MUSE Awards from the American Association of 

 Museums as best in category and third place in the over- 

 ail competition. 



American gardens and parks, along with related files. 

 The collection will become part of the Smithsonian's 

 Archives of American Gardens. 



May 



■ Grants James Smithson Society grants totaling 

 $430,850 were awarded to 15 Smithsonian projects. 



May 



■ Museum Shops A new museum shop sales component 

 opened in the Smithsonian Information Center. 



May 



■ Conference Participation At the first National Science 

 Foundation— sponsored National Forum on Children's 

 Science Books, National Science Resources Center 

 Director of Publications Kathleen Johnston chaired a 

 panel on publishers' and reviewers' views of children's 

 science trade books. 



May 



■ Publication The Office of Elementary and Secondary 

 Education published "Band Music in American Life," 

 the first in the office's Smithsonian Chronicles series of 

 primary source portfolios for high school use. 



May 2 



■ Lecture Filipino American labor leader Philip Vera 

 Cruz spoke on his role in the establishment of the 

 United Farm Workers Union. His talk was coordinated 

 by the Wider Audience Development Program. 



May y 



■ Donation The estate of Earl S. Tupper donated $1.5 

 million to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 

 to support scientific research on tropical biology. An ad- 

 ditional $1 million annually for 1993 and 1994 was part 

 of the donation. 



May I}-IS 



■ Conference Cooper-Hewitt, National Museum of 

 Design cosponsored a conference, "Universal Design: 

 Access to Daily Living," in conjunction with Pratt In- 

 stitute and Columbia University College of Physicians 

 and Surgeons' Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. 

 The conference was a forum on design issues that affect 

 people with disabilities. 



May 14 



■ Education Program The National Air and Space 

 Museum's Education Office, Department of Space His- 

 tory, and Laboratory for Astrophysics presented the first 

 museum "School Night." The program brings local stu- 

 dents, teachers, and administrators into the museum 

 after public hours for a program of lectures, films, and 

 demonstrations. 



May 1$ 



■ Symposium Dumbarton Oaks and the Arthur M Sack- 

 ler Gallery cosponsored a symposium, "Mughal Gardens: 

 Sources, Representations, Places, and Prospects," to ex- 

 amine historical, political, social and artistic aspects of the 

 gardens of Mughal India. The meeting opened with a lec- 

 ture by Elizabeth Moynihan; the Sackler Gallery session of 

 the two-day event was made possible through the 

 generosity of Mrs. Arthur M. Sackler. 



May ip 



■ International Briefing At a special briefing breakfast 

 in Washington, D.C., National Museum of the 

 American Indian Director W Richard West, Jr., in- 

 formed embassy officials and the international media 

 about the National Museum of the American Indian col- 

 lection and the National Campaign. 



May 12 



■ Gift The Garden Club of American presented 

 Secretary Robert McC. Adams with the deed of gift for 

 the historic collection of more than 30,000 glass-plate 

 slides, photographs, and 35mm slides depicting 



May 20 



■ Exhibition The National Air and Space Museum 

 opened "Republic P-47 Thunderbolt," the first in the 

 museum's "Air Power in World War II" series, which 

 will run through 1995. 



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