May 



Grant: The Office of Telecommunications received a commitment of $90,000 in funding 

 from the Dutch Environment Ministry for development of the "Earth Game" television 

 project. 



May 



Award: The weekly "Radio Smithsonian" series produced by the Office of 

 Telecommunications won the Silver Award from the Public Radio Conference for its 

 special program "Sounds Like New York." This program subsequently won Silver 

 Awards from the International Radio Festival of New York and the Corporation for 

 Public Broadcasting. 



May 



Publication: Smithsonian Institution Press published its first bilingual book, Puerto Rico 

 Mio: Four Decades of Change, by the well-known photographer Jack Delano. 



May 



Acquisition: The purchase of a wood protective figure by the Teke peoples of the 

 Republic of the Congo for the National Museum of African Art was made possible 

 through a grant from the James Smithson Society. 



May 



Video: The videocassette "Guide to the Smithsonian," produced by the Office of 

 Telecommunications, went on sale in the Smithsonian Information Center. 



May 



Milestone: "Life in the Ancient Seas," a permanent exhibition hall that tells the story of 

 sea life through eons of time, opened at the National Museum of Natural History. The 

 new hall marks the completion of the 15-year project to modernize the museum's 

 paleontological complex, a series of exhibition halls that includes the Dinosaur Hall. 



May 



Contract Awarded: The American International Distribution Corp. of Colchester, 

 Vermont, was awarded the contract for the new fulfillment service for Smithsonian 

 Books and the Smithsonian Collection of Recordings. 



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