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Annals of the Smithsonian Institution 2000 



Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, the U.S. Geological 

 Survey, and NMNH. 



March 27 



■ Donation The National Museum of American History an- 

 nounced sponsorship in the amount of $2.4 million from the 

 National Association of Realtors (NAR) in support of a new 

 exhibition, "Within These Walls," centered around a two- 

 and-a-half-story house that stood in Ipswich, Massachusetts, 

 for nearly 300 years. 



March 28 



■ Lecture "Authors Working in the Smithsonian Libraries," 

 a series offered to its members by The Smithsonian Associ- 

 ates, presented Doris Rich speaking on research she had 

 conducted at the National Air and Space Museum Library. 

 Her talk, "Women in Flight: The Pioneers," covered her 

 work on her published biographies of Amelia Earhart and 

 Bessie Coleman. 



March 29 



■ Public program Susan Sontag brought her distinctive 

 vision of a lost America to the Smithsonian in an interview 

 program conducted by Marc Pachter and produced by The 

 Smithsonian Associates. 



March 29-july 1 



■ Exhibition "Census 2000: Counting America, 1790- 

 2000," a History in the News showcase at the National 

 Museum of American History. Visitors can learn about the 

 history of the census and compare items used in the i960 

 census with those being used for the 2000 census. 



March 31 



■ Dental day Dr. Lucy Spelman, chief veterinatrian; Becky 

 Yates, associate veterinarian; and veterinary dental specialist 

 Dr. Chuck Williams, who practices at the Animal Dental 

 Clinic in Vienna, Virginia, give the press an opportunity to 

 witness an examination of a 10-year-old, 260-pound, Suma- 

 tran tiger's teeth. 



March 31 



■ Exhibition, special went "Dare to Dream: The Life and 

 Work of Cesar Chavez" opened at the Mexican Heritage 

 Plaza affiliate on March 31, 2000. Featured in the exhibition 

 were three artifacts — a jacket, banner, and hoe — pertaining 

 to Cesar Chavez, on loan through the affiliation from the 

 Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. 



March 31 -August 20 



■ Exhibition The Smithsonian American Art Museum's 

 Renwick Gallery launched a biennial exhibition series that 



will present the work of mid-career craft artists from di- 

 verse regions and backgrounds who are established in their 

 respective craft fields yet worthy of greater recognition. 

 The inaugural exhibition, titled "The Renwick Invita- 

 tional: Five Women in Craft," featured metal forms by 

 Myra Mimlitsch Gray, baskets by Mary Jackson, carved 

 porcelain and wood by Janel Jacobson, jewelry and body 

 ornaments by Sondra Sherman, and fiber weavings by 

 Consuelo Jimenez Underwood. Thirteen works by John 

 Cederquist, an illusionistic furniture artist, were also on 

 view in a small exhibition titled "The Art of John Ceder- 

 quist: Reality of Illusion." 



Spring 



■ Publication Profile, a new quarterly publication is 

 launched by the Gallery, written in a lively style with rich 

 color photos. The publication illustrates the Gallery's range 

 of research, collections, public programs, and gifts and their 

 donors, and invites readers to comment on Portrait Gallery 

 activities. Profile is the Gallery's first large-scale publication 

 that reaches members, donors, and visitors and helps sustain 

 relationships. 



April 



■ Award The Smithsonian American Art Museum was 

 chosen from 338 entries to receive a Federal Design 

 Achievemenr Award for the exhibition "American Photo- 

 graphs: The First Century." This honor, presented once 

 every four years, represents the highest award given by the 

 National Endowment for the Arts. The exhibition, held in 

 1996, included more than 160 works from the Charles 

 Isaacs Collection. 



April 



■ Exhibition contract An Exhibition Design and Fabrication 

 contract was awarded to Design and Production by the Of- 

 fice of Contracting for development of the "The American 

 Presidency: A Glorious Burden" exhibition at the National 

 Museum of American Hisrory. 



April 



■ Exhibition Joanne London, Division of Aeronautics, was 

 the curator for "Looping the Loop: Posters of Early Flight," a 

 SITES exhibition, which, in addition to being on display at 

 the National Air and Space Museum from April to July, has 

 traveled to the Thames Science Center in Newport, Rhode 

 Island. 



April 



■ Major donation SERC received a major donation from The 

 Mills Corporation to fund Neighborhood Nesrwatch, an ed- 

 ucational research program on bird ecology, and Watershed 

 Radio, a series of radio spots and a Web site about issues of 

 the Chesapeake Bay watershed. 



