May 8 



New Study: The Smithsonian Institution Libraries launched a preservation 

 planning program as one of ten libraries selected by the Association of Research 

 Libraries to conduct a self- study to recommend new preservation policies and 

 programs. 



May 9 



Course: The Resident Associate Program began a course on "The Ascendancy of 

 Asia: The Pacific Community in the 21st Century," in cooperation with the 

 Woodrow Wilson Center's Asia Program and the Asia Foundation. 



May 10 



Graduation: Commencement exercises were held for the second class of the Cooper- 

 Hewitt Museum and Parsons School of Design Master's Degree Program in the History 

 of Decorative Arts. 



May 12 -June 10 



International Program: The Office of Museum Programs and USIA co-sponsored the 

 sixth annual "Education in Museums" project for 12 international museum 

 professionals . 



May 13 



Award: The Charles Lang Freer Medal was presented to Prof. Stella Kramrisch, 

 distinguished Indianist. 



May 13-17 



Training: "Techniques, Uses, Differences and Operating Parameters of Current 

 Paper Suction Tables," an. advanced training course taught at the Conservation 

 Analytical Laboratory by seven expert instructors, was attended by 20 

 conservators . 



May 14 



Exhibition: The Arts of South Asia. In observance of "Aditi: The Festival of 

 India at the Smithsonian," the Freer presented its largest exhibition of painting 

 and sculpture from the Indian subcontinent, including a rare 13th- 14th-century 

 bronze bull and other new acquisitions displayed for the first time. 



May 14-18 



Milestone: Secretary Adams and nine other Smithsonian speakers traveled to 

 Tokyo, Japan for the first international lecture series sponsored by the 

 Smithsonian National Associates Lecture and Seminar Program. Many of the 

 sessions were translated simultaneously into Japanese. 



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