Smithsonian Affiliations is a division of the Smithsonian Institution that establishes long-term partnerships with non-Smithsonian museums and educational and cultural organizations in order to share collections, exhibitions and educational strategies and conduct joint research. Partner organizations are known as "Smithsonian Affiliates" and are allowed to use the tag line "In Association with the Smithsonian Institution" and the approved Smithsonian Affiliations logo on their website, programming, and marketing material. Any

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nonprofit or publicly operated educational entity can apply to become a Smithsonian Affiliate.

History

The Smithsonian Affiliations program was established in 1996 by Smithsonian Secretary

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with the approval of the Smithsonian Board of Regents, in response to several challenges the Institution faced at the time: a decrease in federal funding, limited storage space for expanding collections, and the need to make the Institution more reflective of the nation without operating additional museums outside of Washington, D.C.

Commission on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution

In 1993, the Commission on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution introduced the first proposal for initiatives promoting strategic, collections-based partnerships at the Institution. The Commission, composed of 22 members appointed by the Smithsonian Board of Regents, was charged with examining the Institution's ability to uphold

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's vision of an organization dedicated to "the increase and diffusion of knowledge" despite a changing society and increasing financial hardships. Of the four initiatives proposed by the Commission: Educate More of the Nation's People; Collections, Research and Exhibitions; Governance; and Assure the Future, two directly called for the creation of strategic partnerships and making artifacts in the collections accessible to other museums. To Educate More of the Nation's People: "Build

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with other museums, research centers, and educational institutions throughout the nation." Collections, Research and Exhibitions: "Shape a master plan for maintenance of the priceless collections, including the sharing of collections through long-term or permanent loans to partner institutions." Significant emphasis was placed on the benefits that partnerships with outside museums would create for the Institution. By dispersing artifacts to museums in a responsible way, the Commission believed it, "could make the Institution more reflective of our nation…

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address the problem of storing, curating, studying, and exhibiting the constantly growing collections."

Creating Smithsonian Affiliations

In 1996, during his second year as Secretary, Heyman observed several challenges facing the Institution. Closely aligned with the announcements presented by the "Commission on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution" in 1993, Heyman was faced with the challenges of dwindling storage for expanding collections, decreasing funds, and the need to reinforce the Smithsonian's identity as the nation's museum. In addition, the Institution began to see increased interest from outside museums for partnerships and loans of artifacts that extended beyond standing practices. Although collaborative agreements in the form of traveling exhibitions, joint exhibition sponsorship, and loans had been entered in the past by different Smithsonian museums, no infrastructure existed to provide institution-wide oversight and coordination of such partnerships. Heyman responded to these challenges by creating the Smithsonian Affiliations program to oversee and manage collections-based partnerships with other museums. As stated by the minutes from the Smithsonian Board of Regents meeting housed in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, the program was formally approved by the Board of Regents on September 15, 1996. Using the occasion of the Smithsonian Institution's 150th Anniversary, Smithsonian Affiliations was one of several outreach initiatives introduced by Heyman to expand the Institution's reach nationally. In addition to the Affiliations program, the Institution became more accessible through its presence on the World Wide Web and through the largest traveling exhibition Smithsonian ever mounted, ''America's Smithsonian''. Secretary Heyman made formal announcements about the Affiliations program while delivering opening remarks for the Smithsonian's ''150th Birthday Party on the Mall'' and in a number of cities for the opening of ''America's Smithsonian'': "The Smithsonian of the future must provide access to its collections and its vast resources. There is no value in being just the largest if we do not share the Smithsonian with as many people as possible. It means making sure those who cannot travel to Washington can somehow experience and enjoy the Smithsonian." – Secretary I. Michael Heyman

Growth of the program

The program was well-received by museums across the country. At the end of the 1997 fiscal year, there were already 21 organizations recognized as Affiliates. As of 2017, there are over 200 Affiliates.

Program overview

Smithsonian Affiliations considers membership proposals from organizations that will advance the Smithsonian Institution's mission and strategic plan. Successful applicants are non-profit or publicly operated organizations whose missions are directed toward advancing research, knowledge, and education in science, history, and the arts. The guidelines of Smithsonian Affiliations establishes that the Smithsonian Institution maintain appropriate control over all collections loaned and that Affiliates cover all costs associated with borrowing and exhibiting objects.Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents. "Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents Meeting Minutes, 15 September 1996, p. 52". Smithsonian Institution Archives. To qualify as an Affiliate, an organization must prove that it is able to properly care for, protect, and exhibit Smithsonian collections on a long-term basis. Strong applicants are organizations that are fiscally sound and capable of developing, installing, and evaluating professional exhibitions. While serving as an Affiliate, organizations are required to grant Smithsonian Institution curators and personnel access to visit borrowed artifacts, provide the Smithsonian with reports and information necessary to monitor the state of the partnership, and uphold the integrity of the Board of Regents.

Becoming an Affiliate

To become an Affiliate, organizations must submit an application package to Smithsonian Affiliations. Applicants are required to provide documentation that confirms IRS status as a

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entity and a narrative detailing how the agreement will be mutually beneficial. Applications must also include a copy of the institution's mission statement, an organizational chart, an annual report, and a facilities report that follows the American Alliance of Museums format. Once approved, Affiliates are required to sign a Smithsonian Affiliations Agreement form and are assigned a National Outreach Manager to oversee loans and projects. All loan agreements are set for defined period of time.

Programs and professional development

Affiliate organizations participate in a number of professional training, outreach, and programming initiatives coordinated by the Smithsonian Affiliations office. * Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference: At the annual conference, professionals of Affiliate organizations participate in a number of workshops, lectures, and training sessions led by Smithsonian, Affiliate, and museum industry experts. * Smithsonian Affiliations Visiting Professional Program: Professionals of Affiliate organizations receive training from Smithsonian officials while visiting and working in Washington, D.C.

Educational collaborations

The Smithsonian Affiliations program supports, develops, and organizes a number of collaborative programs to promote education in science, art, history, and culture. * National Youth Summit: ''The 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides'': This

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-funded program featured a distinguished panel of

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at the

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. The event was broadcast live to five Affiliate sites. Students across the country were able to engage panelists in dialogue about their experience as civil rights activists. * Places of Invention: The Places of Invention project is a collaboration between the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation (

) and Smithsonian Affiliations, supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. The program asks six Affiliate organizations to conduct community research for the purpose of documenting their community as a "place of invention". The results of this research will be included in the Lemelson Center's exhibition of the same name scheduled to open in 2015. * Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos: This program is a collaboration between Smithsonian Affiliations and the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. This program offers students the opportunity to research the composition of the universe and convert telescopic images into art projects. Thirteen Affiliate organizations participate in this collaboration, which teaches participants how to control MicroObservatory robotic telescopes over the internet and take astronomy images of the universe. Participant-generated images will be used in astrophotography exhibitions featuring the students' work. * Smithsonian Immigration/Migration Initiative: This large-scale initiative centered in the

and the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage recruited eight Affiliate partners to serve in its advisory group. This collaboration works to examine the ways young members of immigrant communities in the United States can tell their own story. The advisory group invites representatives to Washington, D.C. to discuss programs and collections that focus on immigration and migration in cities across the United States. * Spark!Lab Outreach Kit: The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation created traveling kits featuring its most popular and effective hands-on invention activities from the Spark!Lab. These kits were sent to five Affiliate museums. Between April 2011 and January 2012, more than 20,000 visitors used the Spark!Lab kits at Affiliate sites. * Let's Do History Tour: Educators from the

toured several cities for the purpose of influencing the way American history is taught by K-12 teachers. Smithsonian professionals introduced participants to teaching techniques, online tools, and educational content for use in classrooms. Affiliate organizations in the selected cities presented information on resources, in their collections and locally, that can be used when teaching American history. * Universal Design Webinar: This webinar was a collaboration between Smithsonian Affiliations, the American Alliance of Museums, and the Smithsonian Accessibility Program. It was developed to promote dialogue on universal design issues in museums. Twenty-four Affiliate organizations served as host sites. The program was transcribed into an article in Museum magazine.

List of Affiliates by state/country

Alabama

Anniston Museum of Natural History The Anniston Museum of Natural History is a museum in Lagarde Park, Anniston, Alabama, exhibiting more than 2,000 natural history items on permanent display, including minerals, fossils, and rare animals in open dioramas. In addition to explorin ...

( Anniston) *

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a large interpretive museum and research center in Birmingham, Alabama that depicts the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The Institute is located in the Civil Rights District, whic ...

( Birmingham) *

U.S. Space and Rocket Center The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama, showcasing rockets, achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Ow ...

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)

Alaska

* Anchorage Museum (

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)

Arizona

* Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum ( Bisbee) *

Heard Museum The Heard Museum is a private, not-for-profit museum in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art. It presents the stories of American Indian people from a first-person perspective, as well as exhibitio ...

( Phoenix) * Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix) * Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West ( Scottsdale) *

Arizona Historical Society The Arizona Historical Society (AHS) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to connect people through the power of Arizona's history. It does this through four regional divisions. Each division has a representative museum. The statewide di ...

( Tucson) * Arizona State Museum (Tucson) * Desert Caballeros Western Museum (

Wickenburg Wickenburg is a town in Maricopa and Yavapai counties, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 7,474, up from 6,363 in 2010. History The Wickenburg area, along with much of the Southwest, became part of ...

)

Arkanss

* Mid-America Science Museum (

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) *

Historic Arkansas Museum The Historic Arkansas Museum, sometimes called HAM, is a state history museum in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. The museum was created as part of the Arkansas Territorial Capitol Restoration Commission, by Act 388 of the 1939 Arkansas General As ...

( Little Rock)

California

* USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum ( Alameda) * Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts ( Alta Loma) *

Cerritos Library The Cerritos Library is the civic library for the City of Cerritos, California. It was rededicated on March 16, 2002, with the new moniker and the current futuristic design. It was the first building to feature an exterior clad with titanium pane ...

( Cerritos) *

Columbia Memorial Space Center The Columbia Memorial Space Center (CMSC) is a science museum in the Los Angeles area, at 12400 Columbia Way, City of Downey, California, US. It is owned and operated by Downey, and open to the general public as a hands-on space museum and activi ...

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) *

Western Science Center The Western Science Center (WSC), formerly the Western Center for Archaeology & Paleontology, is a museum located near Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet, California. The WSC is home to a large collection of Native American artifacts and Ice Age fossil ...

( Hemet) *

Museum of Latin American Art The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) was founded by Dr. Robert Gumbiner in 1996 in Long Beach, California, United States and serves the greater Los Angeles area. MOLAA is the only museum in the United States dedicated to modern and contempora ...

( Long Beach) * California African American Museum ( Los Angeles) * California Science Center (Los Angeles) * Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles) *

LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, also called LA Plaza is a Mexican-American museum and cultural center in Los Angeles, California, USA that opened in April 2011. The museum contains interactive exhibits designed by experience design expert Tali Krako ...

(Los Angeles) * Aerospace Museum of California (

McClellan Park McClellan Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sacramento County, California. McClellan Park sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States Census reported that McClellan Park's population was 743. It is the site of the former McClellan Ai ...

) *

Agua Caliente Cultural Museum The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum is a culture and history museum located in Palm Springs, California, United States, focusing on the Cahuilla people of the Coachella Valley. History The museum was established in 1991. Exhibits Collections A ...

( Palm Springs) *

California State Railroad Museum The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the state park system of California, United States, interpreting the role of the "iron horse" in connecting California to the rest of the nation. It is located in Old Sacramento State Historic ...

( Sacramento) *

Hiller Aviation Museum The Hiller Aviation Museum is an aircraft history museum located at the San Carlos Airport in San Carlos, California. The museum was founded by Stanley Hiller in June 1998. and is endowed by members of the Hiller family. It specializes in North ...

( San Carlos) *

Maritime Museum of San Diego The Maritime Museum of San Diego, established in 1948, preserves one of the largest collections of historic sea vessels in the United States. Located on the San Diego Bay, the centerpiece of the museum's collection is the '' Star of India'', an 1 ...

( San Diego) *

Museum of Us The Museum of Us (formerly known as the San Diego Museum of Man) is a museum of anthropology located in Balboa Park, San Diego, California and housed in the historic landmark buildings of the California Quadrangle. History The museum traces it ...

(San Diego) * San Diego Air and Space Museum (San Diego) * San Diego History Center (San Diego) *

Aquarium of the Bay Aquarium of the Bay is a public aquarium located at The Embarcadero and Beach Street, at the edge of Pier 39 in San Francisco, California. The aquarium is focused on local aquatic animals from the San Francisco Bay and neighboring rivers and w ...

( San Francisco) *

Museum of the African Diaspora The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco, California. MoAD holds exhibitions and presents artists exclusively of the African diaspora, one of only a few museums of its kind in the United States. Locate ...

(San Francisco) * The Mexican Museum (San Francisco) * Museum of Sonoma County (

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)

Colorado

*University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (

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) * Denver Museum of Nature and Science ( Denver) * History Colorado (Denver) * Littleton Museum ( Littleton) * Pinhead Institute ( Telluride) * Telluride Historical Museum (Telluride)

Connecticut

* Connecticut Historical Society ( Hartford) * Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center (

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) * Mystic Seaport Museum ( Mystic)

Delaware

Hagley Museum and Library The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington. Covering more than along the banks of the Brandywine Creek, the museum and grounds include the first du Pont ...

( Wilmington, Delaware)

Florida

* Bishop Museum of Science and Nature ( Bradenton) * The Museum of Arts and Sciences (

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) * Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex ( Merritt Island) * Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College ( Lakeland) * Florida International University ( Miami) * History Miami Museum (Miami) * Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (Miami) * The Baker Museum / Artis—Naples ( Naples) *

Orange County Regional History Center The Orange County Regional History Center is a private non-profit history museum located in downtown Orlando, Florida, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or Ameri ...

( Orlando) *

The Mennello Museum of American Art The Mennello Museum of American Art is an art museum located in the Howard Phillips' house in Loch Haven Park next to Lake Formosa in Orlando, Florida. The museum displays paintings and sculptures and contains at its core a permanent collection o ...

(Orlando) *

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden located at 900 South Palm Avenue in Sarasota, Florida. The Gardens are located on the grounds of the former home of Marie and William Selby. Flora The Gardens feature preserved collections ...

( Sarasota) * St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum (

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) *

Tampa Bay History Center Tampa Bay History Center is a history museum in Tampa, Florida. Exhibits include coverage of the Tampa Bay area's first native inhabitants, Spanish conquistadors, and historical figures who shaped the area's history, as well as a reproduction of a ...

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)

Georgia

* David J. Sencer CDC Museum ( Atlanta) * Georgia Aquarium (Atlanta) * Morris Museum of Art ( Augusta) *

Booth Western Art Museum Booth Western Art Museum, located in Cartersville, Georgia, is a museum dedicated to the Western United States. It is one of only two museums of its kind in the Southeastern United States, the other being the James Museum of Western and Wildlife ...

( Cartersville) * Tellus Science Museum (Cartersville) *

Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History is a museum in Kennesaw, Georgia, that contains a collection of artifacts and relics from the American Civil War, as well as from railroads of the state of Georgia and surrounding regions. Th ...

( Kennesaw) * Georgia's Old Governor's Mansion ( Milledgeville)

Hawaii

* Lyman Museum and Mission House (

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) *

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (formerly the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor) is a non-profit founded in 1999 to develop an aviation museum in Hawaii. Part of Senator Daniel Inouye's vision for a rebirth of Ford Island, the museum hosts a vari ...

( Honolulu) * Kona Historical Society (

Kealakekua Kealakekua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 2,019 at the 2010 census, up from 1,645 at the 2000 census. It was the subject of the 1933 popular song, "My Little Grass Shack in Keala ...

)

Illinois

* Schingoethe Center of Aurora University ( Aurora) * University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ( Champaign) * Adler Planetarium ( Chicago) * DuSable Museum of African American History (Chicago) * Shedd Aquarium (Chicago) * Northwest Territory Historic Center (

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) *

Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art The Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art is a museum dedicated to the lapidary arts with displays of gemstones, jewelry and bejeweled objects, and exhibits on earth science. The museum was founded in Elmhurst, Illinois, United States, in 1962, but ...

( Oak Brook) *

Peoria Riverfront Museum The Peoria Riverfront Museum is a private museum of art, science, history, and achievement located on the riverfront in downtown Peoria, Illinois in a building owned by the County of Peoria. The Museum has five major galleries and a dozen smaller ...

( Peoria)

Indiana

* Conner Prairie Interactive History Park ( Fishers) *

Indiana Historical Society The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is one of the United States' oldest and largest historical societies and describes itself as "Indiana's Storyteller". It is housed in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center at 450 West Ohio Street ...

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)

Iowa

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (NCSML) is a museum and library of Czech and Slovak history and culture located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the United States. Established in 1974, the museum and library moved to its present site in 19 ...

(

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) * The Putnam Museum & Science Center (

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) *Dubuque Museum of Art (

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) * National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium (Dubuque) * Grinnell College ( Grinnell)

Kansas

Cosmosphere Cosmosphere is a space museum and STEM education center in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States. It was previously known as the Kansas Cosmosphere. The museum houses over 13,000 spaceflight artifacts—the largest combined collection of US and R ...

( Hutchinson)

Kentucky

* Kentucky Historical Society ( Frankfort) * International Museum of the Horse ( Lexington) * The Frazier History Museum ( Louisville)

Louisiana

* National World War II Museum ( New Orleans) * Louisiana State Exhibit Museum (

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)

Maine

* Abbe Museum ( Bar Harbor)

Maryland

* Historic Annopolis (

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) *

B&O Railroad Museum The B&O Railroad Museum is a museum and historic railway station exhibiting historic railroad equipment in Baltimore, Maryland. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) company originally opened the museum on July 4, 1953, with the name of the Balti ...

(

Baltimore Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was d ...

) * Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry (Baltimore) * Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture (Baltimore) * College Park Aviation Museum ( College Park) * Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center ( Solomons)

Massachusetts

USS Constitution Museum The USS Constitution Museum is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard, which is part of the Boston National Historical Park in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The museum is situated near the ship at the end of Boston's Freedom Trail. The ...

( Boston) * Framingham State University ( Framingham) * Lowell National Historical Park ( Lowell) * Plimoth Patuxet Museums (

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) * Springfield Museums (

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)

Michigan

Yankee Air Museum The Yankee Air Museum is an aviation museum located at Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, Michigan. The museum has a small fleet of flying aircraft and a collection of static display aircraft outdoors. History The Yankee Air Force Inc. w ...

( Belleville) * Arab American National Museum (

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) *

Michigan Science Center The Michigan Science Center (MiSci) is a Smithsonian-affiliate science museum in Detroit, Michigan. The mission of the Michigan Science Center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engin ...

( Detroit) *Michigan State University Museum ( East Lansing) *

Air Zoo The Air Zoo, founded as the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, is an aviation museum and indoor amusement park next to the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport in Portage, Michigan. The Air Zoo holds many historical and rare aircraft, inc ...

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) * The Dennos Museum Center ( Traverse City)

Minnesota

* Bell Museum of Natural History - University of Minnesota (

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)

Mississippi

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( Jackson)

Missouri

* American Jazz Museum (

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) * Union Station Kansas City, Inc. (Kansas City) * Saint Louis Science Center ( St. Louis)

Montana

Museum of the Rockies Museum of the Rockies is a museum in Bozeman, Montana. Originally affiliated with Montana State University in Bozeman, and now also, the Smithsonian Institution, the museum is largely known for its paleontological collections. The Museum houses ...

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, Montana) * Montana Historical Society (

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Nebraska

Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum is a museum focusing on aircraft and nuclear missiles of the United States Air Force during the Cold War. It is located near Ashland, Nebraska, along Interstate 80 southwest of Omaha. The objective o ...

( Ashland) * University of Nebraska State Museum ( Lincoln) *

Durham Museum The Durham Museum (formerly known as the Durham Western Heritage Museum) is located at 801 South 10th Street in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The museum is dedicated to preserving and displaying the history of the United States' western region. The m ...

(

Omaha Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest city ...

)

Nevada

Las Vegas Natural History Museum The Las Vegas Natural History Museum is a private, nonprofit natural history museum that is located in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The exhibits focus on various subjects, from dinosaurs, marine life, and mammals both exotic and native, as well as ...

( Las Vegas) * National Atomic Testing Museum (Las Vegas)

New Jersey

Morris Museum Actively running since 1913, the Morris Museum is the second largest museum in New Jersey at . The museum is fully accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. Museum history 1913–1957: early years The Morris Children's Museum was founde ...

( Morristown)

New Mexico

* New Mexico Museum of Space History (

Alamogordo Alamogordo () is the seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States. A city in the Tularosa Basin of the Chihuahuan Desert, it is bordered on the east by the Sacramento Mountains and to the west by Holloman Air Force Base. The population was ...

) * National Museum of Nuclear Science & History ( Albuquerque) * New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (Albuquerque) * City of Las Cruces Museum System ( Las Cruces) * Hubbard Museum of the American West (

Ruidoso Ruidoso is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 8,029 at the 2010 census. The city of Ruidoso Downs and the unincorporated area of Alto are suburbs of Ruidoso, and ...

)

New York

Rockwell Museum The Rockwell Museum is a Smithsonian Affiliate museum of American art located in the Southern Tier region of New York in downtown Corning, New York. Frommer's describes it as "one of the best-designed small museums in the Northeast." In 2015, The ...

( Corning) *Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts ( New York City) *

Center for Jewish History The Center for Jewish History is a partnership of five Jewish history, scholarship, and art organizations in New York City: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute New York, Yeshiva University Museum, ...

(New York City) *

City Lore City Lore: the New York Center for Urban Culture was founded in 1986 and was the first organization in the United States devoted expressly to the "documentation, preservation, and presentation of urban folk culture." Their mission is to produce pr ...

(New York City) *

Museum of American Finance The Museum of American Finance is the United States's only independent public museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. Located in the Financial District in Manhattan, New York City, it ...

(New York City) * National Jazz Museum in Harlem (New York City) *Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden (New York City) * Long Island Museum ( Stony Brook)

North Carolina

* Carolinas Aviation Museum ( Charlotte) *Schiele Museum of Natural History ( Gastonia) *Greensboro History Museum ( Greensboro) * North Carolina Museum of History ( Raleigh) * North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (Raleigh) * Cape Fear Museum of History and Science ( Wilmington)

Ohio

* Cummings Center for the History of Psychology ( Akron) * Cincinnati Museum Center ( Cincinnati) * National Underground Railroad Freedom Center ( Cincinnati) * Western Reserve Historical Society ( Cleveland) * Ohio History Connection (

Columbus Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to: * Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer * Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio Columbus may also refer to: Places ...

) * The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art and Technology (

Newark Newark most commonly refers to: * Newark, New Jersey, city in the United States * Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey; a major air hub in the New York metropolitan area Newark may also refer to: Places Canada * Niagara-on-the ...

) * Springfield Museum of Art (

)

Oklahoma

Oklahoma History Center The Oklahoma History Center (OHC) is the history museum of the state of Oklahoma. Located on an plot across the street from the Governor's mansion at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City, the current museum opened in 2005 and is operated by t ...

( Oklahoma City) *

Science Museum Oklahoma Science Museum Oklahoma is a science museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The museum is home to the Kirkpatrick Planetarium, the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame and a number of specialized galleries. The facility covers over 390,000 square ...

(Oklahoma City) *

Stafford Air & Space Museum The Stafford Air & Space Museum is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma, Weatherford, Oklahoma, United States. The museum, named for NASA astronaut and Weatherford native Thomas P. Stafford, became a Smithsonian Affiliations, Smithsonian Affiliate in J ...

(Eatherford)

Oregon

High Desert Museum The High Desert Museum is located near Bend, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1982, it brings regional wildlife, culture, art and natural resources together to promote an understanding of natural and cultural heritage of North America's high ...

( Bend) *

Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals The Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals is a non-profit museum in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Located just north of the Sunset Highway on the northern edge of Hillsboro, the earth science museum is in the Portland metropolitan area ...

( Hillsboro) *

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is an aviation museum in McMinnville, Oregon. Its exhibits include the Hughes H-4 Hercules (''Spruce Goose'') and more than fifty military and civilian aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), and spac ...

( McMinnville)

Panama

Biomuseo Biomuseo is a museum focused on the natural history of Panama, whose isthmus was formed very recently in geologic time, with major impact on the ecology of the Western Hemisphere. Located on the Amador Causeway in Panama City, Panama, it was desig ...

( Panama City) * Museo del Canal Interoceánico de Panamá (Panama City)

Pennsylvania

* Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites ( Bethlehem) *

National Museum of Industrial History The National Museum of Industrial History (abbreviated NMIH), housed in the former facility of Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is a museum affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution that seeks to preserve, educate, and display the indus ...

(Bethlehem) *

Army Heritage and Education Center The United States Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC), at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, is the U.S. Army's primary historical research facility. Formed in 1999 and reorganized in 2013, the center consists of the Military History Instit ...

(

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

) * Mercer Museum & Fonthill Castle ( Doylestown) * Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor ( Easton) * The National Civil War Museum ( Harrisburg) * Antique Automobile Club of America Museum (

Hershey Hershey may refer to: People * Hershey (name), a list of people with the surname, given name or nickname Places * Hershey, Nebraska, a village * Hershey, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community, home to the chocolate company * Hershey, Cuba, ...

) * African American Museum in Philadelphia ( Philadelphia) *

National Museum of American Jewish History The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (The Weitzman) is a Smithsonian-affiliated museum at 101 South Independence Mall East (S. 5th Street) at Market Street in Center City Philadelphia. It was founded in 1976. History With ...

(Philadelphia) *

Senator John Heinz History Center The Senator John Heinz History Center, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is the largest history museum in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. Named after U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III (1938–1991) from Pennsylvania, it i ...

( Pittsburgh) * Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ( Strasburg)

Puerto Rico

* Arecibo Observatory / Angel Ramos Foundation Science and Visitor Center ( Arecibo) * Universidad Ana G. Mendez ( Gurabo) *

Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico The Museum of Art of Puerto Rico (Spanish: ''Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico'', abbreviated MAPR) is an art museum in Santurce, a barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with 18 exhibition halls. The museum is located in a historic building, formerly occup ...

(

San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to: Places Argentina * San Juan Province, Argentina * San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province * San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province * San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...

)

Rhode Island

* International Tennis Hall of Fame (

Newport Newport most commonly refers to: *Newport, Wales *Newport, Rhode Island, US Newport or New Port may also refer to: Places Asia *Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay Europe Ireland *Newport, County Mayo, a town on the ...

) * Rhode Island Historical Society ( Woonsocket)

South Carolina

South Carolina State Museum The South Carolina State Museum has four floors of permanent and changing exhibits, a digital dome planetarium (opened in 2014), 4D interactive theater and an observatory (both opened in 2014). The State Museum, is located along the banks of the Co ...

(

Columbia Columbia may refer to: * Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America Places North America Natural features * Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in ...

) * The Children's Museum of the Upstate ( Greenville) * Upcountry History Museum - Furman University (Greenville) * Coastal Discovery Museum (

Hilton Head Island Hilton Head Island, sometimes referred to as simply Hilton Head, is a South Carolina Lowcountry, Lowcountry resort town and barrier island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It is northeast of Savannah, Georgia, and southwest of C ...

) * York County Culture and Heritage Museums ( Rock Hill)

South Dakota

* South Dakota State Historical Society (

Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

) * National Music Museum ( Vermillion)

Tennessee

* Museum Center at 5ive Points ( Cleveland) * Museum of Appalachia (

Clinton Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton has frequently been used as a given ...

) * International Storytelling Center ( Jonesborough) *

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture is a museum located on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Built in 1963, exhibits focus on natural history, archaeology, anthropology, decorative arts, and local history. Lo ...

( Knoxville) *

Memphis Rock 'N' Soul Museum The Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum is a music museum located at 191 Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. The museum tells the critical story of the musical pioneers who overcame racial and socio-economic obstacles to create the music that changed ...

( Memphis) * National Civil Rights Museum (Memphis) * American Museum of Science and Energy ( Oak Ridge)

Texas

* City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department (

Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

) *

Frontiers of Flight Museum Frontiers may refer to: * Frontier, areas near or beyond a boundary Arts and entertainment Music * ''Frontiers'' (Journey album), 1983 * ''Frontiers'' (Jermaine Jackson album), 1978 * ''Frontiers'' (Jesse Cook album), 2007 * ''Frontiers'' ( ...

( Dallas) * Perot Museum of Nature and Science (Dallas) *

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is located on 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107 in the city's Cultural District. It was opened in 1945 as the Fort Worth Children's Museum and moved to its current location in 1954. In 1968, t ...

(

Fort Worth Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...

) * National Museum of the Pacific War ( Fredericksburg) * Space Center Houston ( Houston) * The Health Museum (Houston) * Irving Arts Center (

Irving Irving may refer to: People *Irving (name), including a list of people with the name Fictional characters * Irving, the main character's love interest in Cathy (comic strip) * Lloyd Irving, the main protagonist in the ''Tales of Symphonia'' vide ...

) * International Museum of Art and Science (

McAllen McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, and the 22nd-most populous city in Texas. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexico–United States border. The city limits extend ...

) * Ellen Noël Art Museum (

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

) * The Witte Museum ( San Antonio) * UTSA-Institute of Texan Cultures (San Antonio)

Vermont

Sullivan Museum and History Center The Sullivan Museum and History Center is the official museum of Norwich University, named for GENGordon R. Sullivan, USA (Ret.) '59. Located in Northfield, Vermont, and opened in 2007, the facility is 16,000 square feet and includes both permanen ...

(

Northfield Northfield may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Northfield, Aberdeen, Scotland * Northfield, Edinburgh, Scotland * Northfield, Birmingham, England * Northfield (Kettering BC Ward), Northamptonshire, England United States * Northfield, Connec ...

, Vermont)

Virginia

* National Inventors Hall of Fame ( Alexandria) * Birthplace of Country Music Museum ( Bristol) * Virginia Museum of Natural History ( Martinsville) * George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens ( Mount Vernon) * Hermitage Museum & Gardens ( Norfolk)

Washington

Whatcom Museum The Whatcom Museum (housed in the Old City Hall, Lightcatcher building and Syre Education Center) was originally built in 1892 as the city hall for the former town of New Whatcom, before it was joined with surrounding towns to form Bellingham, Was ...

( Bellingham) * Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture ( Seattle) * Museum of History and Industry (Seattle) *

The Museum of Flight The Museum of Flight is a private non-profit air and space museum in the Seattle metropolitan area. It is located at the southern end of King County International Airport (Boeing Field) in the city of Tukwila, immediately south of Seattle.< ...

(Seattle) * Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (Seattle) *

Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, formerly the Cheney Cowles Museum and the Pacific Northwest Indian Center, is located in Spokane, Washington's Browne's Addition. It is associated with the Smithsonian Institution, and is accredited by th ...

( Spokane)

West Virginia

* Heritage Farm Museum and Village ( Huntington)

Wisconsin

Kenosha Public Museum The Kenosha Public Museum, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, features displays of fine art, decorative art, and natural science specimens. Founded in 1933, and opened to the public in 1936 the museum currently is located at Kenosha's lakefront. Aside from ...

( Kenosha) *

Wisconsin Veterans Museum The Wisconsin Veterans Museum, located on Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, is dedicated to telling the stories of the veterans of the state of Wisconsin. The museum is composed of two galleries that chronicle the history of Wis ...

(

Madison Madison may refer to: People * Madison (name), a given name and a surname * James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States Place names * Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...

) *

Wisconsin Maritime Museum The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in the Lake Michigan port and shipbuilding city of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.. It preserves and teaches about the maritime history of the Great Lakes and Wisconsin. History The museum was foun ...

( Manitowoc)

Former Affiliates

* The Bakken Museum ( Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Outreach

Affiliate organizations exchange ideas, professional research, and information about programming and exhibitions through a variety of activities including lecture, traveling exhibitions, workshops and reciprocal membership.

Social media

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Loans and exhibitions

The following are representative samples of loans of artifacts, works of art, and scientific specimens loaned by the Smithsonian Institution to Smithsonian Affiliate organizations. The

loaned the

Pioneer (locomotive) ''Pioneer'' is the name of the first railroad locomotive to operate in Chicago, Illinois. It was built in 1837 by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Utica and Schenectady Railroad (U&S) in New York, then purchased used by William B. Ogden for t ...

, a Civil War-era locomotive, to the

Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was ...

for the exhibit ''The War Came by Train''. Thomas Moran's painting ''The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone'', in the collection of the

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ...

, was loaned to the

Buffalo Bill Historical Center The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, formerly known as the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, is a complex of five museums and a research library featuring art and artifacts of the American West located in Cody, Wyoming. The five museums include the ...

in Cody, Wyoming. The massive painting was on view from June 1, 2009 through October 31, 2009. Artifacts from the Bisbee Mineral Collection at the National Museum of Natural History were loaned to the Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum in Bisbee, Arizona for use in the exhibit ''Digging In: Bisbee's Mineral Heritage''. Over 140 space objects, including the original

Apollo 13 Apollo 13 (April 1117, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted aft ...

command module and the space suit worn by commanding astronaut James Lovell, were loaned to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson, Kansas. The

in Omaha, Nebraska borrowed 174 artifacts for the exhibit ''American Originals: Collections from the Smithsonian''. Borrowed artifacts included the jacket worn by Bob Keeshan while filming the children's television series, Captain Kangaroo, a three-wheel

Westcoaster Mailster The Westcoaster Mailster was a small three-wheeled vehicle used for mail delivery by the United States Post Office Department during the 1950s and 60s. They could haul 500 pounds of mail, including large parcels, versus the 35-pound limit of a foot ...

used by the United States Postal Service in the 1960s, and two oil on canvass paintings of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Seneca Chief Red Jacket. The

loaned Kermit the Frog to the

National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium is a museum located in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. The museum is a property of the Dubuque County Historical Society, which also operates the Mathias Ham Historic Site. The museum has two buildings on it ...

in Dubuque, Iowa for use in the exhibit ''Toadally Frogs!'' The Annmarie Sculpture Garden in Solomons, Maryland has over 20 sculptures on loan from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. The National Museum of Natural History loaned the Smithsonian Community Reef to the

Putnam Museum The Putnam Museum and Science Center, formerly Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, is a museum of history and natural science and a science center in Davenport, Iowa, United States. The museum was founded in 1867, and was one of the first mus ...

and IMAX Theatre in

Davenport, Iowa Davenport is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States. Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a ...

. The reef is composed of thousands of crocheted natural reef forms and was a highlight of the Sant Ocean Hall exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History . "The Peoria Falcon," a sheet of copper stylized in the form of a falcon, was loaned to the

Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences The Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences was a public museum of science and culture located in Peoria, Illinois. It opened in 1965, and contained a planetarium that opened in 1963. The 36-foot planetarium was set as the sun in the largest to scal ...

(now Peoria Riverfront Museum) in

Peoria, Illinois Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the city had a population of 113,150. It is the principal city of the Peoria ...

by the National Museum of Natural History. The artifact was created during the

Mississippian Period The Mississippian ( , also known as Lower Carboniferous or Early Carboniferous) is a subperiod in the geologic timescale or a subsystem of the geologic record. It is the earlier of two subperiods of the Carboniferous period lasting from roughly ...

and excavated near Peoria, Illinois in the late 1850s. The

National Postal Museum The National Postal Museum, located opposite Union Station in Washington, D.C., United States, covers large portions of the Postal history of the United States and other countries. It was established through joint agreement between the United S ...

loaned the Railway Post Office to the

North Carolina Transportation Museum The North Carolina Transportation Museum is a museum in Spencer, North Carolina. It is a collection of automobiles, aircraft, and railway vehicles. The museum is located at the former Southern Railway's 1896-era Spencer Shops and devotes much ...

Spencer, North Carolina Spencer is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States, incorporated in 1905. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 3,267. History The town was named for Samuel Spencer, first president of the Southern Railway, who is credi ...

. The National Museum of Natural History loaned an 18-karat gold Monopoly set covered with precious gemstones to the

New York, New York New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Uni ...

. The board game was designed by artist

Sidney Mobell Sidney F. Mobell (April 10, 1926 – November 4, 2022) was an American artist, jeweler, and philanthropist from San Francisco. He owned Mobell Jewelry and was known for his designs of everyday objects made of gold and jewels. He lived in Hillsbo ...

. The National Museum of Natural History loaned the skeleton of the racehorse, "Lexington," to the International Museum of the Horse in Lexington, Kentucky The top hat worn by president Abraham Lincoln on the night of his assassination was loaned to the

Blackhawk Museum The Blackhawk Museum (founded 1988) consists of five distinct galleries in one facility located in Danville, California. It is best known for its significant collection of classic, rare, and unique automobiles. In addition to its gallery ''Classic ...

in Danville, California by the

. The exhibit, ''Smithsonian Expeditions: Exploring Latin American and the Caribbean'' at the Miami Museum of Science, borrowed several artifacts from the National Museum of Natural History including painted gourds and a 5-foot-tall monolith from the Nicaraguan island of Momotombito. The

borrowed over 40 artifacts from the National Museum of the American Indian for the exhibit ''We Walk in Two Worlds: The Caddo, Osage and Quapaw in Arkansas''. The

loaned three

José Campeche José Campeche y Jordán (December 23, 1751 – November 7, 1809), is the first known Puerto Rican visual artist and considered by art critics as one of the best rococo artists in the Americas. Campeche y Jordán loved to use colors that referenc ...

paintings to the

in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has on loan from the

a Bantam Jeep and a piece of the original

Star Spangled Banner Flag The Star-Spangled Banner, or the Great Garrison Flag, was the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. It is on exhibit at the National Museum of Am ...

. Yokohama prints from the

Freer Gallery of Art The Freer Gallery of Art is an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. focusing on Asian art. The Freer and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery together form the National Museum of Asian Art in the United States. The Freer and Sac ...

and the

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., focusing on Asian art. The Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art together form the National Museum of Asian Art in the United States. Th ...

were loaned to the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, California for the exhibit ''Japan After Perry: Views of Yokohama and Meiji Japan''. The

loaned stamp designs and drawings created by president Franklin D. Roosevelt to the

in Danville, California.

References

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