April 24 



■ Tour The Smithsonian National Associate Program's 

 first Smithsonian Odyssey Tour, "Silver Cities of Mex- 

 ico," departed. 



April 24 



■ Announcement Jerome L. Greene, a New York attor- 

 ney and art collector who has served on the Hirshhorn 

 Museum and Sculpture Garden's Board of Trustees since 

 1978, was elected as board chairman, succeeding Syd- 

 ney Lewis, a 15-year board veteran who continues to 

 serve as vice-chairman. 



April 26 



U Public Program More than IOO Washington, D.C, ju- 

 nior and senior high school students presented music 

 and dance performances, poetry, essays, and works of art 

 inspired by the life and genius of Duke Ellington to an 

 overflow crowd in the National Museum of American 

 History's Carmichael Auditorium, the triumphant fi- 

 nale of a Duke Ellington Youth Festival organized by 

 the museum's Program in African American Culture. 



April 26-27 



m Conference As a newly elected member of the Associa- 

 tion of Graduate Training Programs in the Conservation 

 of Cultural Property, the Conservation Analytical Labo- 

 ratory Furniture Conservation Training Program partici- 

 pated in the 17th Annual Conservation Training 

 Programs Conference. Student John Driggers presented 

 a paper, "The Use of Fluorescent Microscopy on a Gilt 

 and Decorated Classical Revival Table: A Cautionary 

 Tail." 



April 28-}0 



■ Planning A retreat sponsored by the Office of Envi- 

 ronmental Awareness, held at the Donaldson Brown 

 Center in Port Deposit, Maryland, initiated planning 

 for a National Museum of Natural History exhibition 

 on environmental issues that affect coastal and marine 

 peoples and habitats. 



April 29 



■ Grant The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 

 received a grant from the Hasselblad Foundation for the 



purchase of an electron microscope, a research tool that 

 will greatly enhance the capabilities of STRI's Center 

 for Tropical Paleoecology. 



April 30 



■ Cultural Diversity The opening event of the 

 Smithsonian observance of Asian/Pacific American Heri- 

 tage Month featured a keynote address by Ronald 

 Takaki, professor of ethnic studies at the University of 

 California at Berkeley, and a performance by comedian 

 Phil Nee. Exhibitions, films, lectures, and demonstra- 

 tions were scheduled during May. 



May 



■ Publication A new souvenir guidebook, A Picture 

 Tour of the National Museum of Natural History, written 

 and illustrated by museum staff, was published by 

 Smithsonian Institution Press. 



May 



■ Award The Smithsonian Information Center orienta- 

 tion video, produced by the Office of Telecommunica- 

 tions, won second place in the Second Annual Muse 

 Awards from the American Association of Museums. 



May 



m Visit The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Exter- 

 nal Affairs assisted in planning the state visit of the 

 president of Brazil to the United States. 



May 



m Video Production was completed on a 30-minute ed- 

 ucational video documentary for junior and senior high 

 schools. "Citizen Stories: Democracy and Responsibility 

 in American Life" is a companion to the earlier "Democ- 

 racy and Rights: One Citizen's Challenge"; both derive 

 from the 1987 international symposium commemorat- 

 ing the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution that was 

 organized by the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies. 



May 



m Award "American Abstraction, 1930-1945: The Art- 

 ists Speak," an interactive video produced by the Office 

 of Telecommunications for the National Museum of 



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