Summertime!
So, what happens with the Fellowship during the summer? Our current Fellows are busy working on their plans for the fall. They will all be taking at least one group of students to a museum, as part of a class…
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…
National Museum of the American Indian
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…
National Museum of African American History and Culture
On March 9, the 2017 SFF Cohort had the privilege of meeting at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Our afternoon consisted of a seminar providing an overview of the museum, guided tours of some…
Panel Discussion on 2017 Theme
We couldn’t have asked for a more multifaceted, stimulating way to start of our 2017 Seminar series. Per tradition, our opening session was a panel discussion where various aspects of this year’s theme, Social Justice: America’s Unfinished Story of Struggle,…
2016 Smithsonian Faculty Fellows Showcase!
On February 23, 2017, the Smithsonian Faculty Fellows 2016 presented the results of their work in a showcase open to all members of the college community. This marked the culmination of their year-long examination of the topic of American Ingenuity,…