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to the exhibits in the hall of naval history, while other models were 

 progressively retired for major restoration. This restoration normally 

 involves complete repainting and re-rigging, and frequently requires 

 extensive research in the interest of detailed historical accuracy. 



During the month of September 1960 a special exhibition of 

 memorabilia of Gen. John J. Pershing was placed on view in the 

 rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building in conjunction with the 

 national celebration of General Pershing's birth. Koman antiquities 

 recovered from the Mediterrranean and the Sea of Galilee by the Link 

 expedition during the previous summer were displayed from April 1 

 to April 26, 1961. The division of military history prepared a special 

 exhibition of military epaulets for the annual meeting of the Com- 

 pany of Military Collectors and Historians which was held May 

 19-21, 1961, at Gettysburg, Pa. 



Dr. A. C. Smith, Director of the Museum of Natural History, 

 assumed the chairmanship of the committee coordinating and supervis- 

 ing the modernization of the natural history exhibits following the 

 retirement of Dr. Herbert Friedmann as head curator of zoology. Dr. 

 Friedm.ann served with distinction as a member of the exhibits plan- 

 ning committee since its formation in 1950, and played an active and 

 substantial role in the organization and development of the exhibits 

 modernization program. 



The major objective of the exhibits program of the Museum of 

 History and Technology, which is being coordinated by Assistant 

 Director Jolin C. Ewers, is the development of exhibits for the new 

 building now under construction. Many of the exhibits destined for 

 future display in this new museum building are now being installed 

 in the Arts and Industries Building until the Museum of History and 

 Technology Building is completed for occupancy. Exhibits for a 

 number of halls in this new building were prepared in the exhibits 

 laboratoiy and carefully stored until they can be installed. These 

 included displays for the halls of costumes, political history, ceramics, 

 everyday life in the American past, physics, railroads. Armed Forces 

 history, and ordnance. 



Exhibits Chief John E. Anglim provided the over-all supervision 

 of exhibits for the United States National Museum. The exhibits 

 work for the Museum of History and Technology was supervised by 

 Benjamin W. Lawless, with the assistance of Robert Widder in design, 

 Bela S. Bory in production, and Robert Klinger in the model shop. 

 RoUand O. Hower, assisted by Thomas G. Baker and Julius Tretick, 

 supervised the renovation of exhibition halls in the Museum of Natural 

 History. The design of the modernized halls in existing buildings has 

 been greatly aided by Richard S. Johnson, design branch chief, and 

 John H. Morrissey, architectural branch chief of the architectural 

 and structural division of the Public Buildings Service, General Serv- 



