sponsorship with the United States Holocaust Memorial Natural History, the meeting was attended by more 

 Museum, presented an all-day seminar with exhibition than IOO American and Filipino scientists, 

 viewing and screenings of German silent film master- 

 pieces accompanied by live orchestral music. January 



December p 



■ Lecture Francoise Cachin, director of the Musee 

 d'Orsay in Paris and granddaughter of artist Paul 

 Signac, spoke on French Neo-Impressionist artist 

 Georges Seurat in a sold-out lecture sponsored by the 

 Smithsonian Resident Associate Program. 



December 15 



■ Special Event The National Zoo and the Friends of 

 the National Zoo (FONZ) sponsored a special perfor- 

 mance of the play Winnie the Pooh for homeless 

 children. Donated gifts were distributed. 



December 16 



■ Lecture An address by Chief Justice William Rehn- 

 quist was the highlight of Woodrow Wilson Center ac- 

 tivities commemorating the bicentennial of the Bill of 

 Rights. 



December iy 



■ Exhibition "Collecting Portrait Prints: Washington 

 Print Club Biennial," opened at the National Portrait 

 Gallery. Fifty-four portrait images from the collections 

 of Washington Print Club members were displayed in 

 this 13th biennial exhibition, including prints from the 

 15th to the 20th century. 



January 



■ Radio Series Premiere "Spirits of the Present: The 

 Legacy from Native America," a 13-part series produced 

 by the Office of Telecommunications' Radio Smith- 

 sonian, began broadcasting over 410 stations in the 

 United States and Canada. 



January 



■ Exhibition The National Museum of African Art 

 opened "Purpose and Perfection: Pottery as a Woman's Art 

 in Central Africa," a new permanent exhibition featuring 

 more than 60 vessels collected between 1900 and 1950. 



January 



■ Exhibition Video "To Achieve These Rights: The 

 Struggle for Equality and Self-Determination in the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, 1791— 1978" opened at the Anacostia 

 Museum. A video epilogue of the same title was 

 produced by the Office of Telecommunications as the 

 concluding element of the exhibition. 



January 



■ Pilot Program The Smithsonian National Associate 

 Program tested the use of media cosponsorship for its 

 regional lecture series. Five advertisements, two major 

 articles, and three smaller notices appeared in the Tal- 

 lahassee Democrat. Over 70 percent of the more than 

 1,000 participants ordered their tickets from the adver- 

 tisements. Similar media cosponsorships are being 

 planned for all future programs. 



January 



■ Visitor Services The National Museum of African Art 

 installed a new FM Assistive Listening System, which 

 allows hard-of-hearing visitors to have access to tours, 

 lectures, films, gallery discussions, and workshops. 



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■ Exhibition Five copies of the Smithsonian Institution 

 Traveling Exhibition Service— American Library Associa- 

 tion poster panel adaptation of the National Museum of 

 Natural History's major Columbus Quincentenary exhibi- 

 tion, "Seeds of Change," opened simultaneously in public 

 libraries across the United States. The exhibition will visit 

 public libraries in all 50 states through early 1994. 



■ Symposium/Workshop The Second USA-Philippines 

 Phycology Symposium/Workshop was held in the 

 Philippines. Funded by the National Science Founda- 

 tion and co-organized by the National Museum of 



January 



■ Publication The Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

 Exhibition Service published a brochure and poster 



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