September 12 



Symposium: The National Museum of American History hosted "After Columbus: 

 Encounters in North America," which examined early contacts between European settlers 

 and Native Americans. 



September 12 



Special Program: A program of lectures on Asian art and culture was presented in 

 honor of the opening of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Featured were speakers from 

 the British Museum, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of 

 Chicago, and the University of Pennsylvania. 



September 12 



Memorial Concert: A concert was presented by Mrs. Arthur M. Sackler and the family 

 and friends of the late Dr. Sackler in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to celebrate 

 the life of Dr. Sackler and the opening of the museum named for him. 



September 13-19 



Hispanic Heritage Week: Lectures, poetry readings, craft demonstrations, exhibition 

 tours, films, and concerts were organized by six museums and the Resident Associate 

 Program in observance of Hispanic Heritage Week. Subjects for the many programs 

 ranged from social issues to the night skies over Latin America— graphically presented 

 in a planetarium show. Tours, conducted in Spanish and English, were offered by the 

 National Museum of American Art and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. 



September 13 



Special Event: A festschrift in honor of the late Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, primary 

 benefactor of the Smithsonian's new museum of Asian art, was held in the lecture hall 

 of the S. Dillon Ripley Center. 



September 15 



Exhibition: "Lucian Freud Paintings" began a four-city international tour with its 

 opening at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden— the exhibition's only American 

 venue. The exhibition, organized by the British Council in London, featured eighty- 

 one paintings by the acclaimed British realist. British Ambassador Anthony Ackland 

 hosted a dinner two days later and also attended the exhibition's preview on September 

 14. 



September 15 



Award: The Cooper-Hewitt Museum received the Big Apple Award from the New York 

 Chapter of the National Home Fashions League at a luncheon attended by four hundred 

 members of the press and the home fashions industry. Director Emeritus Lisa Taylor 

 accepted the award for the museum. 



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