September 6 



Exhibition: Painting and Calligraphy of the Ch' ing Dynasty. Culminating a 

 series of exhibitions, this selection of works (1644-1912) at the Freer showed 

 the artistic impact on Chinese painting and calligraphy of cultural, political 

 and economic change during China's last dynasty. 



September 6 



Exhibition: Private Lives of Public Figures: The Nineteenth Century Family 

 Print. Opened at the National Portrait Gallery. 



September 7 



Workshop: "Such a Pretty Face: Igbo Maiden Masks," a program for children and 

 adults, included creating replicas of the Igbo masks featured in the current 

 exhibition at the Museum of African Art. 



September 9-13 



Training: E. Benner Larsen, from the Conservation Training School in Copenhagen, 

 gave a course on "High Quality Molding and Casting of Museum Objects" at the 

 Conservation Analytical Laboratory. 



September 11 



Renovation: The Smithsonian Institution Libraries began a major renovation 

 project designed to strengthen the Natural History Branch Library through 

 physical expansion and consolidation of its collection as well as to consolidate 

 the central administrative and processing offices of the Libraries. 



September 13 



Special Event: Smithsonian Associates participating in the 7th annual 

 Smithsonian/Oxford Seminar attended a Convocation and reception in the Castle 

 before departing for England. 



September 15 



Exhibition: The Renaissance: Black Arts of the Twenties , an exhibition 

 displaying the cultural history of the New Negro Movement of the 1920s, opened at 

 the Anacostia Museum. 



September 16 



Milestone: First live television images of Comet Halley were transmitted 

 nationwide from the Whipple Observatory via the CBS Morning News. 



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