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Videographer Akira Boch stands in front of Shimomura Crossing the Delaware by Roger Shimomura, on loan from the National Portrait Gallery, at the opening of Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter. Photo courtesy of the Japanese American National Museum.

West Coast Partner Brings SI to LA

This fall, the Japanese American National Museum ( JANM ) is hosting two Smithsonian exhibitions, continuing an almost-10-year partnership between JANM and Smithsonian Affiliations. Through this partnership, JANM has established a presence in Los Angeles and the greater California community as one of the Smithsonian Institution’s seriously amazing partners on the West Coast. JANM and its staff have utilized their Affiliations benefits with resounding success through hosting exhibitions and educational programs as well as offering their members an exclusive Smithsonian Affiliate membership.

“The Affiliation partnership allows us to achieve a greater profile and stature far away from Washington, D.C., by being a

local facet of a wider institution,” said JANM CEO Greg Kimura, Ph.D. “The Smithsonian brand provides access to new and wonderful exhibitions, while giving us the opportunity to implement our own programs.”

JANM will end 2013 by hosting I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story and Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter, which draw from the expertise of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (apac ) and the National Portrait Gallery.

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We extend a warm welcome to our newest Smithsonian Affiliates

Connections The Smithsonian Affiliations program is surrounded by unintended consequences, all of them positive. When established in 1996, the idea of our program was essentially a one-way street: develop partnerships, loan artifacts, and spread the Smithsonian across the country. While this straightforward approach has succeeded beyond expectations, it has also generated many variations, some not so apparent at the time.

Loans and donations from Affiliates to the Smithsonian? Yes, and plenty of them, including the recent gift of a mishoon (Native American dugout canoe), handcrafted by the staff of the Wampanoag Indigenous Program at Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts to the National Museum of the American Indian. The Wankel T. Rex, “one of the finest dinosaur specimens in the world,� according to Kirk Johnson, director of the National Museum of Natural History, will soon make its home on the National Mall, courtesy of the Army Corps of Engineers and our colleagues at the Museum of the Rockies in Montana.

Staff and volunteers at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, the San Diego Air and Space Museum, and the Air Zoo in Michigan, have distinguished themselves over the years by

collaborating on significant spacecraft and aircraft restoration projects, under the careful supervision of colleagues at the National Air and Space Museum. Recently, Beverly Perkins, chief conservator at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Wyoming, applied her talents to the unprecedented loan of “distinctive� firearms from the National Museum of American History, now on display in Cody.

Affiliates have co-sponsored scholarly conferences, initiated massive 3-D imaging projects, and participated in major research projects including the recent, widely acclaimed discovery of a new mammal species, the olinguito, through the efforts of Roland Kays of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

Unintended consequences can show up in the least expected places. Our friends at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, the town that straddles the Virginia/Tennessee border, saw in Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos, a great opportunity to spark student learning with the innovative science and art project developed at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Perhaps, in this part of Appalachia, our Affiliate recognized a hidden connection between the earthly stars of country music and the heavenly

bodies observed directly through Smithsonian telescopes!

However unintended, we know not to underestimate the force of imagination and the potential of collaboration. It can pop up anywhere and take off in any direction.

Successful collaboration needs only our energy, skill, and good will — all of which we have found in abundance, and with gratitude, throughout the Smithsonian and Affiliate community.

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Center,” said Konrad Ng, APAC director.

“We have been able to work together in developing exhibitions and programs about Asian Pacific American history, art, and culture in ways that deepen the understanding of the American experience. Our reach is truly national when we work with JANM.” Earlier in the year, JANM presented American Heroes: Japanese American World War II Nisei Soldiers and the Congressional Gold Medal on loan from the National Museum of American History and organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

“These exhibitions are all significant to our mission, which is to tell the American story through the Japanese story,” said Helen Ota, JANM external relations officer.

“We illuminate historical events with individual stories that add a richness and perspective to the American experience.”

Traveling exhibitions free JANM staff to focus on creating complementary programming at the museum and in the community.

“We sometimes have to stretch our resources,” said Allyson Nakamoto, director of education. “Partnering with the

Smithsonian on these exhibitions enables us to secure funding for programming and other initiatives.”

Grant funding has supported JANM’s efforts to reach out to local communities, including veterans groups who provided stories to accompany the Congressional Gold Medal exhibition and an Asian American theater company that performed in the galleries of the Wide American Earth exhibition.

One of the most successful joint educational programs occurred in 2011 when JANM joined the broadcast of the National Youth Summit: The 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides, and brought local students to the museum to participate in the program and meet Freedom Riders who lived in the area.

“We had so many people logging on to view our webcast, it slowed our computer systems down. The program connected us to a wider audience and allowed us to try new ways to work with schools,” said Nakamoto.

In addition to exhibitions and programming, JANM staff value the professional networks that Affiliations offers.

Elizabeth Bly, director of grants, described the 2013 conference as the first time she “became more aware of the broader network available and the opportunities for partnerships and collaborations.”

JANM’s mission to share the Japanese American experience has resulted in several collaborations with the Smithsonian. In 1989, JANM – which had yet to open its doors – offered its content expertise to NMAH for A More Perfect Union, a longterm exhibition that explored the relationship between Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution.

Resource sharing continues today through Our American Journey: the Smithsonian Immigration/Migration Initiative, which explores the question of “who came to America, when, why, and what happened next.” The initiative examines identity and American dynamism, with the intent to showcase results at the 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and an NMAH exhibition in 2016. Through this initiative, JANM has reached out to ninth graders with an education project that teaches the students how to investigate artifacts and family stories related to immigration and migration.

“We can be a place in the West where we are known for our Smithsonian connection,” said Kimura. “We have the imprimatur and seal of approval that gives us the authority to showcase world-class exhibitions and contribute to the larger Smithsonian.”

“Los Angeles is fortunate to count the Japanese American National Museum among its landmarks. At the Museum, visitors hear the stories of war veterans, immigrants, and laborers — part of our history which we must not forget. Thanks to the partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum has been able to achieve a greater presence and bring the stories of the Japanese American experience to the community. Through valuable exhibitions like I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story and Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter, the Smithsonian Affiliate collaboration helps us learn about the broader Asian American community and its deep-rooted history in the United States.”

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“I’m proud to say that this is the 17th anniversary year of the Affiliates. I continue to be impressed by how much we can learn from each other. There is no shortage of good ideas, and the need for museums and all they offer has never been greater.” — G. Wayne Clough, Smithsonian Secretary

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“The sessions were relevant, well-run, and highly informative; I took more away from this conference than most.

We’re proud to be an Affiliate, and to work with such a great community of museums. ” — Steve Hinkley, Vice President of Programs, Perot Museum of Nature and Science

“Bringing multiple levels of management and community stakeholders from our organization to our first conference helped everyone get on the same page quickly and learn about the opportunities that the Smithsonian offers our community.” — Laura Esparza, division manager for the City of Austin, Department of Parks and Recreation

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Connecting Communities, Classrooms, and Colleagues at the 2013 National Conference A record-breaking 119 attendees from 74 Affiliates attended the 2013 Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference. From engaging young audiences to connecting with rural communities, the sessions offered examples of successful program ideas, still-beingtested pilots, and strategies for adapting these to a new audience or museum experience. View more conference photos at flickr.com/photos/smithsonian_affiliations.

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Ten Affiliates hosted students for the 2013 Smithsonian Latino Center’s Young Ambassadors Program.

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Hanging Out with Elvis in Fort Worth

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Excerpted from a June 2013 blog that appeared on Smithsonian.com/mallblog. Amy Henderson, cultural historian at the National Portrait Gallery ( NPG), writes about all things pop culture.

Three Affiliates participated in the National Museum of American History’s Let’s Do History program.

One of the great joys of curating a traveling exhibition is the travel. Recently, I gave the introductory lecture at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History ( FWMSH) for Elvis at 21, Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer, an exhibition I co-curated for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service ( SITES ) in 2010.

Elvis has been on road for more than three years, visiting 12 museums including NPG in 2010-2011. Fort Worth is the final continental U.S. stop before it travels to Australia’s National Portrait Gallery in Canberra for its international debut on December 6, 2013.

Featuring a cache of photographs taken in 1956 by freelancer Alfred Wertheimer, the exhibition documents the meteoric rise of young Elvis in the year he swiveled from virtual unknown to media megastar. The exhibition’s large format photographs reveal the excitement Elvis conveyed onstage and off. Wertheimer’s unlimited access chronicled a remarkably intimate record of a superstar “just before,” and Elvis’s innocence is entrancing — especially because viewers know the rest of the story.

Colleen Blair, FWMSH senior vice president, was instrumental in securing the Elvis show and enticing me to speak. She persuasively argued that this exhibition would contribute to the museum’s transformation from an earlier identity as a chil-

dren’s museum, to a broader-based, dynamic 21st-century museum of history and culture. My talk about Elvis was geared to a “big picture” cultural approach, framing him as a messenger of enormous change in the years that ignited both the modern civil rights and feminist movements. By energizing the emerging youth culture and helping create a new consumer market fueled by radio, recordings, and movies, Elvis represented an intrusion as shocking as Sputnik would be a year later.

His popularity helped catalyze a revolution in the entertainment industry, paving the way for rhythm and blues, gospel, and rock into mainstream culture.

A Smithsonian Affiliate, the museum joined the more than 180 other Smithsonianaffiliated museums and cultural organizations in February 2012. At the time, FWMSH Director Van A. Romans predicted that this collaboration would “enhance the Museum’s potential to inspire learning and serve our community” by bringing such Smithsonian resources as exhibitions, staff participation, and programming to Fort Worth. For me, the turn-around is equally important: what this museum reminded me was what can be accomplished for today’s audiences if priority is given to inspiration and creativity; if you imagine it, it can be done.

Elvis at 21, Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer was developed collaboratively by the

Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, and Govinda Gallery, and is sponsored by HISTORY™. the affiliate

As Elvis left the Hudson Theater, his fans reached out for an autograph and to touch their idol. NBC Television, Hudson Theater, New York City. July 1, 1956.

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Teachers accessed new technologies through an innovative partnership between Smithsonian Affiliations and Smithsonian EdLab. Four Affiliates — South Dakota State Historical Society, Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR), and the International Museum of Art and Science (IMAS ) — hosted workshops that challenged teachers to connect school curricula and museum collections through digital tools.

“Every Affiliate structured its workshop to fit community needs,” said Kim Skerritt, EdLab program educator.

The South Dakota State Historical Society hosted a workshop for five area teachers from a 75-mile radius around Pierre, South Dakota.

“We viewed this as an experiment,” said Ronette Rumpca, curator of interpretation.

“The teachers experimented with these tools to transform classroom projects from teacher-based to student-driven.”

Rumpca also found the training helpful for educational outreach. “I will use this to teach my docents how to relate to younger audiences in new ways.”

Carrie Gustavson, director of the Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum in Arizona, also found the training strengthened the link between museum and school system.

With a population of 5,500, Bisbee’s community is small, but shares experiences similar to other towns around the country.

“Our kids could see that other commu-

nities deal with comparable issues, and this expanded their perspective beyond Bisbee.”

The Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico connected via a virtual training that complemented their ongoing outreach project to low-income schools. EdLab added a technology component that broadened outreach to more schools and teachers.

“As the teachers discovered the tools and experienced new ways to connect with their students, they saw how to use this to open minds and discussions,” said Doreen Colón-Camacho, MAPR director of education.

IMAS staff saw an immediate and long-term impact on local teachers and students.

“Teachers often think of projects as papers with one-inch margins and a 12-point font,” said Mario Lopez, IMAS manager of education operations. “We urged the teachers to go beyond walls and boundaries to create a 21st-century idea of what education is or could be.”

All Affiliates stressed the training’s multiplier effect from teachers to classrooms to museums to the community and nationally.

“This program can be developed beyond our museum,” said South Dakota State Museum Director Jay Smith. “I am curious to see how this expands in Pierre, South Dakota and beyond.” the affiliate

The Smithsonian Affiliations-EdLab joint project with the National Postal Museum was funded by the Smithsonian’s Youth Access Grant program managed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Education and Access.

Announcing the I. Michael Heyman Smithsonian Across America Affiliations Fund We are pleased to announce that a new fund has been established to support the work of Smithsonian Affiliations and advance our efforts to reach broader audiences through partnership and collaboration. The fund honors the memory of former Smithsonian Secretary I. Michael Heyman (1930-2011). It was launched through the generosity of family and friends of the 10th Secretary, whose vision for “a Smithsonian that serves the entire nation,” led to the founding of Affiliations in 1996. We welcome the ongoing support of all interested in ensuring the sustainability of this vibrant and enduring program.

To donate please visit www.razoo.com/story/Smithsonian-Affiliations

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More than a dozen Affiliates sent digital educational materials to share at the 2013 Smithsonian Teachers’ Night.

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2013 Intern Partners and Visiting Professionals Smithsonian Affiliations is proud to offer opportunities for Affiliates to support ongoing initiatives at their organization through professional development programs held at the Smithsonian. For information about these opportunities, please contact Elizabeth Bugbee, BugbeeE@si.edu, 202.633.5304

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A Conversation With History Colorado Thomas Jefferson’s Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth was on display at History Colorado in Denver from March 22 through May 27, 2013. William Convery, State Historian and Director of Exhibits and Interpretation at History Colorado, gave us a brief interview about this 233-year-old piece of American History.

How has History Colorado connected Jefferson’s Bible with the Denver community?

Our Education & Programming Department assembled a terrific slate of programs, including presentations about the book’s history and conservation by Harry R. Rubenstein, NMAH chair of the Division of Political History, and Janice Stagnitto Ellis, NMAH senior paper conservator. We screened the Smithsonian Channel documentary, Jefferson’s Secret Bible, while our Senior Exhibit Developer Shannon Voirol discussed how to protect fragile texts.

A roundtable of religious scholars and civic leaders explored the role of faith and morality today; a local re-enactor, Dr. Jack Van Ens, portrayed Jefferson; our Associate Curator of Books and Manuscripts, Patrick Fraker, discussed religious books from our collections.

What was the inspiration for bringing Thomas Jefferson’s Bible to the Denver community?

Jefferson’s Bible is a document of national historical importance. It illuminates the deep beliefs of a key architect of American What is your favorite aspect of the independence.

Exhibiting Jefferson’s Bible represents an volume and what are you most looking forward to while it is on view? important moment for History Colorado, the Smithsonian Institution, and the people It’s hard to choose - the beautiful Moroccan leather cover, the extraordinary conservation of Colorado. History Colorado opened in April 2012 with the intent to spark renewed story, and the way it reveals the meticulous engagement in Colorado’s history, as well as mind of Thomas Jefferson.

The historical context is amazing. our shared human experiences.

Thomas Jefferson engaged in a life-long Our relationship as a Smithsonian conversation with Founding Fathers about Affiliate has blossomed. Along with the National Museum of American History faith, morality, and citizenship. They all believed in creating a solid moral foundation ( NMAH ), History Colorado contributed staff and facilities to house and care for for the American republic in which every Jefferson’s Bible. We located donors interested citizen participated in self-government. in conserving and exhibiting it, including Jefferson’s personal sense of faith helped the Grant family from Colorado, the Private distill what he described as “the most Client Reserve of U.S. Bank, Monticello sublime and benevolent code of morals Associates, Inc., and contributors to which has been offered to man.” the Make History Colorado! capital campaign. the affiliate

How is Denver associated with Thomas Jefferson?

Thomas Jefferson never traveled this far West, but he knew about the Rocky Mountains, known as the “Shining Mountains.”

While President, he acquired part of Colorado through the Louisiana Purchase and sent explorers to learn about the region’s people, plants, and animals.

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What was the vibe like when the volume arrived in Denver?

We were excited! Local press viewed the books in our storage area before the public opening. They were fascinated.

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Smithsonian In Your Neighborhood News about Smithsonian Affiliates (May– October 2013)

Florida National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Curator Douglas Herman demonstrated Pacific Islander boat building at St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum (St. Augustine).

The Museum of Arts and Sciences (Daytona Beach) celebrated its 3rd annual Septembers with the Smithsonian series

The SITES exhibition Native Words, Native Warriors traveled to the Idaho Museum of Natural History (Pocatello).

Illinois As part of the NMAH Places of Invention project, Peoria Riverfront Museum (Peoria) hosted a Places of Invention Community Day.

Maine The SITES / NMAI exhibition IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas was on view at the Abbe Museum (Bar Harbor). The museum received a Smithsonian Community Grant, funded by the MetLife Foundation, to bring NMAI Curator Gabrielle Tayac (Piscataway) to speak about the exhibition.

Maryland National Portrait Gallery (NPG) Writer Warren Perry was a juror for the exhibition Humor Me! at Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center (Solomons).

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture (Baltimore) received loans from

the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and NPG for an exhibition on African Americans and Biblical Imagery.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum (Baltimore) hosted a reception for Affiliates during the 2013 American Alliance of Museums conference.

Massachusetts NPG curator Sid Hart presented lectures as part of two, week-long teacher workshops at the USS Constitution Museum (Boston) about the War of 1812.

Mississippi Betsy Bowers and Kimberlee Kiehl, Smithso-

nian Early Enrichment Center, participated in Object-Based Teaching & Training, a workshop at the OhrO’Keefe Museum of Art (Biloxi).

North Carolina Michael A. Ausbon, associate curator of decorative arts at North Carolina Museum of History (Raleigh), joined a panel discussion at the Renwick Gallery for the exhibition Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color.

The Schiele Museum of Natural History (Gastonia) included 14 specimens on loan from NMNH in its new exhibition Mammal Safari.

Ohio The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art and Technology (Newark) hosted a Places of Invention Community Day.

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Pennsylvania A Civil War era field printing press and a four-lens tintype camera are on view at the Senator John Heinz History Center (Pittsburgh), on loan from NMAH.

South Dakota The South Dakota State Historical Society (Pierre) launched its Smithsonian Sunday Program, featuring webcasts and videos from the Smithsonian Institution.

Texas The Institute of Texan Cultures (San Antonio) displayed the SITES exhibition Native Words, Native Warriors.