SECRETARY'S REPORT 259 



versity groups visiting the Institution and to other groups and indi- 

 viduals from the United States and abroad, visiting or planning to 

 visit the Smithsonian in a professional capacity. Mr. Lindsay served 

 as consultant on museum organization and practices to representatives 

 from other museums on several occasions. 



The Audioguide or radio lecture system in the Museum of Natural 

 History was expanded to include two additional exhibit halls: Life 

 in the Sea, and Dinosaurs and Other Fossil Reptiles. A total of 37 

 Audioguide lectures are now available in the JMuseum of Natural 

 History. 



During the year Mrs. Linda S. Gordon joined the Museum Service 

 staif as museum teclinician in zoology and Mrs. Marjorie M. Halpin 

 as museum technician in anthropology. Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Halpin 

 serve as docents and carry on related work to improve the Museum 

 Service program of interpreting the museum exhibits to the visitor. 



The assistant curator, Mrs. Sophy Bumham, wrote, produced, and 

 directed a 16-mm. color motion picture which depicts the construction 

 of the life-size model of the great blue whale exliibited in the new Hall 

 of Life in the Sea. Mrs. Bumham, in cooperation with the various 

 subject specialists involved, also continued her work in the preparation 

 of the Audioguide lectures. 



Special "touch" tours for several groups of blind students were ar- 

 ranged during tlie year. Specimens and objects from the reference 

 collections as well as selected portions of the public exhibits are in- 

 cluded in the programs arranged for blind persons. 



One-page guide maps which provide floor plans and brief summaries 

 of the exhibits shown in the ISIuseum of Natural History and in the 

 Arts and Industries Building were prepared. These proved most 

 useful in visitor orientation and in answering written inquiries re- 

 garding the exhibits in these buildings. 



The Museum Service continued to assist radio and television pro- 

 ducers wishing to feature Smithsonian exhibits and scientific work. 

 In addition to several local radio and television productions based on 

 various aspects of Smithsonian activity, two half-hour programs 

 featuring the transportation collections were broadcast on a national 

 television network. 



The Museum Service again conducted, in cooperation with the 

 University of Maryland, a 5-day workshop on the educational re- 

 sources of the Institution. This workshop is designed to acquaint 

 graduate students in education with the broad scientific and cultural 

 resources of the Smithsonian of value in school curricula. 



The program carried out in cooperation with the Urban Sendee 

 Corps under the direction of Mrs. Arthur Goldberg proved success- 

 ful. Local junior high school students were provided with lectures 



