
Catching Up with Our Interns
June 2, 2021Since we last caught up with SIE interns Bre Patterson and Vic Garrett, they’ve been busy! They have worked their way through SIE’s 3D studio, fabrication, and graphics departments; helped produce and install exhibitions; and even met Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch! We checked in with them to see what they’ve… Read more

Birthday Comic
March 30, 2021Happy Birthday to Us! Okay, so a little early—our actual birthday is August 10—but it’s been a weird year and if we want our cake and comics a little early, so be it. This year, the Smithsonian turns the big 1-7-5! Which according to my notes … is well past… Read more

A Souped-Up Prototype
December 11, 2020What has eight cylinders, flashing lights, and vibrates when you touch it? The tactile engine prototype Smithsonian Exhibits recently designed and built for the National Air and Space Museum. This is a prototype of a hands-on interactive planned for NASM’s Nation of Speed exhibition, opening soon. NASM staff and… Read more

Meet Our New Interns!
November 23, 2020Smithsonian Exhibits is thrilled to welcome two new additions to our team: Bre’Launna Patterson and Victor Garrett who joined us in October for a year-long internship funded by the Smithsonian Institution. Bre and Vic will be working in SIE’s fabrication, graphics, and 3D studio departments. They will spend two months… Read more

Small Cars, Big Ideas
October 14, 2020After being closed for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) reopened to visitors on September 18 with a brand new installation: The Automobile and American Art. The installation features more than 130 model cars donated by collector Albert H. Small. The cars may… Read more

Looking for Signs
July 31, 2020In these uncertain times (I had to start with that for my professional writer pandemic bingo card), we are all looking for signs. Signs that things are getting better. Signs that we will actually love the new normal. Signs that we can start doing some of those things we took… Read more