orientation source for visitors to the Smithsonian and provides assistance on other 

 popular attractions in the nation's capital. 



November 16 



Exhibition: An exhibition on the accomplishments of Russian-born aviation pioneer Igor 

 Sikorsky opened at the National Air and Space Museum. Photographs and artifacts 

 illustrate Sikorsky's achievements, including the creation of the world's first four-engine 

 aircraft in 1913. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the VS-300, the world's first 

 practical single-rotor helicopter. 



November 17 



Dialogue: "The Evolving Empowerment of Caribbean Women" was the third in a series 

 of four dialogues presented at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 

 collaboration with the project office of the "Caribbean Festival Arts" exhibition. 



November 21-25 



International Training Program: The Office of Museum Programs held an international 

 conference and training course, "Making Exhibitions, Constructing Realities," at the 

 Museu Paracense Emilio Goeldi, Belem, Para, Brazil. 



November 27-30 



Seminar: More than 100 Associates from 26 states participated in the Smithsonian 

 National Associate Program's "Update: Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R." Journalists 

 Hedrick Smith and Peter Jennings, Assistant Secretary for Research Robert Hoffmann, 

 and Kennan Institute staff and visiting scholars provided background and varied opinions 

 on the dramatic changes taking place in these nations. 



November 28 



Milestone: The National Museum of the American Indian, the 15th museum in the 

 Smithsonian family, was established with the signing of Public Law 101-185. The 

 museum will have three components: the George Gustav Heye Center, located in the old 

 U.S. Custom House in lower Manhattan; a storage, research, and conservation facility in 

 Suitland, Maryland; and a museum on the National Mall next to the National Air and 

 Space Museum. 



December 



Lecture: Internationally respected paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould lectured to a 

 capacity audience of Resident Associates about his latest book Wonderful Life: The 

 Burgess Shale and the Nature of History. 



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