April 16 



■ Panda Anniversary The National Zoo celebrated the 

 25th anniversary of the arrival of the giant pandas. To 

 the delight of the large crowd of panda fans that 

 gathered for the occasion, Hsing-Hsing was given an 

 anniversary cake containing blueberries, one of his favorite 

 foods. Smithsonian Secretary I. Michael Heyman and 

 representatives from the Embassy of China and the 

 American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) spoke 

 about the significance of the occasion and the impor- 

 tance of giant pandas. The festivities received national 

 coverage in newspapers, and on television and radio 

 broadcasts. The public was invited to a symposium, "A 

 Passion for Pandas: 25 Years of Care and Study of Giant 

 Pandas at the National Zoo." Dr. Susan Mainka, who 

 worked extensively with pandas in China; the Zoo's 

 giant panda curator, Lisa Stevens; Zoo biologist and 

 panda expert, Dr. Devra Kleiman; and the American 

 Association of Zoos and Aquariums' executive director, 

 Sydney Butler, provided a retrospective on the story of 

 pandas at the National Zoo. 



April 16 



■ Special Event The Annual Appreciation Reception 

 for the Visitor Information and Associates' Reception 

 Center's behind-the-scenes volunteers included remarks 

 by Secretary Heyman. 



Deirdre Prins, an educator at Robben Island, visited the 

 center to research education outreach programs at the 

 Smithsonian. 



April 23 



■ Meeting The Office of Membership and Develop- 

 ment and the Office of the Secretary convened the in- 

 augural meeting of the executive committee of the 

 Smithsonian Washington Council. The Washington 

 Council is chaired by Washington attorney and philan- 

 thropist R. Robert Linowes. The other executive com- 

 mittee members are Oliver T Carr, Donald E. Graham, 

 Elliott S. Hall, J. Roderick Heller, III, Mario M. Monno, 

 Irene Pollin, John R. Risher, Jr. and Vicki Sant. Two more 

 meetings, on June 2 and September n, were held during 

 the year. The group of Washington-area business and 

 philanthropic leaders was formed to extend and deepen 

 Smithsonian services to local residents. 



April 24-27 



■ Public Program The Smithsonian Women's Commit- 

 tee Annual Craft Show was held again at the National 

 Building Museum, and featured 120 artisans from across 

 the countty. Proceeds from the show are used to fund SI 

 projects in the Women's Commirree's competitive grant 

 program. The commirtee is under the umbrella of the 

 Office of Membership and Development. 



April 16-2$ 



April 25 



■ Study Tour Smithsonian Study Tours, a division of 

 The Smithsonian Associates, offered its first joint Ox- 

 ford University/Smithsonian study voyage, a cruise of 

 the Greek Islands aboard the MTS Arcadia. In addition 

 to site visits, the 149 participants attended seven on- 

 board seminars on subjects including ancient philosophers 

 and the Bronze Age Aegean given by Oxford tutors. 



April 20-May 2 



■ International Assistance Rex Ellis, director of the Cen- 

 ter for Museum Studies, traveled to South Africa with 

 other Smithsonian staff to give presentations at the South 

 African Museums Association (SAMA) annual meeting 

 and to consult with the South African government's 

 Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology 

 on their initiative to begin a National Heritage Training 

 Institute. The visit created a reciprocal learning oppor- 

 tunity for South African museum personnel; in June, 



■ Exhibition "Life on the Road: The Photographs of 

 Milt Hinton" was exhibited at the Anacostia Museum 

 and Center for African American History, and Culture 



April 2$ 



■ Grant Awarded The Getty Grant Program of the J. 

 Paul Getty Trust approved a grant of $214,500 to sup- 

 port the arrangement and description of three archival 

 collections in the Archives of American Art. The collec- 

 tions include the papers of rhree important art galleries: 

 the Jacques Seligmann Galleries, Kraushaar Galleries, 

 and the Robert Schoelkopf Gallery. 



April 26- May 26 



■ Exhibit and Public Program Produced in collabora- 

 tion with the District of Columbia Public Schools, 

 "Duke Ellington Youth Festival and Art Exhibition," a 



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