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Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography
In early March our group had the privilege of having a behind-the-scenes tour of an exhibit in the last stages of preparation for display. That exhibit, Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography, at the Smithsonian American…
Celebrating a 20-year Partnership
On May 4, the Smithsonian Castle provided the perfect venue for the nearly 200 people who gathered to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Montgomery College-Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship Program. In attendance were Fellows from the earliest years of the program…
National Portrait Gallery
The last museum seminar for the SFF 2017 cohort saw the group at the National Portrait Gallery. As has been our good fortune for the last several years, the afternoon was in the able hands of Dr. David Ward, Senior…
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH)
The beautiful spring afternoon of April 13 found the Fellows at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH), where our topic was “The Social Power of Music”, and our presenters were Dr. James Deutsch, Curator and Editor, CFCH and…
National Museum of American History
On April 6, 2017, the Fellows traveled to the National Museum of American History (NMAH), where Harry Rubenstein, curator and the chair of the Division of Political History at the museum, was our guide for the afternoon. Through presentation, tour…