September— November 



■ Exhibition 'The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly," the 

 National Zoological Park's exhibition on human attitudes 

 toward animals, was open to the public in the Experimen- 

 tal Gallery, located in the Arts and Industries Building. 



September 1—2 



■ Exposition The National Air and Space Museum 

 presented the International Space Year Exhibition of 

 Robots for Exploring New Worlds ("Rover Expo") with 

 co-hosts NASA and the Planetary Society. The expo, 

 which drew nearly 5,000 visitors on its first day, show- 

 cased the largest gathering of interplanetary rovers ever. 



September 4 



■ Milestone The National Air and Space Museum's 

 "Star Trek" exhibition received its 500,000th visitor. 



September 6 



■ Training Program The Ghana Museum Training Pro- 

 gram, a six-month program in collaboration with the 

 Smithsonian's Office of African and Caribbean Affairs, 

 began. Five individuals will receive training in exhibi- 

 tion design and production, museum education and 

 interpretation, and photographic methods. 



September 11 



■ Film and Lecture Series The National Air and Space 

 Museum began its "Legend, Memory, and the Great 

 War in the Air" film and lecture series. The series, 

 which included lectures by John Keegan, John Morrow, 

 Jr., and Lynne Handley, was presented in conjunction 

 with the museum's new World War I gallery. 



September II 



■ Repatriation The Board of Trustees of the National 

 Museum of the American Indian voted to repatriate nine 

 objects associated with the Cranmer Kwakiud Podatch of 

 1921 and acquired by George Gustav Heye in 1922. 



September 11 



■ Publication Looking at Earth, by Priscilla Strain and 

 Frederick Engle of the National Air and Space 

 Museum's Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, was 



published. The book presents images from spacecraft, 

 providing insight into the planet's surface and environ- 

 ment and is based in part on research conducted for the 

 museum's exhibition gallery of the same name. 



September 1$ 



■ Exhibition The National Zoo opened its new Reptile 

 Discovery Center, which features state-of-the-art interac- 

 tive exhibits in the Reptile House. 



September 16 



■ Exhibition "Directions — Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: 

 Animal Farm" opened at the Hirshhorn Museum with a 

 talk by this widely acclaimed artist-teacher and the 

 Kids of Survival, his collaborative of mostly Latino 

 junior and senior high-school students from the South 

 Bronx, New York. During the year, the museum's series 

 of small-scale "Directions" shows also featured works by 

 Brazilian-born sculptor Saint Clair Cemin, Spanish- 

 born installation artist Francesc Torres, and German 

 photographer Thomas Struth. 



September 20-27 



■ Special Events The Office of Development held four 

 major donor and volunteer events: a Regents dinner 

 honoring top donors and prospects; the Smithsonian Na- 

 tional Board annual meeting in Washington; the second 

 annual dinner dance for the Smithsonian Benefactors' 

 Circle, a distinguished recognition society for major In- 

 stitutional donors, and its honorary founder, Enid A. 

 Haupt; and the first annual meeting of the Smithsonian 

 Corporate Membership Program. 



September 2$ 



m Fund Raising About 150 people attended a 

 fund-raising dinner in Atlanta for the National 

 Museum of American Indian. The benefit, which in- 

 cluded the dinner and a silent auction, was hosted by 

 Ken Rhyne (Tuscarora), president of Rhycof Design 

 Associates, and a volunteer committee member. 



September 23 



■ Death Paul Edward Garber, historian emeritus and 

 Ramsey Fellow of the National Air and Space Museum, 

 died at age 93. He had been associated with the Smith- 

 sonian for 72 years. 



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