October 6-10 



Course: As part of its conservation training program, the Conservation Analytical 

 Laboratory offered "Metallography of Ancient Metals," a specialist course taught by 

 Dr. David Scott of the Institute of Archaeology, University of London. 



October 10 



Exhibits: Two aircraft representing the pioneer days of aviation were placed on 

 display in the National Air and Space Museum's Early Flight Gallery— the 1911 Ecker 

 Flying Boat, a three-in-one aircraft equipped to take off from land or water, and the 

 1911 Caproni CA 9, Italy's first passenger-carrying aircraft and its first mass- 

 produced military aircraft. 



October 10-21 



Workshop: Representatives of ten nations participated in the first international 

 workshop on the Management of the Green Iguana, held at the Smithsonian Tropical 

 Research Institute in Panama. The workshop was organized by the Foundation Pro-Green 

 Iguana, in conjunction with the University of Heredia (Costa Rica) and the United 

 States World Wildlife Fund. 



October 15 



Special Event: As part of an ongoing effort to strengthen ties between museums and 

 schools across the United States, the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 

 offered the first of three regional workshops. In all, more than fourteen hundred 

 teachers attended the workshops in Jackson, Michigan; Waterloo, Iowa; and 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



October 15 



Film Series: The first in a series of seven films from the Soviet Union premiered 

 during an event organized by the Resident Associate Program. Guests at the opening 

 night reception were Soviet Ambassador Yuri Dubinin and Elem Klimov, president of the 

 Soviet Filmmakers Union. 



October 18-19 



Special Event: Nearly three hundred people attended the Sixth National Zoo Symposium 

 for the Public. "Behind the Scenes: Animal Studies at the Zoo" presented a range of 

 research projects conducted by zoo professionals at the park and in the field. 



October 18-19 



Symposium: Five hundred people attended the Archives of American Art symposium on 

 visual arts in Southern California. The symposium attracted much media attention, and 

 a local station of the Public Broadcasting Service expressed interest in producing a 

 television series based on the symposium's topic and in underwriting a symposium on 

 visual arts in Northern California. 



