1934: A New Deal for Artists, an exhibition of more than 40 works of art from the American Art Museum, celebrates the
75th anniversary of the Public Works of Art Project, on view at the Whatcom Museum of History and Art in Bellingham,
WA. Photo: Kenjiro Nomura, The Farm, 1934. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor.
SITES exhibitions Freedom’s Sisters,
Let Your Motto Be Resistance, and
381 Days: The Montgomery Bus
Boycott were exhibited at Affiliates
across the country, from Birmingham,
AL, to Philadelphia, PA, and from
Dallas, TX, to Baltimore, MD. Photo: State Archives of Florida, NPG, and AP/Wide
World Photos.
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Smithsonian Affiliations 2010 Year in Review
In Plane View, an exhibition of 56
large-format photographs, show-
case the aesthetic beauty of
some of NASM’s awesome air-
craft. It was on view at the Col-
lege Park Aviation Museum, MD,
from January - June. Photo: Carolyn Russo, NASM.
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24 Affiliates served as host sites for a
Universal Design webinar
in collaboration with
the American Association of Museums
“During the course of my
program, I met over thirty
people at the Smithsonian...and
was able to learn something
from each of them. The time I
spent with those individuals,
each one knowledgeable,
enthusiastic, and warmly
receptive of my presence, was a
tremendous benefit to me and
my institution.”
- Eric Stanley, Sonoma
County Museum
(Visiting Professional)
58 SI scholars spoke
at 36 Affiliates Range of topics: Julia Child’s
kitchen, bird plumage, Native
American beading, Apollo 13,
coastal ecosystems, Buffalo Bill,
jazz masterworks, museum
management, World War II
posters, prohibition……...
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SI’s Jazz Masterworks Orchestra perform a tribute concert to jazz master Johnny Hodges at The
Durham Museum in Omaha, NE. Photo: The Durham Museum.
6 Affiliates sent students to D.C. and participated in the
Smithsonian Latino Center’s Young Ambassadors Program.
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5 visiting professionals &
9 interns worked in
11 SI museums & libraries
for a combined total of
48 weeks
SI experts Richard Efthim (left) and Don Williams (top) work with the
public on inquiry-based teaching techniques and how to conserve
home collections, at the York County Culture and Heritage Museums in
Rock Hill, SC, and at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Photos: York County Museums and Don Williams, Museum Conservation Institute.
Juan Carlos López, curator from the
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, spent
two weeks researching art collections
at the Smithsonian, on a grant from the
Smithsonian Latino Center. Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.
Smithsonian Affiliations 2010 Year in Review
Founding director of NMAI’s Film and Video Center, Elizabeth Weatherford
(2nd from left), served as guest programmer for the Festival of Native Film &
Culture at the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, Palm Springs, CA. Photo: Agua Caliente Cultural Museum.
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Capitol Hill staff
and members
attended the
Congressional
Reception with
Affiliates
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67 colleagues (from)
49 Affiliates (in)
29 states __________________________________________
2010 Affiliations
National Conference
eve
nts
75 Smithsonian and Affiliate staff participated as speakers at the conference
26 organizations celebrated
10 years as an Affiliate
of the Smithsonian (including
the Japanese American Nat’l
Museum in Los Angeles, CA)
Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.
21 SI units
talked with
Affiliates at the
Resource Fair Photo: Walter Larri-
more, Smithsonian
Institution.
“The conference has a powerful collegiality. Everyone was great at sharing information. You could meet someone with the experience you need and then repay that information with your own experience.” – Richard Pickering, Deputy Executive Director, Plimoth Plantation
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participated in Smithsonian Museum Day
David Cowen, Director of the Museum of American Finance
(left) in New York, NY, chats with jeweler Sidney Mobell
after his win in the museum’s Monopoly tournament. The
tournament celebrated the arrival of his solid gold,
jeweled Monopoly set, on loan from the Smithsonian.
Photos: Museum of American Finance and Smithsonian Affiliations.
Smithsonian Affiliations 2010 Year in Review
Secretary Clough lectured on his
vision for the future of the
Smithsonian at the Frost Art Mu-
seum in Miami, FL. At the invita-
tion of museum Director Carol
Damian, he spoke on the impor-
tance of new technologies, the
environment, and other priorities. Photo: Frost Art Museum, © Gary Mercer.
Patty Stonesifer, Chair, Smithsonian Board of
Regents, welcomed new Affiliate, the Museum of
History and Industry, Seattle, WA. Photo: Museum of History and Industry.
60 Affiliate staff members came
to SI for meetings & visits with
colleagues
A community
gathers to
celebrate the
Affiliation
announcement
at the Institute
for Texan
Cultures in San
Antonio, TX. Photo: Institute of
Texan Cultures.
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Affiliations staff visited 49 Affiliates in 17 states
“Bringing Whatcom
board members and
patrons to Smithsonian
museums in New York
City gave us the
opportunity to network
with staff and inspired
us to think creatively
about future
collaborations.”
- Patricia Leach,
Executive Director,
Whatcom Museum of
History and Art
trav
els
The Miami Science Museum hosted GirlsRISE, a seminar
to train museum and science educators on engaging girls
in the sciences, in collaboration with the National Science
Foundation, and hosted by NMNH. Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.
Carmen Ruiz de Fischler, Director of the Museo at the
Universidad del Turabo in Puerto Rico, explores
indigenous Taino collections with an NMAI curator. Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.
Denny Mecham,
Director, with
Outreach Manager
Caroline Mah at the
opening of the Ohr-
O’Keefe Museum in
Biloxi, MS. Photo: Ohr-O’Keefe Museum.
The Museo del Canal, Panama City, Panama,
collaborated with SI’s Discovery Theater to present
“Tremendous Encounter,” a bilingual puppet show
about 16th century Panama. Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.
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Smithsonian Affiliations 2010 Year in Review
Affiliations Director
Harold Closter with
David Baker, Director
of the Center for the
History of Psychol-
ogy, at the grand
opening of their new
facility in Akron, OH. Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.
Anne Lane, Collections Manager at Charlotte
Museum of History, Charlotte, NC, consults
with NMAI staff to learn about mount-making
techniques. Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.
Courtney Wilson, Director of the B & O Railroad Museum in Baltimore,
MD, talks trains with a former NMAH curator at the SI Folklife Festival. Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.
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Title Page Collage, clockwise from top left:
The director and chief curator of the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum, Hershey, PA tour America on the Move with NMAH educators
(Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.) ● A visitor enjoys SITES’ exhibition Native Words Native Warriors at the Montana Historical Society in Helena (Photo: Montana Historical
Society.) ● Don Jose Mas Ferrer, a painting by legendary 18th century painter José Campeche is now on view at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.
The loan represents the first time this Smithsonian collection has been shown in Puerto Rico (Photo: American Art Museum.) ● Dr. David Baker, conductor of
the Smithsonian’s Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, autographs jazz posters as part of the Indiana Festival at Conner Prairie in Fishers (Photo: Conner Prairie.)
● Students in the Museum Management week-long workshop at the Universidad del Turabo in Puerto Rico (Photo: Smithsonian Affiliations.) ● The Buccellati
Cup, on loan from NMNH to the Lizzadro Museum, Elmhurst, IL (Photo: Lizzadro Museum.) ● The Aerospace Museum of California in McClellan unpacks a
rocket from NASM’s collection which they will help restore. (Photo: Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum.) ●
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Shuruner Bodin Management Support Specialist [email protected], 202.633.5301 Jennifer Brundage National Outreach Manager [email protected], 202.633.5306 Elizabeth Bugbee External Affairs Coordinator [email protected], 202.633.5304 Harold Closter Director [email protected], 202.633.5321 Alma Douglas National Outreach Manager [email protected], 202.633.5305
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