October 



October I 



■ Research The Smithsonian Environmental Research 

 Center provided instrumentation for nine new auto- 

 mated stations for the monitoring and sampling of 

 stream discharges. This work is part of the center's 

 Chesapeake Bay watershed study. 



October 



■ Public Program The Smithsonian Environmental Re- 

 search Center held its annual weekend sale of bird seed, 

 bird feeders, natural history books, and T-shirts. Visitors 

 also enjoyed hayrides, tours of the buildings, and hikes 

 on nature trails. 



October 



■ Publication Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 

 staff scientist D. Ross Robertson, in collaboration with 

 Gerald R. Allen, published Fishes of the Tropical Eastern 

 Pacific, the most comprehensive guide ever produced to 

 the fish fauna of this region. 



October 



■ Teachers' Publication Beyond the Frame: Using Art 

 for Interdisciplinary Learning, a teachers' guide contain- 

 ing lessons on eight works of art from five Smithsonian 

 art museums, was published by the Office of Elemen- 

 tary and Secondary Education. This publication was de- 

 signed for middle school and high school educators and 

 is the fifth publication in a series sponsored by Brother 

 International Corporation. 



October 



■ Latino Outreach Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Mu- 

 seum received a $98,000 grant from the Smithsonian to 

 support the Institution's efforts to increase its Latino audi- 

 ence and expand its coverage of Latino contributions to his- 

 tory, art, and science. The museum is using these funds to 

 support educational programs, exhibition development, 

 and the establishment of a Latino archive. 



October 



■ Publications and Products In conjunction with the 

 opening of the George Gustav Heye Center, the Na- 

 tional Museum of the American Indian released books 

 on each of the three inaugural exhibitions, a music re- 

 cording on compact disc and cassette tape, a calendar, a 

 postcard book, and T-shirts. 



■ Visitor study The Smithsonian Office of Institutional 

 Studies began a one-year survey of visitors to the Arthur 

 M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art. Informa- 

 tion gained through a year of face-to-face interviewing 

 of gallery visitors should provide helpful knowledge for 

 the focusing of priorities in exhibitions, research, and 

 public programming. 



October 1— April 7 



■ Internships The new Museum Intern Partnership 

 Program, sponsored by the Center for Museum Studies, 

 offered a dual internship experience at the Smithsonian 

 and a smaller, community-focused museum. 



October 1-2 



■ Special Event The Friends of the National Zoo 

 launched its first annual ZooArts Festival featuring the 

 work of prominent Washington-area artists and photog- 

 raphers as well as local high school students and people 

 from community groups. 



October 3 



■ Awards The National Zoological Park won three 

 major awards at the annual meeting of the American 

 Zoo and Aquarium Association: the top Conservation 

 Award for NZP's outstanding golden lion tamarin con- 

 servation program; the Edwatd H. Bean Award for Ex- 

 cellence in Conservation for collaborative work on 

 behalf of the endangered tiger (shared with two other 

 U.S. zoos); and a Significant Achievement award for 

 breeding Matschie's tree kangaroo at the Zoo's Conserva- 

 tion and Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia. 



October 10 



■ Special Event At a signing ceremony hosted by Na- 

 tional Geographic Society President Gilbert M. 

 Grosvenor, Nissan U.S.A. 's Vice-President of Brand and 

 Consumer Marketing Jerry Florence presented a check 

 for $950,000 to Smithsonian Secretary I. Michael Hey- 

 man to become the national corporate sponsor of the 

 Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service- 

 National Geographic Society exhibition, "Earth 2U, Ex- 

 ploring Geography." The exhibition, which opened in 

 November at the National Geographic Society, intro- 

 duces children and their families to the wonders and 

 complexities of world geography. 



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