July 



■ Family 'Program The Anacostia Museum and Center 

 for African American History and Culture celebrated 

 "Juneteenth," a festival of arts, crafts, storytelling, and 

 historical reenactment celebrating emancipation day in 

 Texas. 



July 



■ Lectures/Exhibition In advance of the 1997 U.N. 

 Negotiations on Climate Change held in Kyoto, Japan, 

 the National Museum of Natural History presented a 

 series of six lectures and discussions on scientific 

 evidence of climate change, including fossil records of 

 climate change in the distant past, the role of climate 

 change in the evolution of humankind, and what is 

 known and not known about climate change today. In 

 conjunction with the lecture series, the museum hosted 

 Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast, a traveling 

 exhibition produced by the Environmental Defense 

 Fund. 



July 



■ Agreement A renewal agreement was made with 

 BerkelyCare, Ltd., to provide Study Tour and Seminars 

 participants with an option for traveler's insurance. 



July 



■ Agreement An agreement was made with ProTix to 

 provide ticketing services for the "Star Wars" exhibition 

 at the National Air and Space Museum, in anticipation 

 of record crowds. 



July 



■ Redesign Smithsonian magazine's redesign — the first 

 in its 27-year history — made its debut with the July 

 1997 issue. Designer Don Morris did not radically alter 

 Bradbury Thompson's original layout, but the changes 

 were significant. The logo was outlined and enlarged to 

 run across the top of the page, the typeface was 

 changed, and a flexible system of layouts now allows for 

 different design treatments for different types of stories. 



July 7-11 



■ Course Organized and taught by the Conservation 

 Analytical Laboratory staff, "Technology and Preserva- 



tion of Artifacts" was a five-afternoon survey of the 

 materials, fabrication, deterioration, and preservation of 

 furniture, paper-based artifacts, and paintings for two 

 dozen attendees from the George Washington Univer- 

 sity Appraiser's Institute program. The course included 

 lectures and demonstrations and was intended to inform 

 prospective caretakers and appraisers on the nature of 

 these artifacts. 



July 21 



■ Appointment Dr. Nancy E. Gwinn began serving as 

 Director of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. She 

 had served as Assistant Director, Collections Manage- 

 ment for the Libraries since 1984. She holds a doctorate 

 in American civilization from The George Washington 

 University, a master's degree in library science from the 

 University of Michigan, and an undergraduate degree 

 from the University of Wyoming, and was a Fulbright 

 Scholar at Oxford University. 



July 23-25 



■ Course A three-day "Stain Removal" course was held 

 at the Conservation Analytical Laboratory. It was designed 

 for conservators and caretakers of historic textiles with a 

 particular interest in the removal of accidental soiling 

 and staining of porous materials. A review of surfac- 

 tants, solvent systems, and reagents was followed by a 

 discussion and laboratory exercises on treating the most 

 common stains. 



July 24 



■ World Wide Web The Center for Museum Studies 

 posts the complete text of "Internship Opportunities at 

 the Smithsonian Institution" on the World Wide Web. 



July JO 



■ Reception The National Museum of African Art 

 hosted a reception in conjunction with the U.S.— South 

 Africa Binational Commission meeting. Speakers at the 

 reception included U.S. Vice President Al Gore and 

 South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki. 



August 



■ Recording Release Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 

 released the updated reissue of Harry Smith's Anthology 

 of American Folk Music. The anthology, originally 



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