take a Smithsonian quest

Hey Affiliate educators and your teacher colleagues - join Smithsonian online conferences on the second Wednesday of each month. Upcoming conferences explore civil and women's rights, and immigration. Then take your students on a Smithsonian quest to earn digital badges (for Culture Keeper, Time Traveler, H20 Hero and more!)

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coming up in Affiliateland

FLORIDA
The Mennello Museum of American Art opens the African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond exhibition, with 100 artworks on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in Orlando, 2.1.

OHIO & PENNSYLVANIA
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and Heinz History Center take part in the National Youth Summit on Abolition, in partnership with the National Museum of American History, in Cincinnati & Pittsburgh, 2.11.

CALIFORNIA
The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum opens Native FilmFest with National Museum of the American Indian guest programmer Elizabeth Weatherford, in Palm Springs, 2.27.

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*Save the date*
Reception for Affiliates at the AAM annual meeting in Baltimore, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 5-8pm.

mobile app clinic

Join our upcoming Mobile Clinic on February 27 and learn about a new opportunity to share open source app technology - for free - with the Smithsonian.

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conference highlight:
new learning spaces

At the annual conference (June 10-12 in Washington, D.C.), we'll visit 5 Smithsonian education spaces, inspiring SI and Affiliate colleagues to learn from each other about these vibrant centers of learning.

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and there's more...

kudos and press roundup

jobs exchange

*updated* Affiliations fact sheet

Register for the free National Youth Summit on Abolition, February 11.

March '13 - Museums & Young Children seminar. Affiliate discounts!

SA-Q:

What's an SA-Q?! It's Black History Month! Name an Affiliate w/a current African American-focused exhibition or artifact. 1st correct answer wins!