quired in 1988 with major supporr from The Brown June 



Foundation, Inc., Houston, Texas. 



June 



■ Exhibition A temporary exhibition, "Women and 

 Flight," opened. The exhibition — currently traveling 

 the country — showcases the photographs of NASM staff 

 photogtapher Carolyn Russo. Russo traveled around the 

 country and as far away as Russia to capture images of 

 women fliers as diverse as an astronaut, Eskimo bush 

 pilot, aerobatic pilot, aerial artist, skywriter, hang 

 glider, airline pilot, and many other women ranging 

 in age from 18 to 85. The photographs are accompanied 

 by excerpts from interviews Russo conducted with 

 the women about their experiences and their love of 

 flight. 



June 



■ Publication The National Postal Museum published 

 the Create-a-Postage Stamp Coloring and Activity Book. 



■ Exhibition The opening of Audubon and the Smithson- 

 ian at the Dibner Library, National Museum of Natural 

 History (NMNH), reflected the close collaboration of 

 the Office of Exhibits Central design/editing team with 

 curator Helena Wright of NMAH and the SI Libraries 

 to esrablish a focus and framework for a multi-layered 

 exhibition. The SI Libraries exhibition, which high- 

 lighted the publishing history of John James Audubon 

 through wateicolors, lithographs, and his book The 

 Birds of America, garnered positive media coverage, 

 including a full-page review with color photograph in 

 Time magazine. 



June 



■ Concert Agreement An agreement was made with 

 Carnegie Hall, New York City, for the "Folkways 50th 

 Anniversary Concert," scheduled for May I, 1998. 



June 



June 



■ Rare Oryx Births Collaboration between the Zoo's 

 Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Vir- 

 ginia, and the Wilds, an animal conservation facility in 

 Ohio, produced four scimitar-horned oryx through the 

 use of artificial insemination (AI). Two males and two 

 females were born between June 13 and June 20, 1997. 

 These healthy calves represent the largest number of 

 oryx offspring ever produced by AI. The successful out- 

 come of the artificial breeding procedure marks an ad- 

 vance in conserving this highly endangered species. 



June 



■ Exhibition The Office of Exhibits Central began 

 design and editing of Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A 

 History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present, a traveling 

 exhibition initiated by the National Museum of 

 American History (NMAH). Featuring a re-creation of 

 the widely publicized El Monte, Calif., sweatshop, this 

 is one of an ongoing series of NMAH exhibitions on the 

 history of work. Its primary focus on the garment in- 

 dustry later drew protests from the retail and fashion in- 

 dustries. Opening at NMAH's Taylor Gallery in April 

 1998, the exhibition will later travel to several sites in 

 the United States. 



■ Donation Collaboration with OGC on a gift agree- 

 ment with Peter R. Tyson was established for donation 

 of a house to the Smithsonian Marine Station at 



Ft. Pierce. 



June 



■ Contract A master contract was entered into with 

 Chtisties auction house to allow for deaccessioned ob- 

 jects to be placed up for auction without having to 

 renegotiate a full agreement each time. Individual 

 museum's objects are consigned through amendments 

 to the basic agreement, saving resources and providing 

 a consistent framework for such activities. 



June 



■ Agreement An agreement was made with Totally 

 Secure Transactions, Inc., to provide a secure transaction 

 services/shopping cart program on the Smithsonian's 

 World Wide Web sites to protect credit card trans- 

 actions over the Internet. 



June 



■ Award Smithsonian magazine's Web site won the 

 1997 Clarion Award for "Best World Wide Web Site — 



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