hundreds of meteorite specimens gathered in Antarctica during the last decade by 

 National Science Foundation expeditions to be permanently turned over to National 

 Museum of Natural History. 



February 



Telecast: "Here at the Smithsonian, " the series of three-minute features on 

 people and events at the Institution, produced by the Office of 

 Telecommunications, began its fifth season with new distribution via satellite, 

 tripling its subscriber stations to 180. 



February 3 



Outreach: The Career Awareness Program of the Office of Elementary and Secondary 

 Education convened its newly formed Advisory Council; the program works to 

 introduce students from the D.C. Public Schools to career opportunities at the 

 Smithsonian. 



February 5 



Acquisition: The National Museum of American History accepted an International 

 Harvester model 1486 tractor, made in 1979, from members of the American 

 Agriculture Movement. 



February 6 



Exhibition: "Directions 1986," continuing the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture 

 Garden's well-known series of contemporary art exhibitions, opened at the museum 

 with 36 works by eight American artists, three of whcm appeared in a round-table 

 that evening with the exhibition's curator, Phyllis Rosenzweig. 



February 18-20 



Seminar: The Office of Protection Services conducted its ninth annual security 

 conference, which was attended by over 150 security professionals. Besides the 

 traditional focus on the theme "security is everybody's business," special 

 emphasis was placed en library protection and building management. 



February 20 



Exhibition: "Treasures from the National Museum of American Art," an exhibition 

 of 81 works from the museum collection, opened at the Seattle Art Museum. Its 

 13-mcnth national tour included showings at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 

 the Amen Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. 



February 23-March 1 



Symposium: A special symposium for high school teachers and students was 

 conducted at the National Zoological Park, with the goal of educating students 

 about careers in science. 



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