gram, the chree interns returned to the Smithsonian and led a 

 half-dav workshop on museum programming with students 

 from the Duke Ellington High School for the Performing 

 Arts. 



The center's fundraising efforts were recently given a boost 

 by two generous donations which will support intern and fel- 

 lowship programming. In March 1995, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony 

 Welters made a generous contribution of $150,000 to estab- 

 lish the Vincent Wilkinson Endowment Fund, within the 

 Smithsonian Fund for the Future, in memory of Mrs. Welters' 

 father. The Wilkinson Endowment Fund will provide support 

 for African American undergraduate students to participate in 

 the Museum Intern Partnership Program. Interns supported 

 by this fund will be known as the Vincent Wilkinson Interns. 

 This generous contribution has also attracted the attention of 

 other donors. At the end of the year staff were working to se- 

 cure an endowment which would fund Latino/a students in 

 the Museum Intern Partnership Program as well. 



The center's Fellowships in Museum Practice program re- 

 ceived a pledged endowment of $150,000 from the Smithson- 

 ian Women's Committee, in celebration of the upcoming 

 150th anniversary of the Institution. This program was created 

 in 1992 with an endowment of $100,000 from the Smithson- 

 ian Women's Committee, given in honor of their 25th anniver- 

 sary, and remains the only activity at the Smithsonian funded 

 by an endowment from that committee. Under the direction 

 of Nancy Fuller, four fellows are selected each year to do re- 

 search at the Smithsonian on museum issues. Fellows in 1995 

 were: 



D. Lynn McRainey, Associate Educator for Museum Pro- 

 grams, Chicago Historical Society. Project title: "Interpreting 

 History Through Interactive Experiences." Pro|ect sponsor: 

 Nancy McCoy, Director, Division of Education, National Mu- 

 seum of American History. 



Helen Glazer, Exhibitions Director and Collections Coordi- 

 nator, Goucher College. "Project title: "In Quest of Myth: A 

 Prototype Multi-Museum Tour at the Smithsonian." Pro]ect 

 sponsor: Zahara Doering, Director, Institutional Studies, 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



Nigel Holman, Executive Director, A:ishi A:wan Museum 

 and Heritage Center, Pueblo of Zuni. Project title: "Debating 

 the Curation and Use of Historic Photographs in Museums 

 and Archives." Project sponsors: Eulalie Bonar, Assistant Cura- 

 tor, and George Horse Capture, Deputy Assistant for Cultural 

 Resources, National Museum of the American Indian. 



Teresa Morales, Coordinator, Programa de Museos Com- 

 unitarios y Ecomuseos, Oaxaca, Mexico. Project title: "Cul- 

 tural Appropriation and Community Museums." Project 

 sponsor: Nancy Fuller, Research Program Manager, Center for 

 Museum Studies. Project advisors: William Merrill and 

 Christine Kreamer, Curators for Anthropology, National 

 Museum of Natural History. 



The center continued its strong commitment to increasing 

 cultural diversity in the museum workforce through work- 

 shops and technical assistance offered by the American Indian 



Museum Studies Program, the Awards for Museum Leader- 

 ship and the Latino Graduate Training Seminar. 



In addition to offering workshops in cultural program- 

 ming, collections management, archival methods and living 

 history programs, Karen Cooper, Program Manager of the 

 American Indian Museum Studies program, launched a new 

 publication series in October: Perspectives, a series of technical 

 pamphlets directed specifically for use in American Indian 

 cultural centers. The first two pamphlets were Travelling Exhi- 

 bitions for Tribal Museums and Cultural Centers and Tribal Collec- 

 tions Management at the Makah Cultural and Research Center. 

 The program also produced a directory of all participants 

 since its inception in 1991; a "Bibliography of Current 

 Museum-Oriented Writings on Native American Topics;" 

 and developed resource lists on "Membership Organizations 

 of Interest to Tribal Museums," "Training for Museum Ca- 

 reers," and "Funding Sources for American Indian, Alaska and 

 Hawaii Museums and Culcural Centers." 



The Awards for Museum Leadership, held this year July 17X 

 21 under the direction of Bob Kidd, featured innovative topics 

 and speakers. The program ob|ectives were to broaden partici- 

 pant perspectives on diversity issues in museums; explore 

 technological, social, political and economic challenges in the 

 museum profession; strengthen team-building skills and 

 problem-solving capabilities; and create a supportive climate 

 in which to nurture new networks of expertise and collabora- 

 tion. Fifteen individuals participated in the program, reflect- 

 ing a diverse range of ethnic backgrounds, geographic 

 locations, career paths, educational backgrounds and insti- 

 tutional/organizational sizes. Rennie Saunders, an indepen- 

 dent human resource consultant and trainer, led a very 

 successful session on Team Building and Dynamics of 

 Teamwork. Another highlight of this year's program was a 

 Leadership Development seminar facilitated by Myra 

 King, Assistant Professor at Montgomery College; Jane 

 Delgado, Executive Director, The Bronx Museum of the 

 Arts; and Elaine Heumann Gurian, former deputy director 

 of the U.S. Holocaust Museum. 



With the Inter-University Program for Latino Research, 

 the Center for Museum Studies sponsored the second annual 

 Latino Graduate Training Seminar in Qualitative Methodol- 

 ogy. Fifteen doctoral candidates participated in "Interpreting 

 Latino Cultures: Research and Museums," June 19-30. Magda- 

 lena Mieri, Museum Programs Specialist at the center, served 

 as a coordinator for the program. As the Smithsonian moves 

 forward with plans to expand staffing and programming re- 

 lated to Latino history and culture, this program represents an 

 important milestone toward increasing the pool of Latino 

 curators and museum professionals. The program challenges 

 students to develop strong research skills while exploring is- 

 sues of interpretation and representation of cultural materials 

 and traditions in museums. The program also offers students 

 an opportunity to forge relationships with a community of 

 scholars, curators and archivists who are often not available at 

 their home institutions. 



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