SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONGLOBAL

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WHO ARE WE?

The Smithsonian Institution

• 19 museums • 9 research centers • 21 libraries • The National Zoo• 137 million objects/

art/specimens• 6,000+ employees• 6,500+ volunteers• 500 scientists• 500+ fellows• 180+ affiliate

museums

The national museum of the United States and the world’s

largest museum and research complex

Budget: $1.1 billion Onsite visitors, 2013: 30 million Online visitors, 2013: 140 million

National Museum of African American

History and Culture

African Art Museum National Air and Space Museum

National Air and Space Museum

Udvar-Hazy Center

American Art Museum

National Museum of the American Indian

American Indian Museum Heye

Center

Anacostia Community Museum

Arts and Industries Building

Freer GalleryCooper-Hewitt National Design

Museum

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture

Garden

National Museum of American History

The National Museum of Natural

History

Portrait Gallery

Postal Museum Renwick GallerySmithsonian CastleRipley Center

19 MUSEUMS AND THE SMITHSONIAN CASTLE

Sackler Gallery

• Archives of American Art• Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

(SAO)• Smithsonian Conservation Biology

Institute (SCBI)• Smithsonian Environmental Research

Center (SERC)• Smithsonian Institution Archives• Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)• Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort

Pierce• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

(STRI)

For more: www.si.edu/ResearchCenters

RESEARCH CENTERS

Undersecretaries

Secretary

Board of Regentsincluding

The Vice President of the United States The Chief Justice of the United States

Supreme CourtSix Senators and Representatives of the U.S.

CongressNine Prominent U.S. Citizens

19 Museums, 9 Research Centers, 21 libraries

National Zoo,180+ Affiliate Museums

National Festivals and EventsInternational partnerships

STRUCTURE• “Trust Instrumentality” of

U.S. Government• Regents include prominent

politicians and citizens• Straddle fine line between

being part of government and independent organization

FUNDING• In FY2014:

• $805M federal funding• Requested FY2015

• $851M federal funding (Salaries and Expenses, Facilities Capital budget, etc.)

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES

Federal Appropria-tions; 749.07; 66%

Contributions & Private Grants; 166.579; 15%

Government Grants & Contracts;

112.433; 10%

Endowment Payout/ Short-term Invest-ments; 53.38; 5%

Smithsonian Enterprises, $28 , 2%

Other $23 2%

FY 2010 Sources:

Federal and Trust (approx $1.1 billion)

Funding our work

• Founded in 1846 by an Englishman who never visited the United States

• Stated money was to establish an institution dedicated to “the increase and diffusion of knowledge”

WE HAVE INTERNATIONAL ORIGINS

SMITHSONIAN’S POTENTIAL INTERNATIONALLY IS UNPARALLELED

Breadth and depth

All disciplines, all corners of the world

Unparalleled engagement across natural and cultural landscapes

Tackling global challenges in an unmatched multidisciplinary fashion

Who is doing this work?

MAKING A GLOBAL IMPACT

“I have travelled from Morocco to South Africa working with artists and communities to better understand and represent the breadth and complexity of globally relevant topics for the continent and around the world.” - Karen Milbourne, Curator, NMAfA

“In Kenya, we’re training our Kenyan research team on cutting-edge excavation techniques.” – Briana Pobiner, Research Scientist and Museum Educator, NMNH

MAKING A GLOBAL IMPACT

“In Bhutan, we trained wildlife biologists to use blow darts to safely anesthetize wildlife.” – Suzan Murray, Supervisory Veterinarian, NZP

“In Bali, with our partners we are helping to train the next generation of local scientists to monitor biodiversity and provide data to policy makers for the sustainability and health of their marine ecosystems.” – Chris Meyer, Research Zoologist, NMNH

"Dan Sheehy (center) and I had the opportunity to meet a traditional Chinese toy-maker on the streets on Taierzhuang (Shandong Province) as part of fieldwork for the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival program on China.” – Jim Deutsch, Program Curator, CFCH

Broadening Access Revitalizing

Education Crossing Boundaries Strengthening

Collections Enabling the Mission

through Organizational Excellence

Measuring Outcomes Focusing on Grand

Challenges

SI STRATEGIC PLAN 2010-2015 INSPIRING GENERATIONS THROUGH KNOWLEDGE AND DISCOVERY

Smithsonian International:

Building the resilience of the world’s natural and cultural heritage

Natural Heritage:biodiversity, conservation, climate change, water, health

National Museum of

Natural History

National Zoological

Park

Smithsonian Conservatio

n Biology Institute

Smithsonian Tropical

Research Institute

Smithsonian Environmental Research

Center

SI Global Earth

Observatories & Marine Observatory

NetworkBarcode of

Life

Smithsonian Conservation Programs

Conservation

• Hundreds of scientists• Global reach • Worldwide partnerships• Unparalleled collections

Conservation

Applied Conservation

Training the Next Generation

Basic Research

Natural Heritage:biodiversity, conservation, climate change, water, health

Habitats

EcosystemsLandscapes

Species

Smithsonian Conservation: Program Sampling

Biodiversity Monitoring

and Assessment

Program Gabon

Comprehensive on the ground program and

toolkit to monitor the impact of

development on biodiversity

Wildlife & Human Health

USAID PREDICT

Monitoring and building

worldwide capacity to

identify emergence of new infectious

diseases in high-risk wildlife

Indonesia Biodiversity

Research Center

Building local scientific research capacity

through hands on joint research

Global Tiger Initiative

USAID Bagh

Leading global efforts to save

the earth’s largest land carnivore

Barcode of Life

Developing DNA barcoding

as global standard for the identification of

biological species. Global network of 200 members in 50

countries

SI GEO and Marine

Observatories

Taking the Earth’s

biological pulse – marine and

terrestrial

Panama Canal Ecosystems

Services

Researching land use on

water flow to assess

economic return from

investment in environmental

protection

Cultural Heritage:cultural recovery, cultural tourism, sustainable livelihoods, living heritage

Cultural Recovery Program

Folklife Festival and Marketplace

International Museum

Training and Advisory Services

19 Museums

Museum Conservation

Institute

Recovering Voices

Smithsonian Cultural Heritage Programs

Cultural Heritage

• Hundreds of specialists• Global reach • Worldwide partnerships• Unparalleled collections

Smithsonian Cultural Heritage: Program Sampling

Haiti Cultural Recovery

Training Haitians to rescue and

recover Haitian heritage after

the earthquake

Folklife Festival &

Marketplace

One of the top cultural events

in the US, drawing more than 1 million

visitors annually,

featuring 2-3 countries per

year.

Oman Natural History Museum

Supporting tourism

development, education, and

scientific research agendas through museum master

planning

Recovering Voices

Leading global recovery of

languages and knowledge

systems

Ghana Cultural Tourism

Integrated economic

development and

conservation program with culture and

capacity building at the

core

Education Strategies for

Cultural Sector

Linking cultural sector assets to

education reform

initiatives globally

Training Defense and

Border Control

Leading programs to train defense

and customs/border

control to understand and

stop flow of illicit trade in

cultural heritage

Education and Capacity Building:the core of all Smithsonian international programs

Smithsonian-Mason School of

Conservation

International Museum Training

and Advisory Services

Smithsonian Science Education

Center

Scientific Training and Fellowships

Professional Development

Programs

Smithsonian Education and Capacity Building Programs

• Capacity building is our ethos• “the increase and diffusion of

knowledge”• Tap into a vast network of

institutional partnerships• Not just a course, but the

beginning of long-term opportunities to partner with Smithsonian

Education & Capacity Building

SI RegentsCongress

SI ManagementFunders

SI Staff

Students Visitors

Universities

Kids & Families

Museums

Partners

Researchers

Professional Organizations

Special Interest Groups

International Agencies

Voters

Teachers Schools

CongressSI RegentsSI ManagementSI StaffFundersVotersUniversities

Kids & FamilyMuseumsVisitorsPartnersResearchersProfessional OrganizationsSpecial Interest Groups

Other Government AgenciesStudents, Teachers, and SchoolsInternational AgenciesResearch Centers

ACCOUNTABILITY

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