August 6 



Audiovisual: "A Living Legacy: The Wcodrcw Wilscn House Museum," a videotape 

 addressing historic house museum issues, premiered at the Office of Museum 

 Programs. 



August 7 



Exhibition: "Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest," the first public 

 showing of a significant group of works from the 1981 bequest of the museum's 

 founding donor, opened at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. 



August 8 



Installation: The redesigned Doris M. Magowan Gallery of Portrait Miniatures 

 opened at the National Museum of American Art. One hundred examples from the 

 museum's collection — many not previously shown publicly— survey the history of 

 the American miniature portrait from the latter half of the 18th century through 

 the mid-lSth century. 



August 20 



Exhibition: The special education exhibit, "ZccArk," opened at the National 

 Zoological Park with interpretive, interactive modules in six animal houses. 

 Thought-provoking quizzes and innovative computer games encourage visitors to 

 learn about conservation issues. 



August 23-28 



New Program: The Conservation Analytical Laboratory's new furniture conservation 

 training program began with the inaugural course, "Wood Technology." Six 

 students were accepted from among 75 applicants for the first class, which will 

 graduate in 1990. 



August 24-29 



Symposium: The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory cosponsored IAU Symposium 

 126, "The Harlow Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies," at 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



August 25 



Special Event: Sponsoring, Sustaining, Patron and James Smithscn Society members 

 of the Contributing Membership were invited to attend "An Evening at the Navy 

 Memorial Museum." Members had access to the museum's entire exhibition, and the 

 evening included a reception and performance by members of The Commodores, the 

 Navy's jazz ensemble. 



August 31 



Milestone: Membership in the Contributing Membership Program exceeded 40,000 for 

 the first time since the Program's 1976 inception. 



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