January 17 



Exhibition: "Portraits of Nature: Paintings by Robert Bateman" opened at the National 

 Museum of Natural History. This major retrospective featured more than 100 paintings 

 by the Canadian artist, regarded as one of the world's foremost wildlife artists. The 

 exhibition drew more than 275,000 visitors during its four-month run and was a major 

 factor in the museum's record-breaking attendance in early 1987. 



January 19 



Special Event: To commemorate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Office of 

 the Committee for a Wider Audience and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

 Public Service hosted a reception to introduce the newly formed Cultural Education 

 Committee. 



January 24 



Exhibition: "Like and Unlike: Caricature Portraits by Henry Major and Herman 

 Perlman" opened at the National Portrait Gallery. 



January 30 



Exhibition: "Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection" opened 

 at the National Museum of American Art. This major exhibition included 95 of the 174 

 paintings, sculptures, and drawings, from the 1920s to the present, given to the 

 museum in 1984 by the late Sara Roby. 



February 



Black History Month: Former New York Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm discussed "Afro- 

 Americans and the Constitution" as the keynote speaker for an Institutionwide 

 celebration that included films, concerts, lectures, and tours. Among the many 

 special programs were a two-day conference on African-American lifestyles during the 

 first years of the republic; a lecture by Gail Lumet Buckley, daughter of Lena Home; 

 and performances of jazz, blues, tap, and social dance. "Field to Factory: Afro- 

 American Migration, 1915-1940," a major exhibition that examines the mass movement of 

 black Americans from the rural South to the urban North, opened February 5 at the 

 National Museum of American History. 



February 



Training and Support: Members of the Conservation Analytical Laboratory provided on- 

 site assistance and training to workers at the important archaeological excavation 

 under way at Harappa, Pakistan. 



February 



Conservation: The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute was named to the local 

 committee to organize the 1992 World National Parks Congress, which will be held in 

 Panama. 



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