Smithsonian

Since its founding in 1846, the Smithsonian has been committed to inspiring generations through knowledge and discovery. The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum and research complex, consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities. Nearly 500 PhDs serve as scientists, researchers, historians, curators, and scholars for the Smithsonian. There are over 30 million visits to the Smithsonian annually. The total number of objects, works of art and specimens at the Smithsonian is estimated at 137 million.
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Managing Museums in the 21st Century, a My Armenia Program series (edX)

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Management & Leadership

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This course provides a broad introduction to various aspects of operating a museum. This course is not intended to serve as a primer for managing a museum, but rather as a resource for thinking about different approaches to museum operations and activities as shared by a number of diverse [...]

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Course Auditing

Management & Leadership

8.00 EUR

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Course Auditing

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The Designing for Textiles workshop provides those who work in traditional crafts-based media with an introduction, or refresher, to design education through the lens of Armenian textiles. Based on an in-person training program that took place in 2018 through the My Armenia program, this workshop is a series of [...]

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Course Auditing

6.00 EUR

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Course Auditing

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The course includes fundamental knowledge and skills an artisan needs to convert its craftsmanship from an amateur to business level. This course was delivered in the framework of the My Armenia Program of Smithsonian Institution between 2016-2020.

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Course Auditing

5.00 EUR

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Course Auditing

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Develop complex thinking with strategies from the National Gallery of Art and Project Zero at Harvard University, making connections to artworks, exploring viewpoints with empathy, and uncovering complexities, in this course for educators of all levels and subjects.

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Course Auditing

110.00 EUR

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Course Auditing

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This course encourages educators to engage students with the Smithsonian Institution’s experts and collections (both tangible and digital), as they follow Montgomery College-Smithsonian Faculty (MCSF) Fellows on their virtual 2021 series, “Addressing 21st-Century Challenges.”

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Course Auditing

54.00 EUR

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Course Auditing

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Teacher Professional Development

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Discover how museum objects can help learners explore the challenges and opportunities of living in a democracy and inspire civic action. How can educators of all disciplines prepare students to be active and informed participants in a democracy? Join us to explore this question through the lens of six [...]

The Smithsonian Summer Sessions: Teaching with Museum Objects Professional Certificate

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Course Auditing

Teacher Professional Development

54.00 EUR

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Course Auditing

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Teacher Professional Development

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Educators from six Smithsonian museums will dive deeply into the objects in their collections to interrogate the stories we know and tell our students. They will explore connections among their collections and model teaching strategies that participants can implement with their students.

The Smithsonian Summer Sessions: Teaching with Museum Objects Professional Certificate

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Course Auditing

Teacher Professional Development

54.00 EUR

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Course Auditing

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Educators from four Smithsonian museums will explore connections among their collections and model teaching strategies that participants can implement with their students, whether online or in the classroom. Teachers, don't miss this special opportunity to learn with four Smithsonian museums from [...]

Teaching

Interdisciplinary Teaching

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Course Auditing

63.00 EUR

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Course Auditing

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Explore how Star Trek's diverse crew prompted audiences to reconsider their own perceptions of different races and genders as well as their own place in the universe. Why has Star Trek , which began as a failed network series, become so influential? Instead of fading away, the Star Trek [...]

Star Trek: Inspiring Culture and Technology XSeries

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Course Auditing

39.00 EUR

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Course Auditing

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Explore how Star Trek inspires reflection on our own history, humanity, and place in the universe. Why has Star Trek , which began as a failed network series, become so influential? Instead of fading away, the Star Trek universe now encompasses feature films, additional television series, and a universe [...]

Star Trek: Inspiring Culture and Technology XSeries

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Course Auditing

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