ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was Sept. 21 – Sept. 25, 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.
Museums struggle to find funding as they reopen to the public.
This is a sampling of approximately 2,000 media clips covering the Smithsonian.
Art and Design
The Smithsonian and the V&A Abandon a Highly Anticipated Plan to Jointly Curate a Gallery in London
Artnet – September 21, 2020
Inside Philanthropy – Visual Arts Organizations Scramble to Sustain Fundraising
Coronavirus and Reopening
These Museums Have Reopened In D.C.
DCist – September 24, 2020
More Smithsonian museums to reopen this week
FOX 5 DC – September 21, 2020
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, National Museum of the American Indian Will Reopen
NBC Washington – September 21, 2020
D.C. has new criteria for a Phase 3 move. It’s meeting some goals, but is far from others.
The Washington Post – September 21, 2020
DC officials hope Smithsonian Museum reopening’s will help cover 81% drop in tax revenue
WJLA.com – September 19, 2020
History, Culture and Education
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
BBC-World Service Radio – September 24, 2020
Four principles to guide us on whose statues should topple and whose should remain
The Washington Post – September 21, 2020
Giant panda cub in National Zoo gets first checkup
Today.com – September 22, 2020
WATCH: National Zoo’s panda cub gets first vet exam
WTOP.com – September 21, 2020
Science and Technology
Natural Debate: Do Forests Grow Better With Our Help or Without?
Yale Environment 360 – September 24, 2020
The only black hole we’ve ever seen has a shadow that wobbles
MIT Technology Review – September 23, 2020
Secretary Bunch
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on How the Institution Builds Its Collections
Smithsonian.com – September 22, 2020
Reopening the art world during COVID
CBS Sunday Morning – September 20, 2020
Various Subjects
President Trump Executive Order Critiques Smithsonian Lesson On Whiteness
DCist – September 23, 2020
Trump issues order banning certain types of race training from federal contractors, grant recipients
Fox News – September 23, 2020
Boo at the Zoo Is Still Happening This Year—With a Covid-Era Twist | Washingtonian (DC)
Washingtonian Magazine – September 23, 2020
Philanthropist David Rubenstein weighs in on Confederate monuments, his life during Covid-19 and, yes, the pandas
WTOP.com – September 21, 2020
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Posted: 29 September 2020
