ICYMI- Highlights from the week of Jan. 17 – Jan. 21, 2022
This is a sampling of approximately 2,630 media clips covering the Smithsonian this week.
Art and Design
Infinitely Dancing Hearts: Hirshhorn and Albright-Knox Museums Jointly Acquire Kusama ‘Infinity Room’
ARTnews – January 20, 2022
Albright-Knox teams up with Smithsonian museum to acquire Yayoi Kusama installation
The Buffalo News – January 20, 2022
Marcel Duchamp and the meaning of art
CBS Sunday Morning – January 16, 2022
COVID-19
Here’s what you need to know about visiting museums in D.C. right now
Washington Post – January 21, 2022
Workers are calling out sick in droves, leaving employers scrambling
NPR – January 18, 2022
Smithsonian Cuts Museum Hours Amid Staff Shortage Due to COVID
NBC Washington – January 17, 2022
History, Culture, and Education
Smithsonian exhibition coming to 6 Massachusetts towns
Associated Press – January 15, 2022
Newly Minted Maya Angelou Quarters Enter Circulation and Make History
Smithsonian Magazine – January 14, 2022
NMAI Director
Cynthia Chavez Lamar becomes the first Native woman to lead a Smithsonian museum
NPR – January 20, 2022
First Native woman to lead Smithsonian American Indian museum
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY – January 19, 2022
Cynthia Chavez Lamar Becomes First Native Woman to Lead a Smithsonian Museum
ARTnews – January 19, 2022
Science and Technology
Smithsonian National Zoo welcomes adorable new baby porcupine
WUSA-TV – January 20, 2022
Surfacing Women in Science with the Smithsonian
The Keyword – January 19, 2022
A shockwave from the South Pacific
Reuters – January 18, 2022
How the Tonga volcano generated a shock wave around the world
The Washington Post – January 16, 2022
We Booped the Sun
The Atlantic – January 17, 2022
Secretary Bunch
The road to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday becoming a national holiday
TheGrio – January 17, 2022
Various Subjects
Push continues for National Museum of American Latino on National Mall
WTOP-FM – January 16, 2022
Wintry weather returns to Washington; city records lowest temperature in three years
The Washington Post – January 16, 2022
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