April 28 



Award: Dr. Edward J. Nygren, director of the Smith College Museum of Art, was 

 selected as the first recipient of the Charles C. Eldredge Prize for outstanding 

 scholarship in American art. Established by the American Art Forum, a patron's 

 support organization of the National Museum of American Art, it is given in honor 

 of the museum's former director, who founded the forum in 1985. 



April 29 



Film: The opening of the third Washington, D.C., International Filmfest was held 

 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. The filmfest was sponsored by the 

 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Service, and the Asian Pacific 

 American Heritage Committee served as host. 



May 



Space Flight: The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory received a four-year, 

 $17 million contract to build and operate the Submillimeter Wave Astronomy 

 Satellite, which will study how molecular clouds in the Milky Way collapse to 

 form stars and planets. 



May 



Exhibition: "Men and Women: A History of Costume, Gender, and Power" opened at 

 the National Museum of American History. The exhibition chronicles the history 

 of costume and fashion in American history while probing the changing-and, in 

 some cases, unchanging-standards of appearance and behavior for men and women. 



May 



Appointment: Edgardo Maravi was appointed the first development officer for the 

 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Mr. Maravi trained as an agronomist at 

 the Universidad Agraria in Tingo Maria, Peru. 



May 



Program: National Museum of Natural History Director Frank Talbot hosted a 

 reception for thirty guests at the Smithsonian's Barney Studio House to introduce 

 the museum's new Director's Circle, a high-level membership program designed to 

 introduce individuals to behind-the-scenes activities at the National Museum of 

 Natural History. 



May 



Special Event: Secretary Adams and the Ambassador of France hosted a reception 

 to celebrate the display in the Arts and Industries Building of the historic 

 documents the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Constitution of 1791 in 

 conjunction with the bicentennial of the French Revolution. 



