ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was June 22 – June 26, 2020
No one can keep up with everything, so let us do it for you. We’ll gather the top Smithsonian stories from across the country and around the world each week so you’ll never be at a loss about what’s happening in our world.
Nope, racist Teddy Roosevelt belongs to that other natural history museum.
This is a sampling of approximately 2,810 media clips covering the Smithsonian.
Art and Design
Arthur Jafa’s searing chronicle of Black America to be screened by museums worldwide for 48 hours
The Art Newspaper – June 25, 2020
Art activism: Stories behind murals, street paintings and portraits created in protest
USA Today – June 22, 2020
Editors’ Picks: 12 Events for Your Virtual Art Calendar This Week, From the Making of a Gerhard Richter Documentary to an Online Fair for Digital Art
Artnet – June 22, 2020
History, Culture and Education
America’s blue-chip collectors rush to preserve artefacts from protests
The Economist – June 25, 2020
MPD offers Black history course for veteran officers and cadets
Wusa9 – June 24, 2020
Smithsonian Folklife Festival goes online this year
WTOP.com – June 22, 2020
The Racist Statue of Theodore Roosevelt Will No Longer Loom Over the American Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian.com – June 23, 2020
“It’s history in making” – Museums preserve the historic protests
CGTN – June 20, 2020
Science and Technology
City Lights: Be Proud at Home with Latinx Pride or Peek Into a Ferret Family’s Home
Washington City Paper – June 24, 2020
Scientists are searching the universe for signs of alien civilizations: ‘Now we know where to look’
USA Today – June 20, 2020
Secretary Bunch
‘You can’t be a historian of black America without being hopeful,’ says Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch
The Washington Post – June 26, 2020
21 Lessons From America’s Worst Moments
Time Magazine – June 25, 2020
Police Reform Alone Won’t Stop Another George Floyd from Being Murdered
Newsweek – June 25, 2020
“Slavery is Embedded in Everything” Says The Smithsonian’s Lonnie Bunch
PBS – Amanpour and Company – June 20, 2020
The New York Times – ‘Sad and Joyful’ N.Y.C. Marks Juneteenth After a Month of Protest
Various Subjects
Smithsonian completes $250 million-plus deal for new headquarters
Washington Business Journal – June 26, 2020
Kennedy Center cancels most of schedule through 2020
The Washington Post – June 23, 2020
Oris Sanjur asume como directora interina del Smithsonian, primera mujer y panameña
Telemetro Panamá – June 22, 2020
Museums can reopen during DC’s Phase 2, but the Smithsonian is staying closed
Wusa9 – June 20, 2020
THE ATHLETIC_IS IT TIME FOR THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS TO DROP THEIR NATIVE AMERICAN LOGO
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Posted: 26 June 2020
