by Professor Kay Ahmad The goals for my ELAS 970 (English Language Academic Speaking/Listening I) class of the English Language for Academic Purposes (ELAP) Program at Montgomery College were to learn more about the Smithsonian Museums and American culture while…
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 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…
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.…
While our work has already been well on its way since the start of the Spring 2024 semester, the Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship’s 2024-2025 fellows embarked on their first museum visit on Thursday, February 29th. The destination? The Smithsonian National Museum…
By Professor Alzira Lena Ruano, Photography On Wednesday morning of November 15th, the Photographic Expressions class meets on the steps of the south entrance to the National Portrait Gallery. We are participating in the National Portrait Gallery’s Student Program and…
by Professor Victor Provost, Music On the morning of Thursday, November 16th, the Montgomery Scholars World Music Honors class set out for the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Despite a few metro delays, the class mustered in front…