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.…
On a surprisingly beautiful March afternoon, the 2023 Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship cohort traveled to the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) for the Opening Panel that traditionally begins our Fellowship seminars. After five weeks of Zoom meetings, many were meeting…
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…
Our fifth museum seminar found us at the National Museum for African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). We were honored once again to have Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Deputy Director of NMAAHC, join us for the afternoon sharing both her wisdom…
A rich afternoon awaited our group on March 31 with presentations from the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC) and the National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL). Andrea Kim Neighbors, Manager of Education Initiatives for the APAC, began the…
Another highlight of the Fellowship year is the annual presentation by staff from the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), and this year's seminar on April 29, continued that tradition. One enduring highlight of these meetings has…
by Gina Wesley, Professor, Biology When 2020 dawned and the beginning of the Smithsonian Fellowship was quickly approaching, I was eagerly creating a rough draft of my field trip to the Deep Time exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of…
The last meeting of the semester was focused on the Learning Lab, exploring museums virtually and talking about what the fall semester might look like. Philippa Rappoport joined us once again, and guided Fellows in exploring a number of the…
While we continue on lock down, the magic of Zoom has allowed us to continue meeting. Today we had Philippa join us and lead a session on working with the Smithsonian Learning Lab. This is a wonderful resource that has…
How ironic that our first - and as it turns out last - 2020 museum seminar ended with a visit to exhibit "Outbreak, Epidemics in a Connected World?" We all were aware of the growing concern about Covid-19, and the general…