Smithsonian

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  2/1/2021
  

  Historically Speaking: 400 Souls—A Conversation with Ibram Kendi and Keisha N. Blain – Tuesday, 2/2

  Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain will join the NMAAHC for a discussion of their new book "400 Souls." 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/8/2021
  

  The Smithsonian Is Collecting Objects From the Capitol Siege

  Smithsonian Director Lonnie Bunch III discusses the necessity of preserving evidence of the riot at the Capitol. 

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• SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
  12/16/2020
  

  What Americans Don’t Know about Latino History Could Fill a Museum

  by Stephen Pitti

  "[Senator Mike] Lee’s exaggerations sidestepped every available fact about Latinos in the United States. They caricatured the views of the museum’s supporters, including historians, museum professionals, community leaders and business executives."

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  12/8/2020
  

  Rosie the Riveter Gets Her Due 75 Years After the End of World War II

  This month, women war industry workers from the World War II era were collectively awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, an honor a dwindling number have survived to enjoy. 

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• 12/13/2020
  

  Senator Mike Lee Disregards History While Claiming to Support American Unity

  by Matt Chumchal

  Senator Mike Lee this week claimed proposed museums dedicated to the history of women and Latino/as in America would foster division by ethnicity and sex. A biology professor shares an experience with the new National Museum of African American History and Culture and argues that the proposed museums are in fact needed to create the understanding needed to forge unity.

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  12/10/2020
  

  'Hyphenated Identity Groups': Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee Blocks Legislation For Latino And Women History Smithsonians

  "Claiming 'the last thing we need is to further divide an already divided nation,' Lee blocked proposals to establish the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/3/2020
  

  Congress Takes Crucial Step toward Establishing Latino and Women’s History Museums

  The proposed museums would follow the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in 2016. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/30/2020
  

  Smithsonian Archives of American Art Gathers an Oral History of 2020

  The National Archives of American Art has been moving aggressively to document artists' responses to the concurrent social traumas of 2020, including the pandemic, police violence and protests, and a tumultuous election campaign. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  11/17/2020
  

  A Bold Anthology Shows How R-I-G-H-T and W-R-I-T-E Come Together in Black Poetry

  The incoming director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture has published an anthology of Black American poetry that speaks to the ways that the arts and poets in particular have articulated and spread the cause of liberation. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/15/2020
  

  Where Is the Smithsonian Museum for American Latinos?

  by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Ken Salazar

  A former Florida Congresswoman and the former Interior Secretary present bipartisan advocacy for an American Latino Museum. 

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• SOURCE: WAMU
  11/9/2020
  

  The Smithsonian Will Open A National Native American Veterans Memorial In D.C. Wednesday

  The National Native American Veterans Memorial will open with virtual programming, including a tour and video tribute, on Wednesday, November 11.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/30/2020
  

  Smithsonian Taps N.Y. Cultural Director To Lead African American Museum

  Since 2016, Kevin Young has been director of the Schomburg Center, a division of the New York Public Library and an important cultural organization in Harlem.

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• SOURCE: Hyperllergenic
  7/27/2020
  

  Congress Votes in Favor of Creating National Museum of the American Latino

  If approved by the Senate, it would become the first Smithsonian museum specifically dedicated to the history and culture of Latinx communities.

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• 7/19/2020
  

  Monumental Folly

  by Pete Daniel

  Change is on the front foot, and this is no time to allow wealth and ignorance to gain ground.  Achiever exhibits and sculpture gardens seem pathetic sideshows to the powerful history of the country.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  7/1/2020
  

  Do American Indians Celebrate the 4th of July?

  The history of American Indian people's relationships with the federal government has shaped complex traditions of observing (or not) July 4th. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/23/2020
  

  ‘You can’t be a historian of black America without being hopeful,’ says Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch

  In this interview, Lonnie Bunch discusses the purpose of the Smithsonian in 2020, the future of museums as institutions, and his own career path.

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• SOURCE: National Museum of African American History and Culture
  5/31/2020
  

  National Museum of African American History and Culture Releases “Talking About Race” Web Portal

  Research shows that many people feel they do not have the information needed to discuss race in a way that is candid, safe and respectful of other viewpoints and experiences.  

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
  5/31/2020
  

  Secretary Lonnie Bunch: It Is Time for America to Confront Its Tortured Racial Past

  by Lonnie G. Bunch III

  This moment, says the Smithsonian secretary, should be the ‘impetus for our nation to address racism and social inequities in earnest.’

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• SOURCE: Senator Dianne Feinstein
  3/11/2020
  

  Feinstein, Collins Urge Vote on Legislation to Establish Smithsonian Women's History Museum

  Senators Feinstein and Susan Collins (R, ME) renewed a bipartisan call for the Senate to vote onSmithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/12/20
  

  The House just passed a bill to create a women’s history museum. Only one congresswoman voted against it.

  The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to approve the creation of a national women’s history museum as part of the Smithsonian Institution’s network of museums in Washington.