August 



■ Publication The National Museum of African Art 

 and the Smithsonian Institution Press copublished the 

 anthology African Nomadic Architecture: Space. Place, and 

 Gender, edited by architect and architectural historian 

 Labelle Prussin. In this handsomely illustrated book, 

 Prussin identifies the three elements that distinguish 

 nomadic from sedentary architecture: mobility, gender, 

 and ritual. 



August 



■ Renovation The Smithsonian Institution Libraries' 

 renovation of its rare book and special collections facil- 

 ity, the Dibner Library of the History of Science and 

 Technology, was completed, with new compact shelving 

 to double the stack space, a redesigned staff work area, 

 and electrical upgrades to accommodate researchers' 

 computing needs. 



tive effort of the Office of the Provost, the Visitor Infor- 

 mation and Associates' Reception Center, the Office of 

 Exhibits Central, and the National Museum of African 

 Art. 



August p—20 



■ Study Tour A new international study tour format, 

 "Family Cruises," was developed especially for families 

 by The Smithsonian Associates. More than 140 Associ- 

 ates and accompanying children enjoyed a voyage in the 

 Mediterranean. 



August 10 



■ Educational Publication We Were There: Letters from the 

 Battle Front, an activity book and resource guide for sec- 

 ondary schools that integrates historic letters into the 

 study of American history, was published by the Na- 

 tional Postal Museum. 



August 



■ Education Program The Friends of the National Zoo 

 introduced the first week-long overnight wildlife con- 

 servation camps for children at the National Zoo's Con- 

 servation and Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia. 

 Campers learned basic conservation biology skills in the 

 Blue Ridge foothills. 



August 



■ 150th Anniversary The first official ad promoting the 

 Smithsonian's 150th anniversary celebration to tour and 

 travel planners appeared in the Washington, D.C., Con- 

 vention and Visitors Association Meeting Planners Guide. 



August 4-5 



■ Presentation National Science Resources Center 

 Executive Director Douglas Lapp presented a paper 

 entitled "Lessons Learned in Past Efforts to Improve 

 Science Education" at the 10th Anniversary Conference 

 of the Center for the Advancement of Science and 

 Mathematics Education, held at the University of 

 Natal, South Africa. He also gave a science education 

 workshop for 70 South African teachers. 



August 8 



m Exhibition An exhibit promoting the Smithsonian as 

 a primary tourist destination opened at Baltimore- 

 Washington International Airport. It was a collabora- 



August 12 



■ Public Program At the Anacostia Museum, young 

 cultural critics joined in a panel discussion and film 

 festival on hip hop, the popular yet controversial con- 

 temporary musical form. 



August 18 



■ Collections Management The National Museum ot 

 Natural History began using the Transaction Manage- 

 ment Subsystem of the planned Collections and Re- 

 search Information System in the shipping office and 

 several scientific departments. The new subsystem auto- 

 mates the processing and tracking of the thousands of 

 objects that the museum acquires, exchanges, lends, 

 borrows, or relinquishes each year. All departments are 

 scheduled to be using the new subsystem by the end of 

 1996. 



August 2 y 



■ Exhibition opening "Goyo: Japanese Prints," opened 

 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery featuring all 16 of the 

 color woodblock prints produced by Hashiguch; Goyo 

 (Japanese 1880— 1921). The prints were the gift of H. Ed 

 Robison in memory of Ulrike Pietzner-Robison. 



September 



■ Award The Office of Telecommunications' inter- 

 active video program Meet the Ellington Orchestra, created 



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