July and September 



Acquisition: Two important collections of extraordinary utilitarian objects 

 primarily from East and Southern Africa were acquired by the Museum of African 

 Art. 



July 2 



Milestone: Alice Burnette was named assistant secretary for institutional 

 initiatives, the first woman to be appointed as an assistant secretary in the 

 Institution's senior management staff. 



July 2 



Workshop: The Smithsonian Institution/Man and the Biosphere Program, in 

 cooperation with Liga de Defensa del Medio Ambiente, the Academia de Ciencias 

 Naturales, and the Universidad Mayor de San Andres, conducted the program's third 

 annual workshop in Bolivia titled "Conservation of Natural Resources and the 

 Management of Protected Areas, Flora, and Fauna in Bolivia." The program 

 continued to August 1. 



July 3 



Exhibition: The Smithsonian Institution Libraries opened an exhibition on 

 stratigraphy titled "Stratigraphy's Golden Age: Murchison and his Silurian 

 System." The exhibition was curated by Ellen B. Wells and commemorated the 150th 

 anniversary of a landmark in stratigraphy. The show, which was accompanied by an 

 illustrated brochure, was coordinated with the 28th International Geological 

 Congress, which met in Washington, D.C. 



July 5 



Appointment: Barbara J. Smith was appointed director of the Smithsonian 

 Institution Libraries. Dr. Smith was assistant dean of libraries at Pennsylvania 

 State University. She succeeds Robert Maloy, who left the Smithsonian 

 Institution Libraries in October 1987. 



July 6 



Exhibition: "Inside Active Volcanoes: Kilauea and Mount St. Helens" opened and 

 drew 514,979 visitors during its twelve-week run, the highest attendance ever 

 recorded for a National Museum of Natural History Evans Gallery exhibition. The 

 exhibition will travel for three years to eleven major cities. 



July 6 



Research Grant: The National Museum of American Art received $850,000 from the 

 Pew Charitable Trusts in Philadelphia for a national inventory and condition 

 assessment of American sculpture. The money was awarded jointly to the projects 

 cosponsor, the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, in 

 Washington, D.C. 



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