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… inspiring generations through knowledge and discovery

AFFILIATES

This affiliation allows us to provide

enriched opportunities to our

community and visitors. Partnering

with the internationally recognized

Smithsonian is an honor. It enables

us to further our mission and

maximize the educational impact of

the Museum.

— George Sparks, President & CEO,

Denver Museum of Nature and

Science

15,000 new members joined the Smithsonian

through their local Affiliate in 2012.

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16,762 blog visits

1,381 facebook fans

2,443 twitter followers

686,371 people connected

with Affiliates through

social media

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welcome! 11 new Affiliates

joined our family

Smithsonian Affiliations 2012

STATES, Puerto Rico and Panama

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1,243 Smithsonian

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We value the opportunity to partner with Affiliates in ways that

enhance learning and broaden the Smithsonian and Affiliate

relationships.

- Rosemary Phillips, Affiliations Program Manager, NMAH


Page 4, top to bottom: • Cornet associated with Louis Armstrong. One of six jazz treasures on loan from NMAH to the Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix, AZ). Photo: SA

• 1954 photograph showing Nat “King” Cole, Jack Palance, and Gig Young. One of six photographs on loan to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, AL) from NPG. Photo: NPG Page 5, top to bottom: • Dear Fay, one of four Jack Earl sculptures on loan from the American Art Museum to the Springfield Museum of Art (Springfield, OH). Photo: American Art Museum

• Caterpillar diesel engine “Old Betsy” arrives at Peoria Riverfront Museum (Peoria, IL), on loan from NMAH. Photo: Fred

Zwicky/Journal Star)

• 19th-century gourd folk fiddle on loan from NMAH to the Heinz History Center (Pittsburgh, PA). Photo: NMAH

• Visitors at American Textile History Museum (Lowell, MA) view artifacts on loan from NMAH. Photo: Marcia Cassidy of Marcia

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Each object in itself is a story, a treasure,

which has a background that helps flesh

out a piece of the puzzle.

- Elizabeth Broun, the Margaret and Terry

Stent Director of the Smithsonian Ameri-

can Art Museum, on the occasion of Buffalo

Bill Historical Center’s loan of artworks to

the Smithsonian.

, top to bottom:

• The Buffalo Bill Historical Center (Cody, WY) lent

artifacts to the exhibition of photographs by Gertrude

Käsebier, displayed at SI and fellow Affiliate, the

Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (Spokane,

WA). Photo: Dean Davis Photography

• A Herd of Bison Crossing the Missouri River by Wil-

liam Jacob Hays, Sr. One of five artifacts on loan to the

American Art Museum from the Buffalo Bill Histori-

cal Center (Cody, WY). Photo: BBHC

• The Oklahoma Historical Society (Oklahoma City,

OK) lent Jim Thorpe’s Olympic medals to NMAI. Photo:

SA , top to bottom:

• Interpreters from Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth,

MA) returned to NMAH in November to present his-

torical theater on the roots of Thanksgiving. Photo: SA

• A staff member from the National Underground

Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, OH) explains

its new app to SI’s new media staff. Photo: SA

• The Greensboro Historical Museum (Greensboro,

NC) lent Dolley Madison’s red velvet dress to NPG for

an exhibition on the War of 1812. Photo: NPG

• Staff from the Museum of the Rockies (Bozeman,

MT) take visitors through archeology activities at the

SI Folklife Festival. Photo: SA

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17 exhibitions opened at Affiliates

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6 Affiliates received

Smithsonian Community

Grants, sponsored by the

MetLife Foundation, for

exhibition programming

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, top to bottom:

• NMNH’s Dig It: The Secrets of Soil at the Northwest

Museum of Arts and Culture (Spokane, WA). Photo: North-

west Museum of Arts and Culture • An NPG exhibition of vintage celebrity portraits from

the Harry Warnecke Studio at the Polk Museum of Art

(Lakeland, FL). Photo: NPG

• SITES’ Suited for Space at the Columbia Memorial

Space Center (Downey, CA). Photo: SITES

, top to bottom:

• An exhibition of Seminole portraits, a collaboration

between the Frost Art Museum and the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki

Museum (Florida), with loans from NPG, American Art

Museum and NMAI. Photo: Frost Art Museum

• NPM loans of stamp art at the Ogden Museum of

Southern Art (New Orleans, LA). Photo: SA

• NASM’s In Plane View at the Ellen Noël Art Museum

(Odessa, TX). Photo: Ellen Noël Art Museum

• SITES’ exhibition about Native skateboard culture at

the San Diego Museum of Man (San Diego, CA). Photo: San

Diego Museum of Man

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This affiliation enables us to

showcase an even broader

scope of exhibits and sustain

a more vibrant public pro-

file by sharing Smithsonian

collections.

- Ann Fortescue, Executive

Director, Springfield

Museum of Art

52 SI scholars spoke @ 29 Affiliates Range of topics:

Elvis, the War of 1812, American slavery, Native film, garden design, chocolate in

Mexican cuisine, Hope diamond, cowboys … and more

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All of the resources provided through the Smithsonian exceeded my expectations and made this Astrophot-ography Camp an in-credible learning experience. The students came in with little knowl-edge of the solar system, galaxies, or the greater universe. They left empowered and engaged by the enormity of space. Photo: Pinhead Institute

- Sonchia Jilek, Executive Director, The Pinhead Institute


Page 10, top:

• Educators at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art

(Biloxi, MS) learn from colleagues in a SEEC work-

shop. Photo: SA

Page 11, top to bottom:

• Students participate in the National Youth Summit:

Dust Bowl at History Colorado (Denver, CO). Photo:

History Colorado

• SITES’ staff lead a videoconference class on traveling

exhibitions with students in partnership with the

Idaho Museum of Natural History (Pocatello, ID). Photo: SA

• Museum professionals learn to read architectural

schematics with CHNDM’s exhibition director at a

workshop at the Museo y Centro de Estudios

Humanísticos (Gurabo, PR). Photo: SA

• Staff from six Affiliates and their community part-

ners kick off the Places of Invention project at a day-

long workshop with the Lemelson Center for the

Study of Invention and Innovation, NMAH. Photo: NMAH

• A conservator from the American Art Museum

counsels visitors on caring for their home collections

at the Heinz History Center. (Pittsburgh, PA). Photo:

Heinz History Center

Affiliates have a passion to work together; the way they leverage their experience is inspirational.

They are thirsty for learning more.

- Sally Shuler, former director of the National Science Resource

Center and conference keynote speaker

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33 Smithsonian and Affiliate staff participated

as speakers at the conference

Smithsonian Affiliations Director

Harold Closter presents the

Durham Museum (Omaha, NE)

with a plaque commemorating 10

years as an Affiliate.

(23 Affiliates celebrated their 10th

anniversaries in 2012.)

Photo: SA

65 colleagues (from)

46 Affiliates (in)

21 states (and Puerto Rico)

2012 Affiliations

National Conference


Page 12, top:

• Peoria Riverfront Museum (Peoria, IL) staff

network with a colleague from SIL at the 2012

Affiliations National Conference. Photo: SA


• Staff from Flushing Town Hall (Flushing, NY)

research soccer-related items at NPM. Photo: SA

• Staff from three Affiliates join SI Assistant

Secretary for Education and Access Claudine

Brown at a conference on culturally-specific

museums at NMAI. Photo: SA

• Susan Zwerling, Director of Education at the

International Museum of Art and Science

(McAllen, TX) participated in an EdLab work-

shop at the SI Castle. Photo: Smithsonian EdLab

• Staff from the Museum of American Finance

(New York, NY) study portraits of Federal Re-

serve chairmen at NPG. Photo: SA

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In the spirit of James Smithson, founder of

the Smithsonian, I am increasing my knowl-

edge and bringing it back for diffusion.

- Rebecca Wehr, Smithsonian Affiliations

Intern Partner


90 Affiliates

participated in

Smithsonian magazine

Museum Day Live!


• An Affiliate intern from the Center for

the History of Psychology (Akron, OH)

helped NPG build a collections database. Photo: SA

• An Affiliate intern from Michigan

State University Museum (East

Lansing, MI) greeted visitors at the SI

Folklife Festival. Photo: SA

• Three Affiliates sent staff to share

resources at SI Teachers Night in

Washington, D.C. Photo: SA


• Affiliates gathered for happy hour at

the New England Museum Association

conference in Burlington, VT. Photo: SA

• SA staff greeted visitors at the South-

eastern Museum Association Confer-

ence in Williamsburg, VA. Photo: SA

• SA and SI staff attended the opening of

an exhibition at the Springfield

Museum of Art (Springfield, OH). Photo:

Springfield Museum of Art

MRC 942

P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

Phone: 202.633.5300

Fax: 202.633.5313

E-mail: [email protected]

www.affiliations.si.edu

The vast collections of the Smithsonian

document the heritage of humanity and

unlock the secrets of the world around us.

Smithsonian Affiliations develops long-term

partnerships with museums and educational

organizations to make these collections and

related resources widely available.

The Smithsonian is an endless place of

discovery and inspiration. We want to

share it with you.

Is the Smithsonian in

your neighborhood?

Title Page Collage, clockwise from top left:

•• Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra at The Museum of Arts and Sciences (Daytona Beach, FL). Photo: The Daytona Beach News-

Journal • Smithsonian Secretary, G. Wayne Clough and U.S. Space & Rocket Center CEO Deborah Barnhart walk under the Smithsonian’s Saturn V Rocket on view in Huntsville, AL. Photo: Eric Schultz / [email protected] • 2012 Affiliations National Conference guests participate in a Smithsonian EdLab workshop (Photo: SA) • Student shows off space art at the Miami Science Museum (Miami, FL) as part of the Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos program. Photo: SA • Terry Bradshaw’s Pittsburgh Steelers uniform on loan from NMAH to the Senator John Heinz History Center (Pittsburgh, PA) for display in Gridiron Glory: the Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Photo: Heinz History Center • •

OUR COLLEAGUES

SA: Smithsonian Affiliations; SI: Smithsonian Institution; CHNDM: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; NASM: National Air and Space Museum; NMAH: National Museum of Ameri-

can History; NMAI: National Museum of the American Indian; NMNH: National Museum of Natural History; NPM: National Postal Museum; SEEC: Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center;

SIL: Smithsonian Institution Libraries; SITES: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service

Affiliations Staff

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

Aaron Glavas National Outreach Manager [email protected], 202.633.5309 Laura Hansen National Outreach Manager [email protected], 202.633.5307 Christina DiMeglio Lopez Business & External Affairs Manager [email protected], 202.633.5303 Caroline Mah National Outreach Manager [email protected], 202.633.5308 Gertrude Ross Financial Manager [email protected], 202.633.5302 Natalie Wimberly Management Support Specialist [email protected], 202.633.3021

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