ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was October 19 – October 23, 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.
Our new normal continues to evolve, with virtual exhibitions, educational outreach, scientific research and more. Plus, the panda cub is getting fat.
This is a sampling of approximately 3,720 media clips covering the Smithsonian.
Art and Design
He photographed L.A. protests ‘almost as an afterthought.’ Now his pictures are part of history
Los Angeles Times – October 22, 2020
Carla Hall talks Smithsonian Craft Show, ‘Say Yes!’ podcast, ‘Plant Your Vote’ challenge
Good Morning Washington – October 20, 2020
The Art Newspaper – ‘We are not a suburb of Paris’, incoming director of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts champions a North American identity
Coronavirus and Reopening
How museums are changing amid COVID and BLM protests: ‘We’re working to capture this moment for future generations’
Yahoo – October 23, 2020
Public Schools Are in Crisis. Museums Can Help Fill the Gap—But Only If They Survive
Artnet – October 21, 2020
History, Culture and Education
Bloomberg New Voices: The Women in the Room
Bloomberg – October 21, 2020
How Girls Have Brought Political Change to America
Smithsonian.com – October 20, 2020
The Art Newspaper – Oklahoma to honour Native American art in new $175m museum
Kevin Young Named NMAAHC Director
Like Being A Poet, Writing About Black Culture Is A Calling, Kevin Young Says
National Public Radio – October 20, 2020
Kobe Bryant
Smithsonian museum honors Kobe Bryant by displaying his 2008 Finals jersey
CBS News – October 20, 2020
Kobe’s 2008 MVP jersey to be displayed at Smithsonian museum
Reuters – October 20, 2020
Kobe Bryant’s jersey goes on display at the African American history museum
The Washington Post – October 19, 2020
The New York Times – African-American History Museum Displays Kobe Bryant’s Jersey
Panda Cub
Panda cub is now as round as he is long
Wusa9 – October 22, 2020
Baby panda grows, crawls at National Zoo
The Washington Post – October 20, 2020
Science and Technology
Verizon and Smithsonian launch AR museums
CNET – October 22, 2020
Surprising leap in ancient human technology tied to environmental upheaval
National Geographic – October 22, 2020
How ancient humans confronted climate change
Axios – October 21, 2020
Vicious Woodpecker Battles Draw an Avian Audience
Scientific American – October 21, 2020
NASA will attempt today to take a sample from an asteroid 200 million miles from Earth
The Washington Post – October 20, 2020
Kojo For Kids: National Zoo Director Steve Monfort
WAMU 88.5 – American University Radio – October 19, 2020
Plan to retrieve Titanic radio spurs debate on human remains
Associated Press – October 18, 2020
Secretary Bunch
Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the New Memorial to Native American Veterans
Smithsonian.com – October 22, 2020
Various Subjects
Trump Supporters Rallied on Steps of National Museum of the American Indian
Hyperallergic – October 22, 2020
Posted: 29 October 2020