April 16 



Donation: The National Air and Space Museum accepted the promise of a supersonic 

 Concorde airplane from Air France as part of the commemoration of the 

 bicentennial of the French Revolution. The airplane will become part of the 

 museum's collection after it has been retired from active service. 



April 19 



Exhibition: A full-scale structural and dynamic test vehicle for the Hubble 

 Space Telescope was installed in the National Air and Space Museum's Space Hall. 

 The Space Telescope, the largest orbiting observatory ever built, will provide 

 deep space images with ten times the clarity and fifty times the light 

 sensitivity of the best ground-based telescopes. 



April 19-22 



Hispanic Media Conference: The Office of Public Affairs, in conjunction with the 

 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Service, coordinated the preparation 

 of an exhibit for the Seventh Annual National Hispanic Media Conference in San 

 Juan, Puerto Rico, along with a reception and the appearance of Secretary Adams 

 as a keynote banquet speaker. Twelve hundred reporters attended the conference. 

 A new bilingual brochure on Latino resources at the Smithsonian, produced by the 

 Office of Public Affairs, was distributed at the conference. 



April 22 



International Conference: "New Approaches to Persian Art and Culture" explored 

 the significant themes that have emerged from recent scholarly research in 

 Persian art and culture. The day-long event featured five papers and a panel 

 discussion by internationally known scholars of Persian art, culture, and 

 languages. 



April 27 



Exhibition: Organized by the National Museum of American Art, "The Photography 

 of Invention: American Pictures of the 1980s" opened in celebration of the 150th 

 anniversary of photography. The exhibition included recent works by ninety 

 artists (six works were especially created for the show) emphasizing the new 

 versatility and inventiveness of the medium. The exhibition later traveled to 

 Chicago and Minneapolis. 



April 27 



Announcement: The National Air and Space Museum announced plans for a major new 

 large-format IMAX film on space that wUl focus on the beauty of the Earth and 

 the fragility of its environmental systems. "Blue Planet," produced in 

 cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, will feature 

 scenes shot on several space shuttle flights by astronauts trained to use the 

 IMAX camera. 



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