Genome | Do-It-Yourself Exhibits

By filling out this application, you are requesting access to the National Museum of Natural History’s Do-It-Yourself Exhibit toolkits. Once submitted, your request will be reviewed, and an email will be sent when approved. If you have any questions while filling out this form, please email NMNH-ExhibitsDIY@si.edu.

Person Requesting Access

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Your Organization

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Type of Organization

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Planned Use of DIY Exhibit Toolkit

Where will you display this exhibit? This field is required.

Please provide the name of the location, address if possible. Please note if there will be multiple locations.

When do you plan for the exhibit to be displayed? This field is required.

Please list the launch date and duration of your exhibit. Please include additional locations and duration, if applicable.

Which exhibit materials do you anticipate you will use?

You will get access to all available materials if this request is approved. We are simply curious.

Pre-designed panels

(title panel and panel 1 always required)

Multimedia

(if available)

Customizable panels

(if available)

Programming

(if available)

Which language(s) will you use?

Please note, not all DIYs are available in the below languages.

English

Available for all exhibits

Spanish

Available for all exhibits

Arabic

Available for: Cellphone, Outbreak, Genome, Human Origins

French

Available for: Cellphone, Outbreak, Genome, Human Origins

Traditional Chinese

Available for: Cellphone, Outbreak, Genome, Human Origins

Simplified Chinese

Available for: Cellphone, Outbreak, Genome, Human Origins

Portugues

Available for: Outbreak, Human Origins

Vietnamese

Available for: Outbreak, Human Origins

Hindi

Available for: Outbreak, Human Origins

Indonesian

Available for: Outbreak, Human Origins

Swahili

Available for: Outbreak

Japanese

Available for: Human Origins

Amharic

Available for: Human Origins

Provide own translation

Available for: Outbreak only

Language needed not offered

Language

Do you anticipate adding your own additional materials to the exhibit?

Yes

If yes, please explain specifically what you will add.

Do you anticipate using customizable panel templates?

Please note, not all DIYs offer customizable panel templates.

Yes

How did you hear about DiY?

Please tell us how you heard about the Do-it-Yourself exhibits.

Word of mouth

The museum's website

Social Media

In an exhibit at the museum

Through museum correspondence

SI Affiliates

Professional conference

State Department or other Government official

American Library Association (ALA)

Other…

Usage Agreements

I/We agree to use the DIY toolkit and all materials (collectively the “Materials”) for educational purposes and not for any commercial or profit-making purpose. I understand the Materials included are solely for the purpose of physical exhibition and display during public engagement activities with the DIY exhibit I am hosting. This field is required.

I/We agree to not alter any Materials pre-designed by NMNH included in the Toolkit. The NMNH predesigned Materials includes but are not limited to: content panels, promotional materials, resources, and multimedia. This field is required.

I/We agree that the title panel and first content panel will be present at all times during the exhibit display. This field is required.

I/We understand I am responsible for all costs associated with exhibiting and displaying the Materials. This field is required.

I/We agree that by creating a Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Do-It-Yourself Exhibition, I am not intending to create a partnership or joint venture relationship with the Smithsonian or NMNH. This field is required.

I/We agree to only use the DIY exhibit for up to five years. This field is required.

I/We agree this User Agreement shall be governed by applicable federal law and the laws of the District of Columbia and is enforceable only in a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States. This field is required.

I/We understand and agree that, while we may use the marketing materials included in the DIY toolkit for purposes of advertising, marketing, or promoting the DIY exhibit, we are not permitted to refer to the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) or the Smithsonian Institution (SI) or either NMNH or SI logo in any manner or medium, for any other purpose. This field is required.

We understand that we are permitted to add our organization’s logo or name to the exhibit’s customizable panels (i.e. the panels that are not pre-designed by NMNH) within the following credit line: “This Smithsonian Institution exhibit is presented by_______.” This field is required.

I am 13 years or older and I accept the Smithsonian’s Privacy Statement and Terms of Use. This field is required.