Wayne Clough, “Smithsonian Forever”

August 18th, 02009 by Stewart Brand

Wayne Clough

The Smithsonian’s long now

[Note for those who mentally enunciate words while reading: the last name is pronounced "Cluff."]

Secretary Clough reminded the audience that we own the Smithsonian, and what that amounts to is 19 museums and galleries containing 137 million objects, plus the National Zoo and 20 libraries. Each year the Smithsonian has 27 million visitors. In addition there are numerous research centers with activities in 88 countries.

That’s the Smithsonian’s short now—it’s current profile to fulfill its abiding mission to help society understand and remember itself. The Institution’s long now reaches back quite a ways and hopes to reach into the future…

Read the rest of Stewart Brand’s Summary

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 18th, 02009 at 10:18 am and is filed under Seminars.

  • http://hangingtogether.org/?p=729 hangingtogether.org » Blog Archive » The Smithsonian Challenge – Dr Wayne Clough @ SALT

    [...] [Here you find Steward Brand’s summary of the talk, and here an mp3 of the talk and q&a.] Related posts:Beyond the Silos of the LAMs [...]

  • http://el-oso.net David Sasaki

    I feel like a jerk for always leaving the same comment, but if I send someone a link to this page (or if I bookmark in on delicious) then there’s no way for them to know that a MP3 file of the talk is available. Please start linking to the mp3′s from the blog posts. Thanks.

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