Ua kākau inoa ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (UAE) ʻAmelika ʻo Yousef Al Otaiba a me Smithsonian Kakauolelo ʻo Dr. David J. Skorton i kahi Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i nā hoʻololi moʻomeheu a hana i nā manawa hou no ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o ka Smithsonian Institution a me ka moʻomeheu a me ka noiʻi ʻo UAE. nā hui.
Hoʻomaopopo ka MOU i nā wahi he nui no ka hui ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana, me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā papahana kūkulu ʻike, e like me ke aʻo ʻana mamao, nā papa hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻomaʻamaʻa, nā internships a me nā hoa aloha e kākoʻo i nā hana hoʻoikaika ʻana ma waena o ka moʻomeheu moʻomeheu o UAE.
E hana pū nā luna hale hōʻikeʻike o UAE, nā curators, archivists a me nā mea noiʻi me nā hoa ma ka Smithsonian e ʻike i nā manawa e hui pū ai i nā hanana, hana i ka noiʻi hui a me nā papahana ʻepekema, hoʻomohala i nā hui curatorial a hōʻikeʻike, a i ʻole paʻi ʻana i nā ʻatikala. Hoʻomaopopo pū ka MOU i nā manawa e kōkua ai i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao STEM hou ma UAE me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka haʻawina Smithsonian a me nā kumuwaiwai.
"Ke ulu wikiwiki nei ka hale moʻomeheu a me ka moʻomeheu o UAE, a ke hoʻomaka nei nā hana hou e mālama i ka hoʻoilina o ka ʻāina a ʻike i ka ʻike hou. Ke ulu nei kēia mau ʻāpana, he mea koʻikoʻi ia no nā hui UAE e hana pū me nā hoa hana maikaʻi loa i hiki ke kaʻana like i nā ʻike a me nā hana maikaʻi loa, "wahi a UAE Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba. "ʻAʻohe hui ʻē aʻe ka ʻike a i ʻole ka laulā o ka ʻike i loaʻa i ka Smithsonian, a hauʻoli mākou e kōkua i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia hana hou."
Loaʻa i ka UAE a me Smithsonian kahi moʻolelo o ka hui pū ʻana ma ka noiʻi, mālama a me nā papahana noʻeau. I ka makahiki 2016, ua hana nā mea noiʻi mai ka Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute me ka Environment Agency o Abu Dhabi e hoʻokomo hou i kahi pūʻulu oryx scimitar-horned i loko o ka nahele. Ua pau kēia ʻano i ka nahele mai ka waena o 1980s. Ua hoʻololi pū nā mea mālama mālama Smithsonian, nā mea noiʻi a me nā curators i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hale moʻomeheu me nā hui moʻomeheu UAE. Hoʻopili kēia i nā pōkole hou me ke alakaʻi mai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Zayed National o UAE, e kūkulu ʻia ma ka mokupuni ʻo Saadiyat ma UAE.
"Hoʻokumu kēia MOU i nā manawa hou no ka Smithsonian a me ka Embassy UAE e hui pū me nā ʻano hana like ʻole, nā hanana a me nā papahana ʻē aʻe," wahi a ke Kakauolelo Skorton. "Ma o kā mākou hui pū ʻana i kēia manawa - a me nā mea a mākou e hana ai i ka wā e hiki mai ana - e kūkulu mākou i nā pilina ʻoi aku ma waena o kā mākou hui."
Hele mai ka MOU ma ke kuʻekuʻe wāwae o ka huakaʻi i ka UAE e kahi ʻelele i komo pū me nā luna nui o Smithsonian, curators, a me nā kumu. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka huakaʻi ʻo ia ka ʻike ʻana i nā papahana hou, noiʻi a me nā hanana e hiki ke hōʻike i ka hana moʻomeheu a me nā mea hana kiʻi mai ka UAE a hoʻolaha i ka hoʻololi moʻomeheu ma waena o nā lāhui ʻelua.
Me ka wehe ʻana o nā hale moʻomeheu honua, e like me ka Louvre Abu Dhabi, nā hale kiʻi kiʻi, nā wahi mōʻaukala, nā kikowaena hana a me nā wahi moʻomeheu ʻē aʻe, ua lilo ʻo UAE i kikowaena no nā ʻoihana ma ka Middle East. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, kipa nā haneli haneli o nā mea aloha a me nā mea hōʻiliʻili mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa i ka UAE no Art Dubai, Dubai Design Week, Abu Dhabi Art a i ʻole ka Sharjah Biennial.
“Hoʻohui ʻo Art i nā kānaka ma nā palena a me nā moʻomeheu. ʻAe kēia MOU i ka Embassy UAE e hoʻopili i ka mana piha o ka hui pū ʻana me ka Smithsonian, "wahi a Ambassador Al Otaiba. "Ma o kēia ʻaelike, hiki iā mākou ke kālepa i nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa i ka papa a hāʻawi i nā manawa hou e hōʻike i nā hōkū piʻi mai ka UAE ma United States."
Mai kona hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana i ka makahiki 1846, ua kūpaʻa ka Smithsonian Institution i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā hanauna ma o ka ʻike a me ka ʻike. ʻO ka Smithsonian ka hale hōʻikeʻike nui loa o ka honua, ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka paʻakikī noiʻi, nona nā hale moʻomeheu 19, ka National Zoological Park a me ʻeiwa mau keʻena noiʻi. Aia he 6,500 mau limahana Smithsonian a me 6,300 mau limahana. He 30 miliona mau kipa ʻana i ka Smithsonian ma 2016. ʻO ka huina o nā mea, nā hana kiʻi a me nā specimens ma Smithsonian ua manaʻo ʻia ma kahi o 154 miliona, ʻo 145 miliona mau mea ʻepekema ma ka National Museum of Natural History.
