March 2 



Special Event: International Seal Bay was celebrated at the National Zoological 

 Park with a special public program of of seal training demonstrations , talks and 

 touchable objects such as pelts and skulls. 



March 15 



AcquisitiQn: Ten golden-headed lion tamarin monkeys arrived at the National 

 Zoological Park from Brazil. Their arrival marked the first step in the 

 establishment of a breeding program at the Zoo to ensure long-term survival of 

 this highly endangered species. 



March 16-19 



Conference: The First National Conference on Women's Changing Roles in Museums 

 was cosponsored by the Office of Museum Programs and the Smithsonian 

 Institution's Women's Council. 



March 17 



Acquisition: An excavated cache of neolithic plaster statues from the site of 

 'Ain-Ghazal, Jordan, arrived at the Conservation Analytical Laboratory. These 

 pieces, which date back to about 7000 B.C., will receive special conservation 

 treatment under the terms of a agreement between the Department of Antiquities of 

 Jordan and the Smithsonian's Conservation Analytical Laboratory. 



March 17 - May 9 



Field Course: The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the University of 

 Panama offered the second Graduate Field Course in Tropical Ecology with the 

 participation of students from Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Haiti. 

 More than 20 scientists from national and international institutions were invited 

 speakers. 



March 19 



Benefit: A dinner for Sister Parish was held to benefit the Decorative Arts 

 Committee of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Funds raised were used to purchase two 

 wallpaper sample bocks used originally by French firms in the 1920s. 



March 20 



Acquisition: The National Museum of American History accepted a mobile support 

 vehicle, space suit, bubble-shaped isolation units, medical literature and 

 memorabilia documenting the life of David, called the "bubble bey," who was born 

 with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) and confined to a sterile, 

 bubblelike environment for nearly all of his 12 year of life. 



March 24-28 



Course: Woedcarving and Conservation of Carved Surfaces, a hands-on course for 

 furniture conservators, was taught at the Conservation Analytical Laboratory by 

 Wallace Gussler of Colonial Williamsburg, and was attended by 10 professionals. 



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