150th Anniversary Celebration signage. Signs designed 

 and produced by OEC included credit panels for the Of- 

 fice of Development, indoor banners and structures for 

 every SI museum and research facility, metal signs for 

 the Mall, interior and exterior banners for the Smith- 

 sonian Building, and flags in coordination with the Of- 

 fice of Horticulture. Exhibit designer Mary Bird guided 

 and coordinated the signage effort. 



August 



■ Exhibition Editing, design, project management, 

 graphic design, fabrication, modelmaking, bracketing, 

 and installation of Stories of the People demanded virtual- 

 ly the full range of Office of Exhibits Central talent and 

 collaborative skills. OEC worked with NMAI staff, Na- 

 tive American selectors, OPP personnel, and outside 

 contractors to pull together this 200 + -object exhibition 

 for the Arts and Industries building in a few short 

 months. 



August 



■ Publications The Office of Equal Employment and 

 Minority Affiars published and distributed two new 

 complaints brochures detailing SI policy, procedures for 

 filing complaints, and individual rights and respon- 

 sibilities: "The Complaints Process: Your Rights and 

 Responsibilities" and "The EEO Complaints Process at 

 a Glance. " 



August i 



■ Graduation Ceremony The five students in the third 

 class of the Furniture Conservation Training Program 

 (FCTP) at the Conservation Analytical Laboratory 

 (CAL) completed their four year training and received 

 their diplomas at a graduation ceremony in the Smith- 

 sonian Castle. 



August 2 



■ Exhibition Preview Vice President Al Gore unveiled 

 HoloGlobe. an experimental exhibition at the National 

 Museum of Natural History. HoloGlobe — created by the 

 Museum, the National Science Foundation, NASA, the 

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

 and other partners — uses holographic technology, satel- 

 lite images, and current research in earth science to 

 present striking 3-dimensional illustrations of how 

 oceans, atmosphere, land, and plant and animal life 

 shape one another. 



August 6 



■ Agreement The Smithsonian Tropical Research In- 

 stitute (STRI) and Panama's Interoceanic Regional 

 Authority signed a renewable agreement which granted 

 STRI continued use of its present installations for at 

 least twenty years after the year 2000. 



August 7 



■ Commemorative Coins The commemorative coins, 

 designed by the U.S. Mint in honor of the 150th an- 

 niversary, were officially "launched" at a media and 

 public event, held in the National Museum of 

 American History and coordinated by the Office of 

 Public Affairs. In September, two sets of the coins 

 traveled into space in a National Aeronautics and Space 

 Administration shuttle. 



August 7 



■ Discovery NASA researchers announced that 

 ALH84001, part of the U.S. National Meteorite Collec- 

 tion at the National Museum of Natural History, con- 

 tains organic substances consistent with the existence of 

 microbial life and structures that may be microscopic 

 fossils. ALH84001 was found in Antarctica in 1984 and 

 identified by gases trapped in the rock that match those 

 measured in the Martian atmosphere by the Viking 

 spacecraft. It is the oldest of the dozen known Martian 

 meteorites on earth: scientists believe it dates to the 

 creation of Mars 4 billion years ago. 



August 8 



■ Construction The Office of Contracting and Property 

 Management awarded a contract to Clark Construction 

 Group for the construction of the National Museum of 

 the American Indian's Cultural Resources Center. 



August p 



m IMAX Film Cosmic Voyage, the eighth IMAX film of 

 the National Air and Space Museum and the first wide- 

 screen film to explore the entire universe of space and 

 time, debuted. 



August 10 



■ Exhibition "Stories of the People" — the first exhibi- 

 tion presented by the National Museum of the 

 Ametican Indian on the Mall — opened in the Arts and 

 Industries Building on the first day of the Smithsonian's 

 150th Birthday Part'- The exhibition features 200 ob- 



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