by Professor Katya Salmi, Sociology This past Monday on October 9th 2023, students from the remote section of my sociology class, Race and Ethnic Relations, met in person to visit the Americans exhibit at the National Museum of the American…
TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH THE SMITHSONIAN: CREATING CLASSROOM CONVERSATIONS THAT FOSTER A HOPEFUL FUTURE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD The Smithsonian Institution is on the move. Long known as a showcase that glorifies the past, the…
The MC-Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship program is delighted to announce the 10 new Fellows selected for the 2023 cohort. As always, competition was strong, and the Committee was faced with the tough task of selecting the new cohort. The group represents…
The National Museum of the American Indian was at the center of our final 2022 museum seminar, with the topic for the afternoon being Living Earth: Saving Sacred Spaces. Throughout the United States, sites sacred to the Native peoples of…
On September 24 our schedule brought us to the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). Our remote meeting was led by Edwin Schupman, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, and manager of Native Knowledge 360° (NK360°)…
Each Spring, the Montgomery College-Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship celebrates the outgoing and current Smithsonian Faculty Fellow cohorts with a reception at one of the museums. This year we gathered in the library of the Smithsonian Castle to honor our 2018 Fellows…
On March 7 we traveled to the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) where the topic of the day was "Rethinking Americans" and the afternoon centered around the new Americans exhibit. During our visit we were treated to a…
On February 28, our museum seminars got underway with the Opening Panel, once again hosted at the National Museum of American History (NMAC). The afternoon began with introductions as Philippa Rappaport, Manager of Community Engagement, Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access…
Our last museum seminar took place on April 19, and as usual, our series ended in stellar fashion as Dr. David Penney, Associate Director of Museum Scholarship, Dr. David Hirsch, Researcher, and Colleen Call Smith, Education Specialist, guided the group…
Following Spring Break, our museum visits continued, with our next stop being the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). The afternoon began with a presentation by Dr. David Penney, Associate Director of Museum Scholarship at NMAI. He reminded the…