April 



Publication: Global Volcanism 1975-85: The First Decade of Reports from the 

 Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Events Alert Network (SEAN) was published. 

 Edited by National Museum of Natural History researchers Lindsay McClelland, Tom 

 Simkin, Marjorie Summers, Elizabeth Nielsen, and Thomas C. Stein, this 672-page 

 book is the most complete record ever assembled of all known volcanic events in 

 the world—both major and minor-during a ten-year period. 



April 5 



Grant: The National Portrait Gallery received a grant from the Smithson Society 

 and Mrs. J. Paul Austin to purchase the Richard Avedon portfolio of seventy-three 

 photographs. 



April 5 



Visit: President George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir toured 

 the National Air and Space Museum and later saw "To Fly!" the museum's ever- 

 popular IMAX film about the history of flight. 



April 6 



Exhibition: "The Ceremonial Court," a new permanent exhibition, opened at the 

 National Museum of American History. The entrance recreates the front corridor 

 of the White House as it looked during the administration of Theodore Roosevelt. 

 The exhibition includes a number of original elements from the White House. 

 Galleries within hold first ladies gowns, presidential artifacts, jewelry, 

 pottery, and other objects from collections throughout the museum. 



April 7 



Exhibition: The Boat Show: Fantastic Vessels, Fictional Voyages" opened at the 

 Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art. The exhibition included 

 eighteen three-dimensional objects by fifteen contemporary artists who drew upon 

 a legacy of maritime imagery and symbolism. The public was invited to watch five 

 artists assemble their large-scale works from such diverse materials as wood, 

 glass, metal, hay, and twine. 



April 10 



Installation: The Daguerre Monument," Jonathan Scott Hartley's large sculpture 

 honoring Louis Daguerre, the French pioneer of photography, was unveiled and 

 placed on view on the Seventh Street side of the National Portrait Gallery and 

 the National Museum of American Art. 



April 15 



Exhibition: "Isamu Noguchi Portrait Sculpture," the first retrospective of a 

 major Japanese American sculptor, opened at the National Portrait Gallery. 



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