June 



Publication: Smithsonian Institution Libraries Research Guide No. 4, African 

 Art: A Bibliographic Guide by Janet L. Stanley, Chief Librarian of the Museum 

 of African Art Branch Library, was published by Africana Publishing Company, a 

 division of Holmes and Meier. 



June 



Special Program: Dr. Jerry Bell of the National Science Foundation spoke on 

 community involvement in science education projects at the Community Science 

 Project "Recognition Night" at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Lab, an 

 event sponsored by the Smithsonian Office of Educational Research. 



June 3 



Special Event: The Cooper-Hewitt Museum opened Wine: Celebration and 

 Ceremony , a major exhibition focusing on design related to the history of wine- 

 making and wine -drinking. 



June 3-7 



Program: Fifteen students from the Multiculture Bilingual High School in 

 Washington, D.C., participated in a one week junior externship program in nine 

 curatorial, administrative, design and educations areas. The program was 

 organized by the Office of Museum Programs. 



June 4 



Acquisition: The Museum of African Art exercised the first option on a major 

 collection of African art objects from the 12th/15th century to the mid- 20th 

 century, assembled over the years by a private European collector. 



June 4 



Exhibition: Adici: A Celebration of Life, a major exhibition marking the 

 Festival of India 1985-1986, opened at the Museum of Natural History. The 

 exhibition, organized by the Museum of Natural History Office of Exhibits and the 

 Office of Folklife Programs, incorporated 2,000 objects with India's venerable 

 folk traditions as expressed by 40 craftsmen and performing artists in a setting 

 simulating Indian village life. Plants native to India were provided by the 

 Office of Horticulture to complement the exhibition. 



June 4 



Special Event: The Cooper-Hewitt Museum hosted the opening ceremonies of Museum 

 Mile Night in New York City. Mayor Edward I. Koch officiated, and more than 

 8,000 visitors toured the museum in a three-hour period. 



June 5 



Award: Christine Jones and William Forman of the Smithsonian Astrophysical 

 Observatory received the Bruno Rossi Award of the American Astronomical Society 

 for their research on hot X-ray coronae around elliptical galaxies. 



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