February I 



U Acquisition The Atlanta Intetfaith Broadcasters 

 presented the Anacostia Museum with 25 videotapes 

 of church sermons, church and family histories, and 

 individual oral history interviews. These materials 

 have contributed to the museum's leadership in docu- 

 menting African American religious tradition. 



February 2— March 5 



■ Course The Smithsonian Institution Man and the 

 Biosphere Biological Diversity Program and the 

 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute held a regional 

 training course in Panama on conservation of natural re- 

 sources and the management of wildlands. The course 

 included 23 participants and 15 national and interna- 

 tional instructors. 



February 4 



■ Announcement The Smithsonian Board of Regents ap- 

 proved the naming of the Freer Gallery of Art audito- 

 rium as the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Auditorium 

 when the gallery reopens. The decision was made in rec- 

 ognition of a gift of more than $1 million to renovate 

 and equip the 300-seat auditorium and to provide for 

 public programming. The donation came from Katha- 

 rine Graham, chairman of the board of the Washington 

 Post Company; the Philip L. Graham Fund; the Eugene 

 and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation; and the Island Fund 

 in the New York Community Trust. 



February 5 



■ Lecture To celebrate Black History Month, the Na- 

 tional Air and Space Museum invited Lt. Gen. Benja- 

 min O. Davis, Jr., to talk about his extraordinary life, 

 from enduring discrimination as the only black at West 

 Point, to leading Tuskegee Airmen fighter squadrons 

 during World War II, to his experiences as a general in 

 the U.S. Air Force. An overflow audience of 1,500 

 attended. 



February j and February 7 



Pei and his staff and director of the Louvre Michel 

 Laclotte among the speakers. 



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■ Exhibition "Winslow Homer in the 1890s: Prout's 

 Neck Observed" opened at the National Museum of 

 American Art, presenting Homer's late seascape 

 masterworks. 



February 8 



■ Facility Design The Office of Design and Construc- 

 tion completed design for the National Museum of the 

 American Indian at the Old U.S. Custom House in 

 New York City. 



February 12 



■ Meeting The 12-member Japanese delegation of the 

 SI-Bunkacho (Tokyo National Research Institute of Cul- 

 tural Properties) arrived to begin four days of sessions 

 with Smithsonian curators, conservators, and scientists, 

 including participants from the Conservation Analytical 

 Laboratory. 



February I) 



m Exhibition "Sigmar Polke," a full-fledged retrospective 

 honoring this widely influential German artist who has ex- 

 hibited frequently in Europe but seldom in the United 

 States, opened its first East Coast venue at the Hirshhom 

 Museum and Sculpture Garden in a national tour organ- 

 ized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 



February 14 



■ Course The Office of Museum Programs began its 

 first museology training program for Smithsonian staff. 



February 14—IS 



■ Symposium With the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, the Office of International Re- 

 lations sponsored a symposium on "Science in Africa" 

 and a reception at the National Museum of African Art. 



■ Lectures In collaboration with the American Insti- 

 tute of Architects and the American Architectural Foun- 

 dation, the Resident Associate Program celebrated the 

 second annual Accent on Architecture Week, with I. M. 



February 15 



m Acquisition First Lady Barbara Bush gave the camou- 

 flage uniform shirt she wore during her November 1990 



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