in the Rockies," to explore the landscapes, history, and 

 lifestyles that characterized some of the art of the 

 American West. 



third printing by Smithsonian Institution Press only a 

 year after publication. The book was drawn from a 

 Smithsonian— Rockefeller Foundation conference. 



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■ New Facility The Centre for the Study of Biological 

 Diversity opened on the campus of the University of 

 Guyana. A joint project of the National Museum of 

 Natural History, the university, and the World Wildlife 

 Fund, the center provides library, office, laboratory, and 

 collection space for studies of the flora and fauna now 

 under way by the museum's Biodiversity of the Guianas 

 project in collaboration with the university. 



June 



■ Exhibition The Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

 Exhibition Service hosted the traveling exhibition "Art 

 as Activist: Revolutionary Posters from Central and 

 Eastern Europe" in the International Gallery. Former 

 Czech and Slovak Republic Ambassador Rita Klimova 

 gave the keynote address at a special reception. 



June 



■ Conference Participation Assistant Secretary for Exter- 

 nal Affairs Thomas E. Lovejoy represented the United 

 States as an alternate delegate at the United Nations 

 Conference on Environment and Development in Rio 

 de Janeiro. 



June 



■ Conference The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Ex- 

 ternal Affairs cosponsored a conference with the United 

 Nations University, 'The Definition and Measurement of 

 Sustainability: The Biophysical Foundations." 



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■ Travel Program Fifty-eight Contributing Members 

 of the Smithsonian National Associate Program 

 traveled to northern Japan and Russia's far east on an 

 exclusive three-week study tour with Assistant 

 Secretary for the Sciences Robert Hoffmann and 

 William Fitzhugh and James Luhr of the National 

 Museum of Natural History. 



June 



■ New Facility Architects and engineers were selected 

 to design and construct the National Museum of the 

 American Indian cultural resources facility in Suitland, 

 Maryland. The facility is expected to be completed in 

 1997. 



June 



■ Acquisition The National Museum of African Art ac- 

 quired a monumental Ubangi slit drum carved in the 

 form of a bush cow. 



June 2—y 



■ Conference Participation At the annual meeting of the 

 American Institute for Conservation of Historic and 

 Artistic Works held in Buffalo, New York, Conserva- 

 tion Analytical Laboratory staff and interns presented 12 

 papers. 



June 4 



June 



■ Exhibition Videos Five videos produced by the Office 

 of Telecommunications accompanied the "American 

 Encounters" exhibition at the National Museum of 

 American History. 



June 



U Publication Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics 

 of Museum Display, edited by Ivan Karp of the National 

 Museum of Natural History and Steven Lavine, had its 



■ Luncheon Julie Harris, celebrated stage and screen 

 actress, was guest of honor at a luncheon and spoke to 

 National Portrait Gallery docents. Harris was in 

 Washington starring in the role of a docent in the play 

 Lettice and Lovage at the National Theater. 



June 4 



■ Visitor Services Bus service between the National 

 Mall and the Anacostia Museum was inaugurated. The 

 bus also transports local school and civic groups to the 

 Anacostia Museum. 



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