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Affiliates Collaborate on Out of this World Program Photo courtesy Smithsonian Affiliations.

Thirteen Affiliates brought astrophotography to their earthly communities through Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos (YCCC ), a program developed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ( SAO ) and led in partnership with Smithsonian Affiliations and the Timothy Smith Network of community computer centers in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Using specialized telescopes in SAO’s MicroObservatory Online Telescope Network, students across the nation captured images of the stars and galaxies.

“This project engaged a learning community of students and educators across the nation,” said Mary Dussault, principal investigator and SAO education specialist.

“The Affiliate network offered an ideal opportunity to expand our program and get our instruments in the hands of students beyond Massachusetts.”

Originally funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation, YCCC expanded the ten-session after-school curriculum into Affiliate communities through a Smithsonian Institution Youth Access Implementation Grant.

“One of our goals for Smithsonian education is to broaden access,” said Karen Garrett, Youth Access Grant program manager. “Although the grant must be made to a Smithsonian educator, we encourage partners and collaboration.

Smithsonian Affiliations, with its network of Affiliate organizations, was the best partner to take this program national.”

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We extend a warm welcome to our newest Smithsonian Affiliates

Connections “Seriously amazing,” the Smithsonian’s new tagline had a good workout recently and proved its mettle. It started when researchers identified the voice of Alexander Graham Bell for the first time on an 1885 wax recording held at the National Museum of American History. Later, scientists at the National Museum of Natural History revealed that they had found solid archaeological evidence of cannibalism among the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Virginia. Meanwhile, astronomers from the HarvardSmithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced the discovery of two planets orbiting in the “habitable zone” of the star Kepler-62, both most likely supporting liquid water on their surfaces. Back down on earth, colleagues at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama reported that a single 0.48-hectare plot under their scrutiny hosted an astonishing 6,100 species. All of this is seriously amazing indeed.

Affiliates had their own seriously amazing happenings, often in conjunction with Smithsonian counterparts as reported in this issue. Visitors to History Colorado in Denver are enjoying a rare glimpse of The Jefferson Bible, the unique cut-and-paste version of scripture assembled by the third

U.S. president, while audiences at the Naples Museum of Art in Florida are experiencing Mulitplicity, the superb 83-piece collection of contemporary artworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. One of the most unforgettable attractions at the spectacular new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, is the re-creation of a 65-million year old, 85-foot long, Alamosaurus. The model was painstakingly assembled through the collaborative examination and imaging of actual parts held here at the Smithsonian and in Dallas.

These and other seriously amazing partnerships have caught the attention of prominent individuals who have in turn made some seriously amazing pronouncements of their own. South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard named January 12, 2013, Smithsonian Affiliations Day to recognize our new Affiliation with the South Dakota State Historical Society.

In March, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez proclaimed New Mexico Museum of Space History Day in honor of the National Air and Space Museum’s loan of an Apollo Boilerplate Command Module to the New Mexico Museum of Space History, our new Affiliate in Alamogordo.

Seriously amazing events take place every day throughout the Affiliate family, sometimes very quietly and sometimes with great fanfare. However it happens, we know that it wouldn’t happen without all of you — Smithsonian and Affiliate colleagues, friends, and supporters. Seriously amazing begins with your knowledge, talents, and ideas, and ends with an ever appreciative public in all the places we reach. On their behalf, we offer our deepest thanks, seriously.

City of Austin, Parks and Recreation Department Austin, Texas South Dakota State Historical Society Pierre, South Dakota Carolinas Aviation Museum Charlotte, North Carolina Abbe Museum Bar Harbor, Maine Berkshire Museum Pittsfield, Massachusetts

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with a computer can access the telescopes by visiting http://mo-www.cfa.harvard.edu/ OWN/index.html. Users select a target and exposure time, provide an email address, and the requested images are emailed the next day. The images can be colorized and manipulated into artwork.

YCCC provides a curriculum for students so that they can participate in hands-on investigations that help them interpret and explain their astronomical observations. Youth learn to control the telescopes, make observations, and analyze the images using the tools and techniques of professional astronomers. Each Affiliate created a program that fit the resources and mission of their organization, as well as their local curriculum goals.

“When we held virtual tours and interactive sessions with some of the Affiliates, we often were asked questions about astronomy outside the scope of the project,” said Dussault. “The students gained access to Smithsonian resources and took advantage of it.”

Initially, 22 Affiliates participated in a two-week online workshop that provided discussions and assignments about YCCC and offered ideas for implementing pro-

grams in a community. Thirteen Affiliates then submitted proposals for activities funded under the grant, with each awarded a $1,500 stipend to create their own YCCC program. From the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Tennessee, to the Western Science Center in Hemet, California, thousands of youth participants, adult educators, and program leaders accessed the galaxies from their hometowns.

James Wells, family program manager for the York County Culture and Heritage Museums (YCCHM ), described the program as “taking education to another world for all involved.”

Wells and Jim Greenhouse, who manages YCCHM planetarium, brought YCCC to a rural middle school in an area of South Carolina underserved by science, technology, engineering, and math ( STEM ) education programs. They combined lectures on astronomy with suggestions for using photo editing software to create art from the images. They also included an astro-creative session that challenged the students to write poems about the images they had captured. A field trip brought the students to YCCHM so they could visit the planetarium and participate in a Skype question and answer session with SAO staff.

At the end of the six-week course, the students selected images for an exhibition at YCCHM that enabled them to share their

astronomy knowledge and artistic skills with museum visitors.

“We all learned so much from this program,” said Wells. “And we plan to use astrophotography in our planetarium programming.”

Feedback from all Affiliate sites has been positive. One evaluation stated, “Rarely do we have a case where students participate in a program that incorporates real and professional tools, and which results in professionally created exhibit graphics that become part of a temporary exhibit, as YCCC did.”

The YCCC program continues to engage youth in Affiliate communities.

Twelve Affiliates are implementing Phase II of the program in 2013. Learn more about YCCC from Affiliate participants at the Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference, June 10-12, 2013, in Washington, D.C.

“I am proud of the partnership between the Smithsonian Institution and Huntsville’s own U.S. Space and Rocket Center, the premiere destination for aerospace and aviation exhibitions. The museum is not only a state treasure, but a celebration of the national achievements of space exploration throughout the years. Its commitment to educating the public about these historic contributions inspires our next generation to pursue careers in the fields of science, math, and engineering. The excellent work that the Affiliations program does, with the support of the citizens of Alabama and the local community, allows the U.S. Space and Rocket Center to continue to carry out its mission.”

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A Perfect “Day” for North Carolina and the Smithsonian Installation photos courtesy Amy Vaughters, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Furniture stills courtesy North Carolina Museum of History.

Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color, an exhibition drawn from the collections of the North Carolina Museum of History ( NCMH ), is on view at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum through July 28, 2013. The exhibition focuses on the beautiful furniture created by by 19thcentury cabinetmaker Thomas Day, a free man of color and successful businessman.

Showcasing 45 objects and pieces of furniture — 31 from the collections of NCMH — this marks the first time NCMH has traveled a major collection.

Robyn Kennedy, chief of the Renwick Gallery, said that a Smithsonian American Art Museum curator read about the exhibition, traveled to North Carolina to see it, and then approached NCMH to request the loan.

“Day’s contributions to the evolution of American design are significant.

We welcomed the opportunity to share his work and his story with a national audience,” said Kennedy.

Ken Howard, NCMH director added, “We are honored to have been asked by the Renwick Gallery to work with them on an exhibition about the furniture of Thomas Day.” After opening his shop in Milton, North Carolina, in 1827, Day created

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distinctive styles in the furniture, mantels, and banisters he carved. North Carolina Governor David Settle Reid patronized his studio as did many of the upper class residents of the area. At the height of his career, Day employed about 19 people, including free blacks, whites, and slaves.

While the original exhibition included 78 pieces and 95 pages of exhibition text, the Renwick Gallery version contains 45 objects of which many are displayed so that visitors can walk around the gallery and see the striking designs in three dimensions.

“The only additions we made were to cover the beds with antique quilts from our collections,” said Kennedy. “We chose quilts that are from the same time period.

One is even from North Carolina.”

Thirty-one pieces are in the collections of NCMH, including three beds, a crib, dressers, and chairs. Ten additional pieces are on loan from private owners and other North Carolina cultural organizations.

“NCMH colleagues were very helpful when collaborating with us to secure these loans,” said Kennedy. “Many museums were hesitant to travel a large piece of furniture out of state.”

Smithsonian registrars worked closely with NCMH collections managers on the intricacies of packing and shipping so many large, heavy objects.

“We definitely were on a learning curve,” said Michael Ausbon, NCMH curator of decorative arts.

Complementing the decorative objects are the Day family Bible, which resides with a descendent living in Columbia, Maryland, and a reproduction of a petition signed by Day’s neighbors and friends. The 1830 petition asked the North Carolina General Assembly to allow Day’s wife “the privilege of migrating to this State, free from fines and penalties.” At that time, non-white residents were prohibited from relocating to another state.

Accompanying the exhibition is the 2010 book co-written by the late Patricia Phillips Marshall, NCMH curator, and Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll, a professor and historic preservation coordinator at the University of North Carolina. Although Marshall died shortly after the book’s publication, her thorough research has allowed others to learn about and appreciate the designs of Thomas Day. “It has been a great opportunity for our two organizations to collaborate on this exhibition about one of the founders of the modern furniture industry, especially since Thomas Day is not very well known outside of North Carolina,” said Howard. the affiliate

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Secretary Wayne Clough Visits Affiliates In December 2012, Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough visited the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Dr. Clough was in Huntsville to deliver a commencement address at the University of Alabama and stopped by the Space Center to see collections on long-term loan from the National Air and Space Museum. Visits to Affiliates by the Secretary are highlights on his travel schedule. Over the past year, he has visited the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, HistoryMiami, the Phillip and Patricia Frost Art Museum, Miami Science Museum and the National World War II Museum. Secretary Clough values the lasting impression of an in-person experience of an exhibition, object and educational program and how these experiences create lifelong memories. the affiliate

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Conservation Collaborator: Beverly Perkins

“I love to treat objects and preserve them for future generations,” said Beverly Perkins, conservator at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. “Part of my enjoyment in this field is collaborating with curators to determine the best way to preserve them for everyone to enjoy.”

Perkins, who has worked at the Center since 2008, is trained as an object conservator. She examines, documents, treats, and performs preventive care for all the Center’s collections and helps protect them while on exhibit, in storage, in transit, and on loan.

One of her current projects is working with Beth Richwine, senior conservator at the National Museum of American History ( NMAH ), to treat a collection of 64 firearms on long-term loan to the Center.

“Usually all conservation work is done on-site,” said Richwine. “But I know Beverly through our professional network and she is a trusted and skilled conservator.”

Perkins said she works closely with Richwine on every object. “If I want to do anything beyond a normal surface cleaning, I consult with Beth; it’s a very easy, collaborative relationship.”

Before the firearms traveled to Wyoming, Perkins visited NMAH and reviewed all the artifacts and procedures

with Richwine. “I examined them, talked with the curator and conservator, and discussed the treatments.”

Usually, processing a loan requires that every artifact be reviewed for conservation issues, which are then treated before the loan is packed and shipped. By offering Perkins’ expertise, the Center significantly reduced the cost of their loan.

“The firearms fit our collection perfectly,” said Perkins. “I appreciate their beauty as decorative and ethnographic objects and look forward to seeing them on display in our galleries.” the affiliate

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Jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Bennie participated in the MIM curatorial council Goodman, and Artie Shaw all left legacies during the museum’s development. of musical innovation and artistry. Tangible “I found it thrilling to see the museum evidence of their contributions to American go from an idea and take shape into a music includes their instruments, many museum, particularly in such a short amount of which reside in the collections of the of time,” said Hoover. “The council helped National Museum of American History the museum expand its connections in the ( NMAH ). Several instruments on loan to the world of music and musical instruments.”

Musical Instrument Museum ( MIM ), Hoover, who specializes in stringed in Phoenix, Arizona, until 2014, represent instruments, facilitated an introduction with the MIM’s first collaboration as a SmithsonSteinway & Sons, resulting in an exhibition ian Affiliate. that showed how a piano is built.

“Although we are a new museum, we “The National Museum of American are already expanding our installations so History is delighted to have lent these we can change our exhibits and keep them treasured instruments to MIM,” said John Hasse, NMAH curator of American music. fresh,” said Cullen Strawn, curator of “I had the opportunity to visit and deliver musical instruments. “The loan contains a lecture when the exhibition opened in very significant objects that are tied to November, and was greatly impressed by important artists and an important music the museum.” movement in the history of our country.”

Strawn said that this loan is just the Five instruments — including a cornet beginning. “We look forward to many associated with Louis Armstrong, Harry more years of high notes out of our Affiliate James’ trumpet, and clarinets belonging to relationship.”

Artie Shaw and Bennie Goodman — are displayed in MIM’s new jazz genre exhibithe affiliate tion showcasing this essential American art form. The instruments are paired with video footage, photographs, sheet music, costumes, and other ephemera that celebrate American jazz traditions.

Cynthia Hoover and Gary Sturm, NMAH curators emeriti, offered their guidance to the nascent museum and

Cornet associated with Louis Armstrong on loan from NMAH to the Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, AZ. Photo courtesy Smithsonian Affiliations.

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Polk Museum of Art In Vibrant Color

“The loan of this exhibition is the first “The timing was right,” said NPG Curator of Photographs Ann Shumard. physical manifestation of our Affiliate “The exhibition fit the space beautifully partnership,” said Claire Orologas, Polk and it complemented the Polk Museum’s Museum of Art executive director and photography collection. It was just meant former head of education and public to be.” programs for the Smithsonian’s Freer Shumard traveled to Lakeland to and Sackler Galleries. “The exhibition participate in two days of public programs, had a broad appeal and fit well with our including a special tour for patrons, a class collections and mission.” for the Montessori Middle School housed In Vibrant Color: Vintage Celebrity in the museum, and several public lectures.

Portraits from the Harry Warnecke Studio, an Her insights on the tricolor carbro process exhibition created by the National Porfascinated audiences more used to digital trait Gallery ( NPG ), introduced the Smithsonian to Lakeland, Florida. The color images than color prints from the 1930’s photographs of newsmakers — including and 1940’s.

Lucille Ball, Ted Williams, and General Orologas said she frequently saw people George S. Patton — brought audiences engaging in discussions over the photoof all ages and backgrounds to the Polk graphs. “Often an older member of the Museum, far surpassing visitor counts audience would share a memory about the from previous years. person in the portrait or the New York Daily “We became a vehicle for our commuNews. Younger audience members could nity to have access to the Smithsonian,” said identify the television stars and were Adam Justice, Polk Museum curator of art. intrigued by the vintage clothing.”

“People had the opportunity to go to the “We all talked about how this exhibiSmithsonian without leaving Lakeland.” tion could be interpreted by a broad range Originally designed for display only of audiences,” added Justice. “The photoat NPG, the exhibition generated a lot of graphs included many elements such as positive press along the East Coast. When technology, art, celebrity, and media.” the Polk Museum inquired about the loan Shumard enjoyed the opportunity to of a Smithsonian exhibition, NPG staff step outside Washington, D.C., and travel decided to create a traveling version of to a city she had never been to before.

In Vibrant Color just for the Polk Museum.

“I could tell this was a museum much loved

by its community. I found a very enthusiastic response from the patrons and general public and a sense of energy when talking to staff.”

Both Orologas and Justice intend to continue the momentum generated by the exhibition. Plans are in the works for creating an annual Smithsonian series, a package of Smithsonian-inspired programming, educational outreach, exhibitions, and loans.

“This exhibition solidified the relationship between the Polk Museum and the Smithsonian,” said Justice. “It is just the first step of a great partnership.” the affiliate

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Smithsonian In Your Neighborhood News about Smithsonian Affiliates (November 2012– April 2013)

Alabama The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) loaned six photographs of famous African Americans from Alabama to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham).

Arizona John Edward Hasse, National Museum of American History (NMAH), spoke about Louis Armstrong at the Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix).

California Riverside Arts and Cultural Affairs Division, Riverside Metropolitan Museum (Riverside) hosted Smithsonian Citizen Science Week and Smithsonian Week in Riverside with National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) experts Rusty Russell and Alice Tangerini.

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Elizabeth Weatherford, National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), was guest programmer for the annual Festival of Native Film & Culture at Agua Caliente Cultural Museum (Palm Springs).

Sonoma County Museum (Santa Rosa) presented Mail Call, a Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) exhibition.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) and the Senator John Heinz History Center (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) participated in the National Youth Summit:

Harry R. Rubenstein and Janice S. Ellis, NMAH, spoke about The Jefferson Bible, on loan to History Colorado (Denver).

Littleton Museum (Littleton) hosted Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America, a SITES exhibition.

Florida David Penney, NMAI, spoke on imagery of Native Americans at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum (Miami).

The Museum of Arts and Sciences (Daytona Beach) hosted Roger Launius, National Air and Space Museum (NASM).

St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum (St. Augustine) inaugurated a Smithsonian speakers series with Paul F. Johnston, NMAH, Betsy Bowers, Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, Courtney Hofman, NMNH, Douglas Herman, NMAI, and Douglas Baldwin, NASM. The Mennello Museum of American Art (Orlando) hosted African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights and Beyond, a Smithsonian American Art Museum traveling exhibition.

Virginia Mecklenburg also gave a talk about the exhibition.

JoAnn Moser, the American Art Museum, spoke at the Naples Museum of Art (Naples) about the traveling exhibition Multiplicity.

Georgia The David J. Sencer CDC Museum (Atlanta) hosted Design with the Other 90%: CITIES, the second in a series of themed exhibitions from the CooperHewitt, National Design Museum.

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The National World War II Museum (New Orleans) displayed the Congressional Gold Medal, organized for travel by SITES and NMAH.

General John R. “Jack” Dailey, NASM, welcomed the Carolinas Aviation Museum (Charlotte) to the Affiliations program. The museum also hosted At the Controls, a NASM exhibition.

North Carolina Transportation Museum (Spencer) presented Journey Stories, a Museum on Main Street exhibition.

Kim Skerritt, EdLab, led mission-based workshops at the International Museum of Art and Science (McAllen).

The museum also displayed Within the Emperor’s Garden: The Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute.

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The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (Spokane) exhibited Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Warriors: Photographs by Gertrude Käsebier, on loan from NMAH.

Maryland Rebecca Trautmann, NMAI, served on an exhibition jury at Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center (Solomons).

Massachusetts The American Textile History Museum (Lowell) hosted Suited for Space, a SITES exhibition.

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez declared March 1 New Mexico Museum of Space History Day in honor of the New Mexico Museum of Space History (Alamogordo) becoming a Smithsonian Affiliate. The museum unveiled its first Smithsonian loan, an Apollo Boilerplate Command Module, on loan from NASM, during the event.

Twenty additional space-related artifacts are also on loan from NASM.

Abolition, organized by the National Museum of American History.

Naomi Coquillon, NMAH, participated in a symposium at the African American Museum in Philadelphia (Philadelphia).

Three NASM artifacts were included in the Senator John Heinz History Center (Pittsburgh) exhibition 1968: The Year that Rocked America.

Puerto Rico Kim Skerritt, Smithsonian EdLab, and Allison Wickens, NPM, led the annual museum studies workshop at the Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos (Gurabo).

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