Smithsonian Material Culture Forum, The Smithsonian at 175,
and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative and Museum
present
Always Making History: Women’s Stories in Smithsonian Collections
The 116th Material Culture Forum with the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum and the American Women’s History Initiative present a look at the five-year impact of AWHI and a vision of the future SAWHM. Hear from the Initiative’s staff, listen to curators from across the institution, and learn about the ways in which the Smithsonian seeks to tell a broad, inclusive narrative about the history of women in America.
Welcome
Michelle Delaney,
Assistant Director, History and Culture,
National Museum of American Indian
,
Speakers
Tey Marianna Nunn,
Director,
American Women's History Initiative
,
American Women’s History Initiative: Priorities and Accomplishments
One Book, One Smithsonian: A Collaborative Approach to Women’s History
Katie Knowles,
Metadata Coordinator,
American Women's History Initiative
,
Searching for Women: A Case Study Assessing the Discoverability of American Women’s History in the Smithsonian’s Public Digital Collections
Emily Margolis,
Curator,
National Air and Space Museum
,
Meredith Holmgren,
Research Associate,
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
and
Rachel Seidman,
Museum Curator,
Anacostia Community Museum
,
Facets of Curatorial Practice, A Conversation with AWHI-funded Curators
Katherine Ott,
Museum Curator,
National Museum of American History
and
Alexa Cunningham Cameron,
Curator, Contemporary Design,
Cooper Hewitt
,
What the Pool Fund Sponsored: Cross-Unit Collaboration in the Acquisition of the Sexual Evidence Kit
Ashleigh Coren,
Curator,
National Portrait Gallery
,
Christa May,
American Women's History Initiative
and
Chanelle Pickens,
American Women's History Initiative
,
Using Material Culture to Teach Women’s History
Kelly Doyle,
Open Knowledge Coordinator,
American Women's History Initiative
,
Open Knowledge and the Gender Gap
