advisory resources during the year. Dr. Rayna Green a: the Na- 

 tional Museum of American History transferred to the pro- 

 gram repatriation information files acquired over the years. 

 The files will become part of the collection of the Museum 

 Reference Center. By year's end the American Indian Museum 

 Studies program developed new print resources, including a 

 quarterly publication, Announcements, an updated Directory of 

 Tribal Museums, and began plans to publish a series of techni- 

 cal articles on museology from a native perspective. 



OMP held the annual Awards for Museum Leadership, a 

 management seminar for people of color working in muse- 

 ums, May 16—20. Under the direction of Nancy Fuller, this 

 years program highlighted strengthening of communication 

 skills and problem solving capabilities. The week long semi- 

 nar culminated in a town meeting, "Global Paradox and its 

 challenges to Museum Leadership." Through role play and dis- 

 cussion, participants identified new societal trends and fore- 

 casted their impact on the museum work world. 



OMP continued to increase the body of museum knowl- 

 edge through the Fellowships in Museum Practice program, 

 managed by Nancy Fuller. Funded by the Smithsonian Worn- 

 ens Committee, the program enables museum professionals ro 

 undertake original research in museum theory and operations, 

 using resources and facilities at the Smithsonian. Four awards 

 were made during the year; three of which were begun in 

 1994. "Life Long Learning and Museums: in Pursuit of An- 

 dragogy," was the subject of Andrew Jay Svedlows research. 

 Dr. Svedlow, Director of the Manchester Institute of Arts and 

 Sciences, Manchester, NH, used the SITES exhibit, "Beyond 

 Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington," to exam- 

 ine the relationship between museum exhibitions and adult 

 learning behavior. Dr. Zahava Doenng, director of the Si's In- 

 stitutional Studies Office was his project director. Martin 

 Tillett, Naturalist with the Howard B. Owens Science Center 

 in Lanham-Seabrok, MD, was the second fellowship recipient. 

 Through his project, "The Development of Science Education 

 Lessons about Maryland Dinosaurs," Dr. Tillett worked with 

 staff in the Department of Paleontology, National Museum of 

 Natural History, to develop science lessons using fossil casts 

 and replications of rare Maryland dinosaurs. Charles Reiger, 

 Exhibit Builder at the Kauffman Museum in North Newton, 

 KS was the third fellowship recipient in 1994. Working with 

 Martha Sewell at SITES and staff at OEC, his research project 

 analysed current approaches to traveling museum exhibitions 

 and tested new solutions to produce accessible and effective 

 exhibits for small museums. 



Under the management of Sarah Landon, Intern Services 

 Coordinator, OMP's Intern Services provided orientation and 

 registration to the over 600 interns participating in the 

 Smithsonian's internship programs. Internship Services also re- 

 sponded to over 4000 requests for information about 

 Smithsonian internship opportunities. Working with the Of- 

 fice of Planning, Management and Budget and the Institu- 

 tional Studies Office, Intern Services conducted the Intern 

 Experience Assessment of all FY 1994 interns (as of Septem- 



ber.) Assessment questions focused on the application process, 

 supervision, impact of internship and other experiences of a 

 Smithsonian internship. During 1994 Intern Services updated 

 the publication, Handbook for Smithsonian Interns and Internship 

 Opportunities at the Smithsonian Institution. Intern Services also 

 continued its popular summer program for interns, "Museum 

 Careers Seminar,"and sponsored a weekly luncheon program, 

 "Reinventing the Museum from the Inside Out," which fea- 

 tured discussions about sexual orientation in the museum 

 workplace, gender equality in exhibitions, and representation 

 of Latino and American Indian cultures in museums, as the 

 central intern services office, OMP also served during the year 

 as the Institution's technical representative for the Duke El- 

 lington Fund. The fund supports the development of an Inte- 

 grated Curriculum Program that is jointly produced by the 

 Illinois Math and Science Academy and the Duke Ellington 

 School for the Performing Arts. The fund also supports a mu- 

 seum studies program at the Duke Ellington High School. 

 Students from the program were placed in junior internships 

 throughout the institution and attended museum orientation 

 classes conducted by OMP staff. 



A continuing objective of the office is to insure that its re- 

 sources be available to a broad audience. The office continued 

 publication of the OMP Bulletin, featuring transcripts from 

 OMP courses and articles advancing multicultural issues in 

 museums. OMP also inaugurated a new on-line database fea- 

 turing over 2000 citations to museology theses and disserta- 

 tions and references to museum legal and educational issues. 

 At the end of the year staff began to investigate ways in 

 which the Internet could be used to deliver distance learning 

 programs in museology. 



The Office of Museum Programs assisted other Smithson- 

 ian offices during the year with special administrative and pro- 

 grammatic assignments. Rex M. Ellis participated on the 

 Exhibit Planning Committee during the year. The Smithson- 

 ian established the committee to review and improve the facil- 

 itation of exhibitions at Smithsonian museums. Dr. Ellis 

 helped to assess and serve the training needs of SI staff in- 

 volved in exhibit production at all levels. Dr. Ellis also repre- 

 sented the Smithsonian on the African Burial Ground 

 Committee. Formed in 1992, this committee meets to deter- 

 mine the future of the remains of over 200 colonial Africans 

 and African Americans who were discovered in a lower Man- 

 hattan, New York gravesite. Because the remains were uncov- 

 ered on federal ground and because of Dr. Ellis' interest in 

 colonial history, he replaced Claudine Brown as the Smithson- 

 ian representative for 1994. In December, OMP sponsored 

 "Museums and Informal Education," a lecture by Dr. Chan- 

 dler Screven, Director of the International Laboratory of Visi- 

 tor Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. 

 Screven discussed the museum visit as both an educational 

 and a leisure time activity. 



By years end the office was in the process of changing its 

 name to the Center for Museum Studies, to more accurately 

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