ICYMI: Highlights from the week of Feb. 4 – Feb 11, 2022
This is a sampling of approximately 4,600 media clips covering the Smithsonian this week.
Art and Design
Obama portrait tour extended to two more cities
The Washington Post – February 9, 2022
‘The Obama Portraits Tour’ adds stops in San Francisco, Boston
The Hill – Floor Action – February 9, 2022
New Directors
New director of Smithsonian’s American Indian museum welcomes multiple points of view
The Washington Post – February 9, 2022
New director at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian shares priorities of building collaboration with Indigenous communities
Navajo-Hopi Observer – February 8, 2022
Smithsonian announces new director for Cooper Hewitt Design Museum
Blooloop – February 9, 2022
Maria Nicanor is tapped to lead the Cooper Hewitt
The Architect’s Newspaper – February 8, 2022
Jorge Zamanillo Appointed Founding Director of Smithsonian’s Latino Museum
Artforum – February 7, 2022
Jorge Zamanillo Named Director of Smithsonian’s Forthcoming National Museum of the American Latino
ARTnews – February 7, 2022
History, Culture and Education
Reconstruction and the search for the Promised Land
MSNBC – February 10, 2022
The roots of the celebrity chefs pitching Super Bowl recipes may surprise you
The Washington Post – February 11, 2022
How Museum Curator Ariana Curtis Makes Sure Afro-Latinx History Stays Alive
Refinery29 – February 9, 2022
Reconstruction is often overlooked. A Smithsonian Black history exhibit says it’s an ongoing process
USA Today – February 7, 2022
Smithsonian to receive items from Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Hill – Floor Action – February 7, 2022
Science and Technology
A ‘dancing’ Stanley crane named Alice has died at D.C.’s National Zoo
The Washington Post – February 10, 2022
Meet Linda, the National Zoo’s new ostrich
WUSA-TV – February 10, 2022
National Zoo Marks 50 Years of Its Giant Panda Program
NBC Washington – February 7, 2022
Secretary Bunch
Smithsonian secretary on Black History Month
CBS This Morning – February 7, 2022
Lonnie Bunch
PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover – February 7, 2022
The search for lost slave ships led this diver on an extraordinary journey
National Geographic – February 7, 2022
Various Subjects
Smithsonian museums struggle to keep national treasure above water
The Georgetown Voice – February 7, 2022
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Posted: 14 February 2022
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