September 



Continuing Project: Progress continued on the Visitor Information and 

 Associates' Reception Center exterior graphic information system with the 

 installation of out-of-doors directional signs to the Anacostia Museum. 



September 



Transfer: The Intern, Orientation, and Registration Program was transferred from 

 the Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center to the Office of Museum 

 Programs. 



September 



Program: The National Science Resources Center entered into a working 

 partnership with twenty-one public schools in twelve districts around the country 

 (plus the Department of Defense Dependents' School, Clark Air Base, in the 

 Philippines) to field-test elementary science curriculum units under development 

 by the Science and Technology for Children project. 



September 



Publication: Hirshhorn WORKS 88 was published by the Hirshhorn Museum and 

 Sculpture Garden, launching what is hoped to be an ongoing series of yearbooks on 

 WORKS projects. Included were essays and photographs on the four site-specific 

 projects by Sol LeWitt, Kate Ericson/Mel Ziegler, Vernon Fisher, and Krzysztof 

 Wodiczko, respectively, executed between November 1987 and October 1988. 



September 



Film Series: The Museum of African Art launched the premiere of a thirteen-part 

 film series, "Things Fall Apart," based on the highly acclaimed novel by Nigerian 

 author Chinua Achebe. Lectures featuring prominent black scholars were offered 

 in conjunction with the film. 



September 



Publication: The Office of Interdisciplinary Studies completed a publication 

 called Completing the Food Chain: Strategies for Combating Hunger and 

 Malnutrition, Neil G. Kotler and Paula M. Hirschoff, editors. The book is 

 second in a series of world food colloquia publications. 



September 



Milestone: The Office of Public Affairs prepared its first extensive publicity 

 campaign in Spanish for Hispanic Heritage Month, including both newspaper and 

 radio advertisements. 



September 



Videodisc: The Smithsonian Institution," a state-of-the-art interactive video, 

 was completed for the new Smithsonian Information Center to provide visitors with 

 detailed information about the museums, activities for children, special tours, 

 and restaurants. 



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