ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was Sept. 8 -Sept. 11, 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.
Smithsonian museums begin the careful process of reopening to the public.
This is a sampling of approximately 1,810 media clips covering the Smithsonian.
Art and Design
Artist Maren Hassinger Has Spent Her Entire Career Mediating the Current Moment
Smithsonian.com – September 9, 2020
Trump Ended 2018 France Trip Having Art Loaded on Air Force One
Bloomberg – September 8, 2020
The New York Times – The Native Artists Showing Us What’s Happening in Indigenous America
Coronavirus and Reopening
Hand Sanitizer, Masks and Screenshots From Zoom: See What Museums Are Already Collecting to Tell the Story of COVID-19
Time Magazine – September 10, 2020
Smithsonian retools for post-COVID visitor tech
GCN – September 10, 2020
History, Culture and Education
National Museum of the American Indian Launches Inclusive Educational Resource
NBC4 – September 10, 2020
We now know that the Postal Service can change history. This museum has argued that for decades.
The Washington Post – September 10, 2020
The Art Newspaper – ‘Estamos unidos’- proposal for a new Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino awaits Senate consideration
Panda Cub
Newborn giant panda cub at National Zoo in D.C. is ‘packing on grams’
The Washington Post – September 11, 2020
National Zoo’s latest PandaCam shows Mei Xiang care for baby panda in reminder there is joy in this world
FOX 5 DC – September 5, 2020
Science and Technology
New Chinese Space Plane Landed At Mysterious Air Base, Evidence Suggests
National Public Radio – September 9, 2020
Acorn woodpeckers duke it out for days to win a prime breeding territory
Earth.com – September 7, 2020
Secretary Bunch
Virtual Conversation Planned in Conjunction With John Lewis Documentary
KFI AM 640 – iHeartRadio – September 10, 2020
Various Subjects
Where Do Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Stand on the Arts?
Hyperallergic – September 9, 2020
The New York Times – Things To Do At Home
The New York Times – How Has 2020 Challenged or Changed You
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Posted: 12 September 2020
