September 2$ 



■ Exhibition The National Museum of African Art 

 opened a new permanent exhibition, 'The Art of the 

 Personal Object," featuring more than 100 ingeniously 

 conceived utilitarian objects principally from eastern 

 and southern Africa. 



September 26 



■ Film Series The Hirshhom Museum and Sculpture 

 Garden's free film series launched its 1991-91 season of 

 documentaries about artists, independendy produced 

 American and foreign feature films, and shorts — many 

 in advance of their commercial release in the United 

 States — as well as animated works for young audiences. 



fice to purchase equipment to facilitate cataloging of 

 the Archives of American Gardens collection onto laser 

 disc. 



September }0 



m Conservation Cleaning was completed of Harmony in 

 Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, the celebrated dining 

 room by James McNeill Whistler that is permanently 

 installed in the Freer Gallery of Art. In preparation for 

 the room's public display at the time of the gallery's re- 

 opening, the Freer's director launched a campaign to ac- 

 quire appropriate pieces of Chinese blue-and-white 

 porcelain of the Kangxi period, similar to the wares dis- 

 played in the room when it was part of the London 

 townhouse of Whistler's patron, Frederick R. Leyland. 



September 30 



m Grant The Office of Horticulture received a grant 

 from the James Smithson Society that will enable the of- 



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