invited visicors to explore the history and symbols of 

 the cloth, as well as an original play, cosponsored by 

 The Smithsonian Associates, which brought both King 

 Prempeh and the cloth to life. 



January 30-March 25 



■ Exhibition The Archives of American Art presented 

 the exhibit "A Shared Experience: One Hundred Years of 

 Art at the MacDowell Colony" in the Gallery Space of the 

 New York Regional Center. This project was generously 

 funded by a grant from the Ruth Bowman Philanthropic 

 Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund. The show, compris- 

 ing papers and photographs pertaining to the establish- 

 ment of the MacDowell Art Colony and the artists, writers, 

 and composers who worked there, was organized by The 

 Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire. 



January 30 



■ Dedication The Tropical Research Institute officially 

 opened its new Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Ar- 

 chaeology after extensively renovating the 1919 building 

 that originally housed all of STRI. 



January 31- -September 14 



■ Exhibition "Breaking Racial Barriers: African 

 Americans in the Harmon Foundation Collection" was 

 on view at the National Portrait Gallery. In 1944, the 

 Harmon Foundation mounted an exhibition of portraits 

 of distinguished African Americans, which was in- 

 tended to combat racial inequity. Titled "Portraits of 

 Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin," the exhibi- 

 tion was expanded for a tour of rhe United States that 

 ended in 1954. NPG selected twenty-one portraits — 

 most from its collection — that were included in that 

 tour, along with pamphlets and other memorabilia. 



January 31— September 14 



■ Exhibition "Le Tumulte Noir" was on view at the 

 National Portrait Gallery. In 1929, Josephine Baker's 

 friend and advocate, the French poster artist Paul Colin, 

 captured Baker's explosive performing presence in a 

 portfolio of forty-four lithographs titled "Le Tumulte 

 Noir" ("The Black Rage"). More than any other work of 

 art, Colin's vivid portfolio conveyed the extraordinary 

 impact of Baker's talent, and the passionate and profound 

 reaction to black culture in Paris during the 1920s. 



February 



■ Public Program "lion Lion Zion: Bob Marley 

 Birthday Tribute" was sponsored by the Anacostia 

 Museum and Center for African American History and 

 Culture to commemorate the life and music of this 

 master of reggae. 



February 



■ Fund-Raising A new Corporate Membership pro- 

 gram was launched at the George Gustav Heye Center. 

 Goldman, Sachs & Co., an international investment and 

 brokerage firm was one of the first corporations to join 

 the program, which is aimed at raising endowment 

 funds for the New York museum. 



February 



■ Exhibition Building on the success of the small- 

 exhibition format (which the Office of Exhibits Central 

 designed in 1995 in collaboration with SITES and the 

 State Humanities Council), OEC produced four copies 

 of the SITES exhibition Barn Again! The new format, 

 which includes a scaled barn model, lets underserved 

 communities enjoy an affordable exhibition about barn- 

 building in the United States. Another small-format ex- 

 ample that OEC designed and produced was Vanishing 

 Amphibians, a collaborative effort with SITES and the 

 National Museum of Natural History that combines a 

 scientific overview of the world's frog population with 

 an appeal for conservation. 



February 



■ Agreement An agreement was made with Blue Note 

 Records to write liner notes for Blue Note's 4 CD 

 release called "Hot Jazz on Blue Note." 



February 



■ Agreement An agreement was made with NOVUS 

 Services, Inc., concerning the establishment of a 

 NOVUS affinity card program using the Smithsonian 

 name and images. 



February 



■ Agreement An agreement was made with Visible 

 Interactive for an Audio Tour of the National Air and 

 Space Museum's "Star Wars" exhibit. The Visible Inter- 



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