by Professor Ellen Olmstead My goals for the trip were 1) to get students into the museums as few of them had visited any of the museums before and 2) to encourage them to explore ideas and resources for one…
by Professor Sadegh Foghani My students in HIST 205 (Technology and Culture) and I went to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History to explore two exhibits on Saturday, October 5: 1- Cellphone: Unseen Connections (Special Exhibit) 2- Lights Out: Recovering…
by Professor Teresa Lew After unending days of hurricane season rain, the cool crisp air of a blue-skied October arrived along with the grandeur of aurora borealis nights. Naturally, there was an excitement for being outside, so it was perfecting…
By Professor Evan Crump On the first weekend of October, I accompanied two classes of English 101 students, both of them populated by Early College students still in high school, to the National Mall to experience exhibits at the Air…
By 2022, the Smithsonian will build on its unique strengths to engage and to inspire more people, where they are, with greater impact, while catalyzing critical conversation on issues affecting our nation and the world” (Smithsonian Annual Performance Plan, 2022,…
When I last visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I started in the lowest level of the History Galleries and gradually made my way through “Slavery and Freedom 1400 – 1877”; “Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era…
As soon as the Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship cohort arrived at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, they were escorted by Briana Zavadil White to one of the National Portrait Gallery’s classrooms. There, the fellows discovered five…
Well, any hopes of escaping the spring break crowds were dashed as soon as the fellows arrived at The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on Thursday, April 4th. Fortunately, the collective efforts of co-coordinators, Smithsonian liaisons, and even a…
Spring break crowds flooded the exhibition halls of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History this past week, putting even more pressure on our guides to deliver stimulating presentations about their respective work. Fortunately, they were up for the challenge.…
Thursday, March 21st proved to be another rich adventure for the Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship. This time, we visited the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to learn from the creatives and curators behind the scenes of Many Voices, One Nation…