June 20 



Exhibition: Demilitarized U.S. Pershing II and Soviet SS-20 missiles were installed in 

 an exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum recognizing the Intermediate 

 Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1987, which eliminated an entire class of weapons. 



June 24-30 



Domestic Study Tour: Associates of all ages traveled to the Colorado Rockies for the 

 Smithsonian National Associate Program's first family study tour at the Nature Center. 

 The lively program included hikes through fossil beds, wildlife excursions, and a visit to 

 a 100-year-old working homestead farm. 



June 24 



Milestone: The collection of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, was 

 officially transferred to the Smithsonian Institution. The more than 1 million artifacts in 

 the collection, which includes a library, photo archives, and other resource material, will 

 be the centerpiece of the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall. 



June 26 



Significant Birth: The National Zoo celebrated the birth of a tiger cub produced by in 

 vitro fertilization. Research scientists at the Zoo designed and implemented this 

 particular procedure for tigers, which resulted in the birth of the first "test tube" tiger 

 cub. 



June 26-29 



Training Program: The Office of Museum Programs held the first annual training 

 congress, "Building Partnerships: Museums and Their Communities," a national 

 interdisciplinary event for museum staff development. 



June 27 



Festival: The 24th annual Festival of American Folklife began, featuring programs on 

 the folklife of the U.S. Virgin Islands; Senegal's cultures; and traditional forms of song, 

 chant, movement, and the musics of struggle. Opening ceremony speakers included U.S. 

 Virgin Islands Governor Alexander Farrelly; the ambassador of Senegal; the Senegal 

 minister of culture and communications; and Cordell Reagon, founder of the Freedom 

 Singers of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. 



June 28 



Exhibition: "From Parlor to Politics: Women and Reform in America, 1890-1925" 

 opened at the National Museum of American History. The exhibition explores how 



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