March 



March I 



U Publication The Visitor Information and Associates' 

 Reception Center produced and distributed foreign lan- 

 guage floor plans in French, German, Spanish, and Jap- 

 anese to Smithsonian museums. 



March 



■ Appointment Steven Newsome was appointed the 

 new director of the Anacostia Museum. He was pre- 

 viously director of the Banneker-Douglass Museum in 

 Annapolis, Maryland, and chief of cultural and educa- 

 tional services for Maryland s Division of Historical 

 and Cultural Programs. 



■ Exhibition A photo— text panel exhibit on Senegal 

 and its cultural traditions, organized by the Office of 

 Folklife Programs and originally mounted at the Festi- 

 val of American Folklife, was displayed at Bethesda- 

 Chevy Chase High School, Bethesda, Maryland. 



March 



U Planning The firm of Venturi, Scott Brown & Asso- 

 ciates began development of the architectural pro- 

 gram for the National Museum of the American 

 Indian facilities on the National Mall and in Suit- 

 land, Maryland. 



March 



■ Cultural Diversity Four multicultural versions of a 

 portable exhibit with the theme "The Smithsonian Is 

 for Everyone" were produced by the Office of Public 

 Affairs with grants from the Special Exhibition Fund 

 and the Educational Outreach Program. Highlighted 

 were Asian American, African American, Native 

 American, and Hispanic communities. The exhibits 

 were used at the National Association of Hispanic 

 Journalists, the National Association of Black Jour- 

 nalists, the Asian American Journalists Association, 

 and the African American Museum Association. One 

 generic version of the exhibit was produced featuring 

 teenage visitors. 



March I 



■ Grants Eleven Scholarly Studies awards were an- 

 nounced by the Office of Fellowships and Grants. 



March $ 



m Public Programs The National Zoological Park spon- 

 sored educational activities for the public in honor of 

 Seal Day. 



March 4-2$ 



U Exhibition "Tirarlo a la Calle/Taking to the Streets," 

 organized by the Office of Folklife Programs, went on 

 exhibit at American University, Washington, D.C. The 

 exhibition views the local Latino community through 

 its annual festival. 



March j 



■ Press Conference The new repatriation policy of the Na- 

 tional Museum of the American Indian was announced 

 and presented to the media by Secretary Robert McC 

 Adams and Richard West, director of the museum. Organ- 

 ized by the Office of Public Affairs, the conference resulted 

 in major media coverage, including articles in the Washing- 

 ton Post, New York Times, and USA Today and a nationally 

 syndicated Associated Press article. 



March I 



■ New Facility The Office of Design and Construction 

 began supervising the design of the 60,000-square-foot 

 National Postal History and Philatelic Museum, a satel- 

 lite of the National Museum of American History on 

 the ground floor of the former city post office next to 

 Union Station in Washington, D.C. Exhibit installation 

 is scheduled for 1993. 



March 7 



■ Exhibition/Public Programs The Anacostia Museum 

 responded to the AIDS crisis in the African American 

 community by showing the video "When It Hits 

 Home: Coming Out in the Age of AIDS" and mount- 

 ing the photographic exhibit "Reaching the Other 

 World: Portraits and Stories of Americans Fighting 

 Drug Addiction and AIDS." 



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