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vided by SCMRE faculty. A final meeting for SCMRE staff 

 to review completed research and statistical presentation 

 prior to technical publication of the workshop proceedings 

 was scheduled for November 2000 in Chile. 



April 27 



■ Exhibition "The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver 

 1680— 1760," Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. 



April 29 



■ Public program The National Museum of American His- 

 tory's Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra presented a 

 concert featuring Duke Ellington's sacred music. 



April 30 



■ Exhibition "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People," a tempo- 

 rary exhibition celebrating the 1 0.000-year-old culture of 

 the indigenous people of Japan, opened at the National Mu- 

 seum of Natural History. It included more than 200 objects, 

 such as art, jewelry, and a full-size reproduction of a chise, the 

 home and center of Ainu life. 



April 30 



■ Programs To expand educational offerings for older audi- 

 ences at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, a new 

 series titled "Art Explorers Workshops for Adults" was 

 launched with a tour and discussion focused on the function, 

 history, and craftsmanship of frames. Education initiatives 

 continued to expand in June with the start of daily summer 

 tours of the Sculpture Garden and in September with the new 

 monthly "Improv Art" drop-in activity room for families on 

 Saturday mornings. Also in September the Hirshhorn 's well- 

 regarded film series began its fall series with Two Minutes 

 Silence. Please, a documentary from Holland. 



May 



■ Award Smithsonian Folkways Recordings' The Harry 

 Smith Connection received an INDIE award in the category of 

 Americana Music. 



May 



■ Awards The Libraries Web page at www.sil.si.edu is 

 home to "Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web," a 

 site with links to approximately 600 on-line exhibitions cre- 

 ated by or related to libraries, archives, and historical 

 societies. The site, which is maintained by Diane Shaw of Li- 

 braries staff, received four national awards and was named 

 the USA Today Hot Site in June. 



May 



■ Exhibition The National Postal Museum sends the travel- 

 ing exhibit "Posted Aboard RMS Titanic" to the National 



Postal Forum, San Antonio, Texas, in conjunction with the 

 American Postal Workers Union. 



May 



■ Final design The final design drawing details and techni- 

 cal specifications for the National Air and Space Museum's 

 Dulles Center were delivered by architects Hellmuth, Obata, 

 and Kassabaum (HOK). Smithsonian and HOK staff con- 

 tinue follow-on design tasks, such as donor recognition 

 detailing and lighting design. 



May 



■ Management excellence In anticipation of the renovation of 

 the Old Patent Office Building, where the Archives was pre- 

 viously located, and the Archives' eventual relocation to 

 permanent offices in rhe newly acquired Victor Building, the 

 Archives of American Art moves into temporary offices in 

 The Aerospace Center in Washington, D.C. 



May 



■ New building Completion of SERC's new Storage 

 Building. 



May 



■ New dock Completion and opening of SERC's new dock 

 on the Rhode River. 



May 



■ Exhibition Official opening of the "Tales of the Blue 

 Crab" traveling exhibition designed at SERC to provide 

 school children scientific information on the morphology, 

 life cycle, and habitat requirements of this impottant fishery 

 species. The exhibition will tour regionally. 



May 



■ New wing Featuring the state-of-the-art Samuel C. John- 

 son Theater, the Atrium Cafe, and Museum Shops, the 

 Discovery Center opened at the National Museum of Nat- 

 ural History. The Theater is the only one in Washington, 

 D.C, to show both 3-D and 2-D large-format films. 



May 



■ Nomination Smithsonian Folkways Recordings' Dock 

 Boggs: His Folkways Years 1963— 1968 was nominated for 

 Historical Album at the INDIE awards in Atlanta. 



May 



■ On-line publication The Archives of American Art makes 

 available on its Web site "A Preliminary Guide to Resources 

 on Asian American Artists at the Archives of American Art." 



