Smithsonian Year 1987 

 Chronology 



The following is a representative selection of Smithsonian events and milestones 

 during the fiscal year 1986-1987. 



October 



Exhibition: "Russia, The Land, The People: Russian Painting, 1850-1910," an 

 exhibition of artworks from the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, 

 and the State Russian Museum, Leningrad, opened at the Renwick Gallery. Organized by 

 the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, this exhibition marked the 

 first exchange stemming from the November 1985 cultural agreement between the United 

 States and the Soviet Union. 



October 



Conservation: The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute was named as a member of 

 the newly installed board of Panama City's Metropolitan Nature Park. 



October 



Office Move: The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service moved its 

 offices from the Arts and Industries Building to the S. Dillon Ripley Center, located 

 on the third level of the new museum complex. New facilities include the 

 International Gallery and a spacious room for workshops. 



October 



Outreach: Dr. Joallyn Archambault joined the National Museum of Natural History's 

 Department of Anthropology as director of the museum's new Native American Program, 

 part of an interbureau activity developed with the National Museum of American 

 History. 



October 



Publication: "A Space Odyssey," a wall calendar published by Universe Books, New 

 York, featured astronomical images produced by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for 

 Astrophysics scientists using the HEAO-2 (Einstein) X-ray Satellite. 



October 5 



Milestone: The Dibner Library, Special Collections Branch of the Smithsonian 

 Institution Libraries, celebrated its tenth anniversary with "Nota Bene," an 

 exhibition featuring twenty-nine rare annotated books on the history of science and 

 technology. The opening was attended by the benefactor, Dr. Bern Dibner, and his 

 wife, Barbara Druss Dibner. 



