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July 18. Museum Service. Lecture by Dr. Werner, "Scientific Ex- 



aminatiou in Conservation." Attendance, 53. 



July 20. Museum Service. Public lecture by Dr. Werner, "The Sci- 



entific Examination of Paintings and Antiquities." At- 

 tendance, 170. 



August 16. Museum Service, Showing of the film, "The Salvage of 



the Warship Vasa." For the Division of Naval History. 

 Attendance, 151. 



October 5. National Air Museum conference. Attendance, 85. 



November 13. Committee on Oceanography conference. Attendance, 584. 



(Two sessions.) 

 196S 



April 24. Museum Service. Lecture by Hugh Wakefield of the Vic- 



toria and Albert Museum, London, England, "English 

 Victorian Glass." Attendance, 97. 



Throughout the year, outside organizations used the auditorium as 

 follows : 



Washington Film Society, 15 times. Total attendance, 3,206. 



U.S. Department of Agriculture, 34 times. Total attendance, 4,846. 



U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 13 times. Total attend- 

 ance, 1,416. 



The Peace Corps, once. Attendance, 151. 



The Women's Committee of the National Symphony Orchestra, once. Attend- 

 ance, 112. 



The Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies and the Washington Art Coun- 

 cil, once. Attendance, 121. 



The Archaeological Institute of America, twice. Total attendance, 335. 



Fashion Group, Inc., 5 times. Total attendance, 821. 



STAFF ACTIVITIES 



Tlie work of the staff members has been devoted to the study of new 

 accessions, of objects contemplated for purchase, and of objects sub- 

 mitted for examination, as well as to individual research projects in 

 the fields represented by the collection of Chinese, Japanese, Persian, 

 Arabic, and Indian materials. In all, 6,984 objects and 1,130 photo- 

 graphs were examined, and 451 Oriental language inscriptions were 

 translated for outside individuals and institutions. By request, 29 

 groups totaling 786 persons met in the exhibition galleries for decent 

 service by the staff members. Fourteen groups totaling 141 persons 

 were given docent service by staff members in the storage rooms. 



Among the visitors were 118 distinguished foreign scholars or per- 

 sons holding official positions in their own countries who came here 

 under the auspices of the Department of State to study museum ad- 

 ministration and practices in this country. 



During the year the technical laboratory examined the following 

 objects by various methods, including microscopic and microchemical, 



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