February 



Film: The Office of Telecommunications completed a half -hour film for 

 educational use. Its working title is "Coral Reefs and the Discovery of New 

 Resources . " 



February * 



Milestone: A theme for the inaugural exhibition and associated programs of the 

 International Center was selected. The exhibition, scheduled to open in the 

 Spring of 1987, is tentatively entitled "Generations" and will focus on the 

 universal experience of birth. 



February 



Research: The gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer of the Conservation Analytical 

 Laboratory, an instrument for the analysis of complicated mixtures of organic 

 materials in very small samples and the only one of its kind in the United States 

 totally devoted to work on museum materials, became operational. 



February 1 



Exhibition: Conservation of Modern Art, an exhibition outlining the treatment 

 and restoration of 26 works from the Hirshhorn Museum's collection, opened at the 

 museum supported by the Women's Committee of the Smithsonian Associates. 



February 7-8 



Colloquium/Concert: "The Art of Jazz Improvisation: A Festival of Traditional 

 and Contemporary Approaches," held at the Museum of American History, included 

 performances by jazz artists Clark Terry, Archie Shepp , Eddie Barefield and Doc 

 Cheatham and a colloquium chaired by Dr. Leonard Goines, professor of Jazz 

 History at New York University. 



February 8 



Restoration: The restoration of the 1903 Wright Flyer, the first machine to 

 achieve controlled, powered, heavier- than-air flight, began at the Air and Space 

 Museum. The five-month project was completed in a special gallery that allowed 

 visitors to watch the restoration. 



February 13 



New Research: Dr. M. James Blackman and Dr. Rita P. Wright started a major 

 archaeometrical project on the production and distribution of ceramics in fourth 

 and third millenia B.C. Middle Asia with the help of funding provided by the 

 Scholarly Studies Program. This project is a cooperative effort between the 

 Conservation Analytical Laboratory and a number of archaeological institutions in 

 Europe and the Middle East. 



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