the exhibition, the museum published a 28-page 

 illusttated brochute and an educational guide for 

 families. 



June 



■ Publication The Office of Public Affairs published 

 "Smithsonian Access," an illustrated 48-page guide for 

 visitors with disabilities. The brochure was made possi- 

 ble by a grant from the Smithsonian Women's Commit- 

 tee. "Smithsonian Access" — also issued in large print, 

 in Braille, and on audiocassette — is available free of 

 charge at museum information desks and by mail from 

 the Smithsonian Information Center. 



June 3-4 



■ Special Event The Office of Development hosted a 

 private behind-the-scenes program for donors to the 

 Smithsonian. Participants in "Exploring the Smithson- 

 ian Universe" toured the Center for Advertising History 

 at the National Museum of American History and the 

 Conservation Analytical Laboratory. 



June 6 



■ Exhibition The Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

 Exhibition Service exhibition "Beyond Category: The 

 Musical Genius of Duke Ellington" opened at Walt Dis- 

 ney Wotld in Florida. "Ellington Under the Stars: A Sa- 

 lute to the Duke," a musical tribute featuring many of 

 America's jazz legends, was planned in conjunction 

 with the exhibition. In addition, Disney's Ail-American 

 College Big Band offered concerts that featured 

 Ellington's best-known compositions. 



June 7 



June 8 



■ Exhibition Uncle Beazley, a 25-foot-long fiberglass rep- 

 lica of a triceratops, was officially installed in an outdoor en- 

 closure at the National Zoo's elephant house. Sculpted for 

 the Sinclair Oil Company's pavilion at the 1964 New York 

 World's Fair, Uncle Beazley was a favorite of young visitors 

 to the National Museum of Natural History for decades. 



June p 



■ Workshop The Smithsonian Institution Libraries 

 sponsored a workshop on "Copyright in the Age of Tech- 

 nology" for Libraries staff and invited staff from several 

 Institution offices. The speaker was Laura Gasaway of 

 the University of North Carolina Law Library. 



June 10 



■ Exhibition "Masterpieces of Chinese Calligraphy," a 

 presentation of 27 works of calligraphy from the mid- 

 first century B.C. to the 20th century, opened at the 

 Freer Gallery of Art. The exhibition included examples 

 of work by some of China's greatest calligraphers. 



June 10 



■ Exhibition "Art and the Camera, 1900-1940: Pic- 

 tonalist Photographs from the National Portrait Gal- 

 lery" opened, following the development of pictorialist 

 photography from the turn of the century through the 

 1930s. Beginning with the work of pioneers Alfred 

 Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Gertrude Kasebier, and Clar- 

 ence H. White, the exhibition also encompassed the 

 work of the second generation, including Doris Ul- 

 mann, Nickolas Muray, and Edward Weston. The exhi- 

 bition closed December II. 



■ Special Event The National Postal Museum hosted a 

 first-day-of-issue-ceremony for the U.S. Postal Service's 

 miniature sheet of 1944 World War II stamps. 



June 7 



■ Special Event Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis gave a 

 lecture-workshop for 500 young people and aspiring 

 jazz artists in a free program organized by The 

 Smithsonian Associates, the Smithsonian Institution 

 Traveling Exhibition Service, and the Program in Afri- 

 can American Culture at the National Museum of 

 American History. 



June II 



■ Exhibition. The traveling exhibition "Spiders!" 

 opened at the National Museum of Natural History, 

 with a $1.2 million gift from Marvel Entertainment 

 Group Inc. and help from their superhero Spider-Man, 

 who was on hand for opening night. Computer games, 

 videos, and live specimens combined to help visitors ex- 

 perience a spider's view of the world. The exhibition 

 will travel under the auspices of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution Traveling Exhibition Service to New York, Phila- 

 delphia, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Cincinnati, Detroit, 

 Toronto, San Francisco, and Honolulu. 



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