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Summary

As the year 2009 came to an end, Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough shared the 2009 statistics and notable achievements with the staff. In 2009: 30 million visitors explored the Smithsonian's museums; 188 people visited the Smithsonian's web sites; 4,800 educators attended Teacher's Night; a 3,000 pound telescope was sent to the National Air and Space Museum; 90 exhibitions opened; 3 clouded leopard babies were born as the National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center; the Smithsonian Channel won two Emmy Awards and Folkways won one Grammy Award.

Subject

  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Smithsonian Networks
  • Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
  • Conservation Biology Institute (National Zoological Park)
  • Smithsonian Business Ventures

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Wayne Clough, SI Email Announcements, Friday December 18, 2009

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

2009

Topic

  • Endangered ecosystems
  • Emmy Awards
  • Museums
  • Leopards
  • Educators
  • Rare animals
  • Grammy Awards
  • Habitat conservation
  • Wildlife
  • Telescopes
  • Exhibitions
  • Internet
  • Web sites
  • Training of
  • Museum visitors
  • Teachers--Training of
  • Teachers
  • Wildlife conservation
  • Endangered species

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