[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages 748-765]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
1000 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560
Phone, 202-357-1300
Board of Regents:
The Chief Justice of the United States William H. Rehnquist
(Chancellor)
The Vice President of the United States Albert Gore, Jr.
Members of the Senate Daniel Patrick
Moynihan, Thad
Cochran, Alan K.
Simpson
Members of the House of Representatives Sam Johnson, Norman Y.
Mineta, Bob
Livingston
Citizen Members Jeannine Smith Clark,
Barber B. Conable,
Hanna Holborn Gray,
Manuel L. Ibanez,
Samuel C. Johnson,
Homer A. Neal,
Frank A. Shrontz,
Wesley Samuel
Williams, Jr.,
(vacancy)
Officials:
The Secretary I. Michael Heyman
The Inspector General Thomas D. Blair
Director, Office of Planning, Carole Wharton
Management and Budget
Counselor to the Secretary for Marc Pachter
Electronic Communications and
Special Projects
Counselor to the Secretary for Miguel Bretos
Latino Affairs
Executive Assistant to the James M. Hobbins
Secretary
Executive Secretary to the Barbara Sederborg
Secretary
Under Secretary Constance Newman
General Counsel James Douglas, Acting
Director, Office of Government John Berry
Relations
Director, Office of David J. Umansky
Communications
Senior Information Officer Lee Denny
Director, Visitor Information and Mary Grace Potter
Associates Reception Center
Assistant Secretary for Finance and Nancy Suttenfield
Administration
Executive Assistant for Carolyn Jones
Administration
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Director, Office of Sponsored Ardelle Foss
Projects
Director, Office of Equal Era Marshall
Employment and Minority
Affairs
Director, Office of Human Susan Roehmer
Resources
Director, Office of Information Vincent J. Marcalus
Technology
Director, Office of Printing and James H. Wallace, Jr.
Photographic Services
Director, Office of Contracting John W. Colbert
and Property Management
Director, Travel Services Office Judith Petroski
Director of Facilities Services Richard Rice, Acting
Director, Office of Design and William L. Thomas,
Construction Acting
Director, Office of Plant Patrick J. Miller
Services
Director, Office of Protection Michael J. Sofield,
Services Acting
Director, Mail Order Division (vacancy)
Assistant Directors, Museum Shops Roland Banscher
Joseph Carper
Director, Office of Architectural Cynthia R. Field
History and Historic
Preservation
Director, Office of Environmental F. William Billingsley
Management and Safety
Treasurer Sudeep Anand
Comptroller Leslie Casson
Risk Manager, Office of Risk and Jacqueline Young
Asset Management
Senior Business Officer, Office Nancy Johnson
of Business Management
Director, Office of Product Hannah Mullin, Acting
Development and Licensing
Assistant Provost for Arts and Humanities Tom L. Freudenheim
Director, Anacostia Museum Steven Newsome
Director, Archives of American Richard Wattenmaker
Art
Director, Cooper-Hewitt, National Dianne Pilgrim
Design Museum
Director, Freer Gallery of Art Milo C. Beach
and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Director, Hirshhorn Museum and James T. Demetrion
Sculpture Garden
Director, National Museum of Sylvia Williams
African Art
Associate Director for Roy Sieber
Collections and Research
(NMAFA)
Director, National Air and Space Martin O. Harwit
Museum
Director, National Museum of Elizabeth Broun
American Art
Curator in Charge, Renwick Michael W. Monroe
Gallery
Director, National Museum of Spencer Crew
American History
Director, National Museum of the W. Richard West, Jr.
American Indian
Director, National Portrait Alan M. Fern
Gallery
Director, Office of Exhibits John Coppola
Central
Director, Center for Museum Rex Ellis
Studies
Director, Smithsonian Institution Anna R. Cohn
Traveling Exhibition Service
Director, Institutional Studies Zahava Doering
Office
Provost Robert S. Hoffmann
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Assistant Provost for the Ross B. Simons
Sciences
Editor, Joseph Henry Papers Marc Rothenberg
Project
Director, American Studies Wilcomb E. Washburn
Program
Director, National Zoological Michael H. Robinson
Park
Director, National Museum of Donald Ortner, Acting
Natural History
Director, Smithsonian Man and the Francisco Dallmeier
Biosphere Program
Director, Office of Fellowships Roberta Rubinoff
and Grants
Director, Smithsonian David L. Correll
Environmental Research Center
Director, Smithsonian Irwin I. Shapiro
Astrophysical Observatory
Director, Smithsonian Tropical Ira Rubinoff
Research Institute
Director, Conservation Analytical Lambertus Van Zelst
Laboratory
Deputy Director, Conservation Alan W. Postlethwaite
Analytical Laboratory
Director, Smithsonian Institution Barbara Smith
Libraries
Director, Museum Support Center Vincent Wilcox
Coordinator, International Joan Zavala
Environmental Science Program
Director, Environmental Awareness Judith Gradwohl
Program
Director, Smithsonian Institution Ethel W. Hedlin
Archives
Coordinator, The National William Tompkins
Collections Program
(Smithsonian Institution
Archives)
Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural James Early
Programs
Director, Office of Elementary Ann Bay
and Secondary Education
Director, Center for Folklife Richard Kurin
Programs and Cultural Studies
Director, National Science Douglas Lapp
Resources Center
Director, Wider Audience Marshall Wong
Development Program
Director, Office of Special Katherine Kirlin,
Events and Conference Acting
Services
Director, Office of International Francine Berkowitz
Relations
Coordinator, International Center Francine Berkowitz
Director, Office of Paul B. Johnson
Telecommunications
Director, Smithsonian Institution Daniel Goodwin, Acting
Press
Deputy Director, Smithsonian Vincent L. MacDonnell
Institution Press
Editor, Smithsonian Magazine Donald B. Moser
Publisher, Smithsonian Magazine Ron Walker
Director, The Smithsonian Mara Mayor
Associates
Associate Director for Marketing Holly Shaheen
and Membership, The
Smithsonian Associates
Associate Director for Carol Bogash
Educational and Cultural
Programs, The Smithsonian
Associates
Deputy Director, The Barbara Tuceling
Smithsonian Associates
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Assistant Secretary for Institutional Alice Green Burnette
Advancement
Director, National Campaign for John L. Colonghi
the National Museum of the
American Indian
Director, Office of Development Marie Mattson
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts\1\
Chairman James D. Wolfensohn
President Lawrence J. Wilker
National Gallery of Art\1\
President Robert H. Smith
Director Earl A. Powell III
Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars\1\
Director Charles Blitzer
Deputy Director Samuel Wells
Deputy Director for Planning and Dean W. Anderson
Management
Chairman, Board of Trustees Joseph H. Flom
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The Smithsonian Institution is an independent trust instrumentality of
the United States that fosters the increase and diffusion of knowledge.
History, technology, science, and the arts are represented in exhibits
through the conduct of research, publication of studies, and
participation in cooperative international programs of scholarly
exchange.
The Smithsonian Institution was created by act of August 10, 1846 (20
U.S.C. 41 et seq.), to carry out the terms of the will of James Smithson
of England, who in 1829 had bequeathed his entire estate to the United
States ``to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian
Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of
knowledge.'' On July 1, 1836, Congress accepted the legacy and pledged
the faith of the United States to the charitable trust.
\1\Administered under a separate Board of Trustees.
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After accepting the trust property for the United States, Congress
vested responsibility for administering the trust in the Smithsonian
Board of Regents, composed of the Chief Justice, the Vice President,
three Members of the Senate, three Members of the House of
Representatives, and nine citizen members appointed by joint resolution
of Congress.
To carry out Smithson's mandate, the Institution:
--performs fundamental research;
--publishes the results of studies, explorations, and
investigations;
--preserves for study and reference more than 140 million items of
scientific, cultural, and historical interest;
--maintains exhibits representative of the arts, American history,
technology, aeronautics and space exploration, and natural history; and
--engages in programs of education and national and international
cooperative research and training, supported by its trust endowments and
gifts, grants and contracts, and funds appropriated to it by Congress.
Activities
Anacostia Museum The Museum is located in the historic Fort Stanton
neighborhood of southeast Washington.
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The Museum serves as a national resource for exhibitions, scholarly and
applied research, historical documentation, and interpretive and
educational programs relating to African-American history and culture.
The African-American church, the Harlem Renaissance, African-American
inventors, and works by renowned artists such as Sam Gilliam have been
the subjects of exhibitions by the Museum.
The Research Department, open for use by scholars, supports
exhibition design and educational programs. It conducts independent
studies of African-American history, minority and ethnic studies, and
the history of Anacostia and Washington, DC.
The Education Department designs, prepares, and schedules programs
that enhance current exhibitions and develops independent programs and
activities to serve the needs and interests of the immediate
neighborhood, as well as the broader community. These activities include
guided tours, demonstrations, lectures, storytelling, teacher seminars,
family workshops, conservation seminars, and performing arts programs.
For further information, contact the Anacostia Museum, 1901 Fort Place
SE., Washington, DC 20020. Phone, 202-287-3369.
Archives of American Art The Archives contains the Nation's largest
collection of documentary materials reflecting the history of visual
arts in the United States. The Archives gathers, preserves, and
microfilms the papers of artists, craftsmen, collectors, dealers,
critics, museums, and art societies. These papers consist of
manuscripts, letters, notebooks, sketchbooks, business records,
clippings, exhibition catalogs, tape-recorded interviews, and
photographs of artists and their work. The extensive microfilm holdings
include bodies of materials not belonging to the Archives but recorded
by it with permission of the owner.
The Archives' chief processing and reference center is in the
Smithsonian's Museum of American Art and Portrait Gallery Building. The
Archives has administrative offices in both Washington and New York.
Regional branch offices, each with a complete set of microfilm
duplicating the archives' collections, are located in Boston, Detroit,
New York, and San Marino, California.
For further information, contact the Archives of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-2781.
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery The museum of Asian art opened to the public
September 1987 on the National Mall. Changing exhibitions drawn from
major collections in the United States and abroad, as well as from the
permanent holdings of the Sackler Gallery, are displayed in the
distinctive new museum. The Gallery's growing permanent collection is
founded on a group of art objects from China, South and Southeast Asia,
and the ancient Near East that was given by the late Arthur M. Sackler,
a medical researcher, publisher, and art collector. Dr. Sackler's gift
included Chinese jades, bronzes, ancient Near Eastern ceramics, gold and
silver, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. The collection has
expanded to include Persian manuscripts; Japanese paintings; ceramics,
prints, and textiles; and paintings and metalware from China, Japan, and
South and Southeast Asia.
Programs at the Gallery include loan exhibitions and major
international shows offering both surveys of distinctive Asian
traditions and comparative exhibitions showing the art of different
centuries, geographic areas, and types of patronage. Many exhibitions
are accompanied by public programs and scholarly symposia.
For further information, contact the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-4880.
Conservation Analytical Laboratory The Laboratory provides a focus
within the Smithsonian Institution for conservation of the millions of
artifacts in the collections. It provides chemical analyses to curators
for cataloging purposes, and to conservators for establishing the nature
of a particular example of deterioration and for
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determining whether commercial materials proposed for use in prolonged
contact with artifacts are truly safe. It treats many hundreds of
artifacts each year and, upon request, supports other conservators in
the Institution with advice and specialized materials. It collaborates
with archeologists, curators, and university and government laboratories
in archeometric studies.
For further information, contact the Director, Conservation Analytical
Laboratory, Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD
20560. Phone, 301-238-3700.
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum The Museum is located in New York
City. Its collection consists of more than 165,000 items. It maintains a
reference library of about 50,000 volumes relating to design, ornament,
and architecture, and a picture library of several million photographs
and clippings, as well as a series of archives devoted to color material
and industrial design. The Museum is not only a major assemblage of
decorative art materials but also a research laboratory serving
professionals and students of design. The regularly changing exhibitions
always relate to some aspect of design. The museum is open daily except
Mondays and major holidays.
For further information, contact the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design
Museum, 2 East Ninety-First Street, New York, NY 10128. Phone, 212-860-
6868.
Freer Gallery of Art The building, the original collection, and an
endowment were the gift of Charles Lang Freer. The Gallery houses one of
the world's most renowned collections of Asian art as well as an
important group of ancient Egyptian glass, early Christian manuscripts,
and the works of James McNeill Whistler together with other 19th and
early 20th century American artists.
More than 26,000 objects in the Asian collection represent the arts
of East Asia, the Near East, and South and Southeast Asia, including
paintings, manuscripts, scrolls, screens, ceramics, metalwork, glass,
jade, lacquer, and sculpture. Members of the staff conduct research on
objects in the collection and publish results in scholarly journals and
books. They arrange special exhibitions and present lectures in their
fields of specialization.
For further information, contact the Freer Gallery of Art, Twelfth
Street and Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-
4880.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden The Museum houses major
collections of art consisting primarily of American and European
painting and sculpture of the past 100 years. The nucleus of the
collection is the gift of more than 7,000 works of art presented in 1966
to the people of the United States by Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981).
Supplementing the permanent collection are loan exhibitions focusing
on contemporary painting and sculpture as well as on art movements of
the modern era. There is an active program of public service and
education, including docent tours through the Museum to introduce
visitors to the collections, lectures on contemporary art and artists,
films of historic and artistic interest, and others. The Museum houses a
collection research facility, a specialized 10,000-volume art library,
and a photographic archive--available for consultation by prior
appointment.
For further information, contact the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture
Garden, Eighth Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560.
Phone, 202-357-3091.
National Museum of African Art This is the only art museum in the
United States dedicated exclusively to portraying the rich, creative
heritage of Africa.
Established in 1964 and incorporated as a bureau of the Smithsonian
in 1979, the Museum opened its new location on the National Mall in
September 1987. Its research components, collection, exhibitions, and
public programs establish the Museum as a primary source for the
examination and discovery of the arts and culture of sub-Saharan Africa.
In recent years, works of outstanding aesthetic quality have been added
to a collection numbering about 7,000 works in wood, metal, fired clay,
ivory, and fiber. Examples of sub-Saharan traditional art include a
wooden
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figure of a Zairian Yombe carver; a Lower Niger Bronze Industry vessel,
with chameleons; and a memorial grave figure of a colonial officer from
the Cameroon grassfields.
The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives includes some 100,000
slides, photos, and film segments on Africa. There is also a specialized
library of 18,000 volumes and periodicals.
For further information, contact the Museum of African Art, 950
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-4600.
National Air and Space Museum Created to memorialize the development of
aviation and space flight, the Museum collects, displays, and preserves
aeronautical and space flight artifacts of historical significance as
well as documentary and artistic materials related to air and space. The
exhibitions and study collections record human conquest of the air from
its tentative beginnings to recent achievements by high altitude
aircraft, guided missiles, rockets, satellites, and manned space flight.
The principal areas in which work is concentrated include flight craft
of all types, manned and unmanned; space flight vehicles; and propulsion
systems.
The Langley Theater, with a giant screen presentation, and the 70-
foot domed Einstein Planetarium are featured.
For further information, contact the National Air and Space Museum,
Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone,
202-357-1745.
National Museum of American Art This museum is devoted to American
painting, sculpture, folk art, photography, and graphic art from the
18th century to the present. A portion of the Museum's permanent
collection of over 35,000 works is exhibited in its extensive galleries,
and the remainder is available for study by scholars. Various aspects of
American art are examined through numerous temporary exhibitions,
accompanied by carefully documented publications. The Department of
Educational Programs conducts tours for schoolchildren, university
students, and the general public. It also has a program for junior
interns. A research program for visiting scholars, both predoctoral and
postdoctoral, is maintained, and training for university interns in all
aspects of museum operations, including conservation, is carried on
under staff supervision.
The Renwick Gallery presents special exhibitions of contemporary
American crafts, with accompanying publications, as well as a selection
of objects, dating from 1900 to the present, from its permanent
collection. It also maintains an active film and lecture program.
Guided tours of the galleries and special educational programs for
schools and organizations are provided.
For further information, contact the National Museum of American Art,
Eighth and G Streets NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-1959.
National Museum of American History The Museum's exhibits offer a
unique view of the American experience. Important elements of the
collections present the European background, but emphasis is placed upon
the growth of the United States, upon the men and women who have shaped
our heritage, upon science and the arts, and upon the remaking of our
world through technology.
Exhibits draw upon strong collections in the sciences and
engineering, agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, medicine,
printing, photography, ceramics, coins and stamps, and glass.
Outstanding holdings include Whitney's cotton gin, Morse's telegraph,
the John Bull locomotive, and a great variety of scientific instruments.
Political, social, military, and cultural history are also well
represented. Major installations treat everyday life in America just
after the Revolutionary War, science in American life, and the diverse
origins of the American people. The Museum offers changing exhibits on a
wide range of subjects including news reporting, information technology,
American music, and American cars and trains. Demonstrations, films, and
performances highlight many aspects of the museum.
Scholars may be aided in the use of the Museum's research
collections and
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specialized library facilities by appointment.
For further information, contact the National Museum of American
History, Twelfth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20560. Phone, 202-357-2510.
National Museum of the American Indian The Museum was established by
act of November 28, 1989 (20 U.S.C. 80q et seq.), and will eventually be
located in a museum to be built on the National Mall in Washington, DC,
near the turn of the century. In the meantime, some of the Museum's
collections are on view in the George Gustav Heye Center located in the
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in lower Manhattan in New York
City. The Museum, whose collections were transferred from the former
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, in New York City, is
dedicated to the collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of the
living cultures, history, and arts of the native peoples of the
Americas.
Highlights include Northwest Coast carvings; Eskimo masks; pottery
and weaving from the Southwest; painted hides and garments from the
Plains; goldwork from Colombia, Mexico, and Peru; and Amazonian
featherwork.
For information on hours and admission fees, call 212-668-6624 (in
New York City) or 202-357-2700 (in Washington, DC).
For further information, contact the National Museum of the American
Indian, Suite 7103, 470 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone,
202-287-2523.
National Museum of Natural History This museum serves as a national and
international center for the natural sciences. Among the exhibits are
halls devoted to the Ice Age; the rise of Western civilization; mammals;
birds; dinosaurs and other extinct animals and plants; sea life; South
American, Asian, African, and Pacific cultures; gems and minerals; and
American Indians. Notable attractions include a 3,000-gallon tank
containing a living coral reef; a live-insect zoo; a discovery room,
where persons of all ages may touch and handle natural history specimen.
The Museum maintains the largest natural history reference
collections in the Nation available to qualified researchers. Systematic
and biological studies at the museum are providing new information that
is of use in conservation, monitoring pollution, food production,
improvement of medical knowledge, and other problems.
A Global Volcanism Network gathers information about volcanic
activity and other geophysical events and informs scientists around the
world via a monthly bulletin and other publications. The Museum also
administers the Smithsonian Marine Station at Link Port, Florida, which
conducts marine biological research along the Florida coast.
The Museum staff participates in joint educational programs with
universities by teaching courses, training graduate students, and
conducting science seminars.
For further information, contact the National Museum of Natural History,
Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone,
202-357-2664.
National Portrait Gallery The Gallery was established by act of April
27, 1962 (20 U.S.C. 75a), as a museum of the Smithsonian Institution
``for the exhibition and study of portraiture depicting men and women
who have made significant contributions to the history, development, and
culture of the people of the United States.'' It is housed in one of the
oldest Government structures in Washington--the former U.S. Patent
Office Building, constructed between 1836 and 1867--on the very site
that Pierre L'Enfant, in his original plan for the city, had designated
for a pantheon to honor the Nation's immortals.
The first floor of the Gallery is devoted to major loan exhibitions,
changing exhibitions from the Gallery's collection of paintings,
sculpture, prints, photographs, and drawings as well as several
galleries with special portrait collections. On the second floor are
featured the permanent collection of portraits of eminent Americans and
the Hall of Presidents containing portraits
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and associative items of our Chief Executives. The two-story Victorian
Renaissance Great Hall on the third floor is used for special events and
exhibitions.
Publications include richly illustrated catalogs for major shows, an
illustrated checklist of portraits in the collection, and educational
materials designed to be used as teaching guides.
A 45,000-volume library is shared with the National Museum of
American Art. The education department offers outreach programs for
elementary and secondary schools, senior citizen groups, hospitals, and
nursing homes; walk-in or group tours; and programs for handicapped
audiences.
For general information and descriptive brochures on the Gallery's
activities, contact the Public Affairs Office, National Portrait
Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-
1915.
National Postal Museum The Smithsonian's newest museum houses the
Nation's postal history and philatelic collection, the largest of its
kind in the world, with more than 16 million objects. The 75,000 square-
foot museum is devoted to the history of America's mail service. Five
major galleries include exhibits on mail service in colonial times and
the Civil War, the Pony Express, the evolution of modern mail service,
automation, mail transportation, the art of letters, and displays of the
Museum's priceless stamp collection.
Highlights include three mail planes, a replica of a railway mail
car, a mudwagon, an airmail beacon, displays of letters and greeting
cards, foreign and domestic mail boxes, and more than 5,000 U.S. and
foreign issue stamps and covers.
For further information, contact the National Postal Museum, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-633-9361.
National Zoological Park The Park covers an area of approximately 165
acres of parkland along Rock Creek, 2 miles north of the center of
Washington. In addition, it operates a 3,000-acre conservation and
research center near Front Royal, VA. Its collection is outstanding and
is composed of approximately 4,500 living mammals, birds, amphibians,
and reptiles of 480 species. Research objectives include investigations
in animal behavior, ecology, nutrition, reproductive physiology,
pathology, and clinical medicine. Conservation-oriented studies cover
maintenance of wild populations and long-term captive breeding and care
of endangered species.
For further information, contact the National Zoological Park, 3001
Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20008. Phone, 202-673-4721.
American Studies Program This office conducts a graduate program in the
material aspects of American civilization for graduate students enrolled
in cooperating universities. Interested students should apply to the
American studies departments of the George Washington University or the
University of Maryland or the Office of American Studies, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC 20560.
For further information, contact the Office of American Studies,
National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC
20560. Phone, 202-633-9386.
Office of Fellowships and Grants This office develops and administers
the numerous Smithsonian programs designed to assist scholars and
students from the United States and throughout the world in utilizing
the Institution's unique resources. These academic programs, which
include long- and short-term appointments, are an important complement
to those offered by universities and support participants' research in
art, history, and science.
Predoctoral, postdoctoral, and graduate student fellowship programs
provide scholars and students the opportunity to conduct research on
independently conceived projects at Smithsonian facilities in
conjunction with the Institution's research staff.
The Office of Fellowships and Grants offers internships aimed at
increasing minority participation in ongoing Smithsonian research
activities and fields of interest. In addition, it administers all
internships funded by stipends. In addition to these programs, the
Office
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administers other research opportunity programs for many of the
Smithsonian bureaus.
For further information, contact the Office of Fellowships and Grants,
Suite 7300, 955 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-
287-3271.
Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies The Center is
responsible for research, documentation, and presentation of American
folklife traditions. It produces Folkways Recordings, prepares
publications based on the papers, films, tapes, and other materials
amassed during previous Festivals of American Folklife and directs the
planning, development, and presentation of future folklife programs.
For further information, contact the Center for Folklife Programs and
Cultural Studies, Suite 2600, 955 L'Enfant Plaza, Washington, DC 20560.
Phone, 202-287-3424.
International Center The International Center supports Smithsonian
activities abroad and coordinates the Smithsonian's international
interests, particularly those that do not fall within the scope of a
single Smithsonian bureau or museum. The International Center provides a
meeting place and an organizational channel to bring together the
world's scholars, museum professionals, decisionmakers, and the general
public, to attend and participate in conferences, public forums,
lectures, performances, exhibitions, films, and workshops. Through the
International Center, the Smithsonian seeks to encourage a broadening of
public understanding of the histories, cultures, and natural
environments of regions throughout the world.
For further information, contact the Office of International Relations,
Room 3123, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-
357-4281.
Center for Museum Studies The Center provides professional guidance and
technical assistance to museums on collections and their management,
exhibition techniques, educational activities, and operational methods.
It conducts training programs for museum professionals and administers a
central intern referral and placement service. The Center also supports
programs in museum careers. It cooperates with American and foreign
museums and governmental agencies on museum matters and houses the
Museum Reference Center, the Nation's only museological library.
For further information, contact the Center for Museum Studies, 900
Jefferson Drive SW., Room 2235, Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-
3101.
Smithsonian Institution Archives The Archives, which is open by
appointment to the scholarly community and the general public, is the
official depository for the Institution's records. These records are
essential to an understanding of the growth of the Institution. They are
equally significant for their documentation of the development of
science and art in America, particularly during the 19th century, a
process in which the Smithsonian played a major part. In addition to its
official records, the Archives holds a substantial number of private
papers that further document the Smithsonian's role through the lives of
eminent scientists, such as Joseph Henry, Spencer F. Baird, Samuel P.
Langley, Charles D. Walcott, and Charles Greeley Abbot. Holdings are
described in the Guide to Smithsonian Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Press, 1978.
For further information, contact the Smithsonian Institution Archives,
900 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-1420.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory The Observatory is located in
Cambridge, MA, on the grounds of the Harvard College Observatory. Since
1973, the observatories have coordinated research activities under a
single director in a cooperative venture known as the Harvard-
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
The Center's research activities are organized in seven divisions,
as follows: atomic and molecular physics, radio and geoastronomy, high-
energy astrophysics, optical and infrared astronomy, planetary sciences,
solar and stellar physics, and theoretical astrophysics.
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Data-gathering facilities include a major observatory in Arizona,
optical and radio astronomy facilities in Massachusetts, and a radio
astronomy and submillimeter-wave facility in Hawaii. The Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory's observational capabilities are complemented
by library, computation, and laboratory facilities in Cambridge.
Research results are published in the Center Preprint Series and
other technical and nontechnical bulletins, and distributed to
scientific and educational institutions around the world. As a further
service to international science, the Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory serves as the headquarters for the International
Astronomical Union's Central Telegram Bureau and the Minor Planet
Center. The Central Telegram Bureau provides rapid international
dissemination of news about the discovery of comets, novae, and other
astronomical phenomena. The Minor Planet Center is the principal source
for all positional observations of asteroids as well as for establishing
their orbits and ephemerides.
The Public Affairs Office coordinates an extensive public education
program. A variety of ``open nights'' are held in Cambridge and at other
facilities.
Information about these activities and other general materials for
students and teachers may be obtained from the Information Officer,
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
02138. Phone, 617-495-7461.
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center The Center measures physical,
chemical, and biological interactions in the environment and determines
how these interactions control biological responses. This research is
carried out in a 2,600-acre facility in Edgewater, MD, where the ecology
of land/water interactions is studied for an estuary and its adjacent
watersheds.
For further information, contact the Smithsonian Environmental Research
Center, P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037. Phone, 301-261-4190.
Smithsonian Institution Libraries The libraries of the Smithsonian
Institution include approximately 1.4 million volumes with strengths in
natural history, museology, history of science, and humanities. The
systems' administrative services and Central Reference and Loan are
located in the National Museum of Natural History with branch libraries
located in each of the major Smithsonian museums and research units
including the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York City; the
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA; and the
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Republic of Panama. Inquiries
on special subjects or special collections should be addressed to the
appropriate branch library or to Central Reference and Loan.
For further information, contact the Smithsonian Institution Libraries,
Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone,
202-357-2240.
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service The purpose of the
Service is to provide to educational, scientific, and cultural
institutions exhibitions and other services that will enrich their
programs and enable them to offer a greater variety of cultural
experiences to their audiences. The Service circulates the best possible
exhibits at the lowest possible rental fees.
More than 75 exhibitions of paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings,
decorative arts, history, children's art, natural history, photography,
science, and technology are circulated every year. Lists of available
exhibitions and information for future bookings can be obtained directly
from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service,
Washington, DC 20560.
For further information, contact the Smithsonian Institution Traveling
Exhibition Service, Room 3146, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC
20560. Phone, 202-357-3168.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute The Institute, a research
organization devoted to the study and support of tropical biology,
education, and conservation, focuses broadly on the evolution of
patterns of behavior and ecological adaptations. The tropics offer a
rich natural laboratory for these purposes. Panama further offers its
unique zoogeographic characteristics--
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landbridge to terrestrial life forms of two continents and water
barriers to marine life of two oceans.
The Institute provides a base of operations and an intellectual
center for exploring the frontiers of biology across the varied land and
seascapes of the tropical world. It operates the Barro Colorado Nature
Monument, a 12,000-acre tropical forest research preserve including
Barro Colorado Island and adjacent peninsulas in Gatun Lake, Republic of
Panama. The Institute also maintains a research and conference center in
Ancon, including one of the world's finest tropical biology libraries.
In addition, there are two marine biology laboratories, one on the
Atlantic side of the isthmus at Galeta Island and the other at Fort
Amador on the Pacific side. The Institute's scientific staff conducts
research in these areas as well as in other parts of Central and South
America, the Pacific, Asia, and Africa, where comparative studies are
clarifying the distinctive biological role of the tropics.
For a brochure describing the Institute's activities and illustrating
some of the facilities and habitats available, contact the Director,
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948 APO AA 34002-0948.
Phone, 507-62-3049 (international operator assistance required).
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The Center, the sole
official memorial in Washington to President Kennedy, is an independent
bureau of the Smithsonian Institution, administered by a 49-member Board
of Trustees.
In a public/private partnership, the Federal Government provides
appropriated fund support for the maintenance and operation of the
physical facilities of the Presidential monument, while the Board of
Trustees is responsible for raising private funds for all of the
artistic initiatives. Additional funds for programming and education are
derived through box office sales and other earned income, and other
government grants. The Center's Board is responsible for administration
of the building and for performing arts programming and education.
Since its opening in 1971, the Center has presented a year-round
program of the finest in music, dance, and drama from the United States
and abroad. Facilities include the Opera House, the Eisenhower Theater,
the American Film Institute Theater, the Terrace Theater, the Theater
Lab, and the Concert Hall, home of the Center's affiliate, the National
Symphony Orchestra.
The Center's Education Department includes the nationwide American
College Theater Festival, Youth and Family Programs, the National
Symphony Orchestra Education Program, and the Kennedy Center Alliance
for Arts Education, designed to increase participation by students
throughout the country in Center activities and to establish the Center
as a focal point for strengthening the arts in education at all levels.
The Kennedy Center box offices are open daily, and general
information and tickets may be obtained by calling 202-467-4600 or 202-
416-8524 (TDD). Full-time students, senior citizens over the age of 65,
enlisted personnel of grade E-4 and below, fixed low-income groups, and
the disabled may purchase tickets for most performances at a 50-percent
discount through the Specially Priced Ticket Program. This program is
designed to make the Center accessible to all, regardless of economic
circumstance.
Visitor services are provided by the Friends of the Kennedy Center.
Tours are available free of charge between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily.
National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art is governed by a
Board of Trustees composed of five Trustees and the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chief Justice of the United States,
and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. It houses one of the
finest collections in the world, illustrating Western man's achievements
in painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts. The collections, beginning
with the 13th century, are rich in European old master paintings and
French, Spanish, Italian, American, and British 18th- and 19th-century
paintings; sculpture from
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the late Middle Ages to the present; Renaissance medals and bronzes;
Chinese porcelains; and about 75,000 works of graphic art from the 12th
to the 20th centuries. The collections are acquired by private donation
rather than by government funds, which serve solely to operate and
maintain the building and its collections.
The National Gallery's West Building, designed by John Russell Pope
in neoclassical style, was a gift to the Nation from Andrew W. Mellon,
who also bequeathed his collection to the gallery in 1937. On March 17,
1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the completed building
and works of art on behalf of the people of the United States of
America.
The National Gallery's East Building, designed by I.M. Pei, was
accepted by President Jimmy Carter in June of 1978 as a gift of Paul
Mellon and the late Ailsa Mellon Bruce, son and daughter of the
gallery's founder, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The East
Building provides space for temporary exhibitions, the gallery's growing
collections, the Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts,
including greatly expanded library and photographic archives, and
administrative and curatorial offices.
A professor-in-residence position is filled annually by a
distinguished scholar in the field of art history; graduate and
postgraduate research is conducted under a fellowship program; programs
for schoolchildren and the general public are conducted daily; and an
Extension Service distributes loans of audiovisual materials, including
films, slide lectures, and slide sets throughout the world.
Publications, slides, and reproductions may be obtained through the
Publications Service.
For general information on the National Gallery of Art and its
activities, call 202-737-4215.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars The Center, located
in Washington, DC, is the Nation's official memorial to its 28th
President. The Center's mandate is to integrate the world of learning
with the world of public affairs. Through meetings and conferences, the
Center brings scholars together with Members of Congress, Government
officials, business leaders, and other policymakers. Through publication
of books and the Wilson Quarterly and a nationally broadcast radio
program, the results of the Center's research and meetings are made
publicly available.
The Center awards approximately 40 residential fellowships annually
to individuals with project proposals representing the entire range of
superior scholarship, with a strong emphasis on the humanities and
social sciences.
Applications from any country are welcome. Persons with outstanding
capabilities and experience from a wide variety of backgrounds
(including government, the corporate world, academia, and other
professions) are eligible for appointment. For academic participants,
eligibility is limited to the postdoctoral level.
The Center prefers its fellows to be in residence for the academic
year--September to May or June--although a few fellowships are available
for shorter periods of not less than 4 months.
The Center holds one round of competitive selection per year. The
deadline for the receipt of applications is October 1, and decisions on
appointments are announced in March of the following year.
For further information, contact the Fellowship Office, Woodrow Wilson
Center, Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-2841; Fax, 202-357-4439.
Sources of Information
Contracts and Small Business Activities Information may be obtained
from the Director, Office of Contracting and Property Management,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, regarding procurement of
supplies; contracts for construction, services, exhibits, research,
etc.; and property management and utilization services for all
Smithsonian Institution organizations except as follows: John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC 20566; Supply Officer,
National Gallery of Art, Sixth Street and
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Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20565. Phone, 202-287-3343.
Education and Research Refer to statements on the Office of Fellowships
and Grants, the American Studies Program, the Center for Folklife
Programs and Cultural Studies, the Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars, and other offices. For information, write to the Directors
of these offices at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560.
For information regarding Kennedy Center Education Programs, both in
Washington, DC, and in nationwide touring productions and training,
contact the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington,
DC 20566 (phone, 202-416-8000).
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts was founded in
1979, as part of the National Gallery of Art, to promote study of the
history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, and urbanism
through the formation of a community of scholars. The activities of the
Center for Advanced Study, which include the fellowship program,
meetings, research, and publications, are privately funded. For further
information, contact the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts,
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 20565. Phone, 202-842-6480; or
fax, 202-842-6733.
Employment Employment information for the Washington, DC, metropolitan
area may be obtained from the Office of Human Resources, Smithsonian
Institution, Suite 2100, 955 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20560.
Phone, 202-287-3100. Employment information for the following locations
may be obtained by contacting the organizations directly as follows: the
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2 East 91st Street, New York, NY
10028 (phone, 212-860-6868); Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
Personnel Department, 160 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 (phone,
617-495-7371); Personnel Office, National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20565 (phone, 202-842-6298);
or for the hearing impaired (TDD), 202-789-3021); and the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Human Resources Department,
Washington, DC 20566 (phone, 202-416-8610).
Films The National Gallery of Art circulates films, slide programs,
videos, teaching packets, and videodiscs to schools and civic
organizations throughout the country. Contact the Department of
Education Resources, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 20565.
Phone, 202-842-6273. Please write to request a free catalog of programs.
Memberships For information about membership in The Smithsonian
Associates Resident Program, write to The Smithsonian Associates, Room
3077, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-
3030. The Resident program offers a wide variety of performing arts
events, courses, lectures, seminars, symposia, films, and guided tours
with noted specialists. Additional activities include a lecture series
for retirees; classes, workshops, films, and summer camp sessions for
young people; and family and adult/child activities. Membership benefits
include a minimum 25-percent discount for most paid events and admission
priority; free lectures, docent-led tours, films, and museum shop
parties; a subscription to Smithsonian magazine; monthly copies of the
Associate, the award-winning guide to Resident Associate activities;
free parking on a space-available basis for members participating in The
Smithsonian Associate activities on weeknights and weekends, with valid
membership card and event ticket, beginning one-half hour before the
announced starting time of the event, in the west lot of the National
Museum of Natural History; dining privileges at the Associates' Court;
and free admission to the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New
York City. Additionally, all members receive discounts on museum shop
purchases; Smithsonian Catalog items; Smithsonian Institution Press
publications and records; and subscription discounts on the Wilson
Quarterly and Air and Space magazine.
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Members over the age of 60 receive additional discounts on most paid
events. The Smithsonian Associates also offer volunteer opportunities
and special services for individuals with disabilities.
For information about The Smithsonian Associates National Program,
contact The Smithsonian Associates, Room 3045, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW.,
Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-4800. National membership benefits
include a subscription to Smithsonian magazine; information services
from the Associates' Reception Center; eligibility to travel on
international and U.S. study tours and seminars guided by expert study
leaders; the opportunity to visit Washington, DC, on a Smithsonian
``Anytime'' Weekend; discounted tickets for Smithsonian educational
events nationwide; and dining privileges in the Associates' Court. The
Contributing Membership offers additional opportunities to support the
Smithsonian Institution. Contributing members, at various levels,
receive an array of benefits--from receiving quarterly issues of
Smithsonian Institution Research Reports to being invited to the annual
James Smithson weekend and other special events. For information about
the Contributing Membership, write to the address at the beginning of
this paragraph. Phone, 202-357-1699.
The Young Benefactors offers individuals between the ages of 25 and
45 the opportunity to increase their understanding of the Institution
and to participate in unique fundraising events which assist the
Institution in achieving its goals. For additional information about the
Young Benefactors, write to The Smithsonian Associates, Room 3045, 1100
Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-1351.
The Circle of the National Gallery of Art is a membership program
which provides support for special projects for which Federal funds are
not available. Since its inception in 1986, the Circle has provided
support for scholarly exhibitions, acquisitions of works of art,
publications, films, and symposia at the Gallery's Center for Advanced
Study in the Visual Arts. For more information about membership in the
Circle of the National Gallery of Art, please write to The Circle,
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 20565; or call 202-737-4215.
Information about activities of the Friends of the National Zoo and
their magazine, The Zoogoer, is available by writing to them at the
National Zoological Park, Washington, DC 20008. Phone, 202-673-4960.
Information about the national and local activities of Friends of
the Kennedy Center (including the bimonthly Kennedy Center News for
members) is available at the information desks within the Center or by
writing to Friends of the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC 20566.
Photographs Color and black and white photographs and slides (including
illustrated slide lectures) are available to Government agencies,
research and educational institutions, publishers, and the general
public from the Smithsonian. Subjects include photographs of the
Smithsonian's scientific, technological, historical, and art collections
as well as pictures dating back more than 130 years taken from its
photographic archives. Information, order forms, and price lists may be
obtained from Photographic Services, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-1933.
Publications The Smithsonian Institution Press and the Office of Public
Affairs publish Smithsonian Year, the Institution's annual report, along
with a supplement that lists current titles. The Press also publishes
books and studies related to the sciences, technology, history, air and
space, and the arts at a wide range of prices. A book catalog and a list
of studies are available from Publications Sales, Smithsonian
Institution Press, 1111 North Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20002.
Phone, 202-287-3738.
An events highlight advertisement, which appears on the next-to-last
Friday of the month, is published in the Washington Post by the Office
of Public Affairs.
A brief guide to the Smithsonian Institution, published in English
and several foreign languages; a visitor's
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guide for individuals with disabilities; the Smithsonian Institution
Research Reports (containing news of current research projects in the
arts, sciences, and history that are being conducted by Smithsonian
staff); and Smithsonian Runner (a newsletter about Native American-
related activities at the Smithsonian) are available from the Office of
Public Affairs, 900 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone,
202-357-2627.
For the monthly Calendar of Events of the National Museum of
American Art and the Renwick Gallery, which also gives information on
museum publications, write the Office of Public Affairs, National Museum
of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560. Phone,
202-357-2247.
For the newsletter Art to Zoo for teachers from fourth through
eighth grades, write to the Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education, Room 1163, Arts and Industries Building, Washington, DC
20560. Phone, 202-357-2425.
The Gallery Shops, National Gallery of Art (phone, 202-842-6466),
makes available quality reproductions and publications about the
Gallery's collections. The Information Office provides a monthly
Calendar of Events and several brochures including Brief Guide to the
National Gallery of Art and An Invitation to the National Gallery of Art
(the latter in several foreign languages).
Radio and Telephone Radio Smithsonian produces award-winning radio
series and specials about the arts, sciences, and human culture for
national broadcast on public radio.
Dial-A-Museum, 202-357-2020; a taped telephone message with daily
announcements on new exhibits and special events.
Smithsonian Skywatchers Report, 202-357-2000; a taped telephone
message with weekly announcements on stars, planets, and worldwide
occurrences of short-lived natural phenomena.
Spanish listing of Smithsonian events, call 202-633-9126.
Concerts from the National Gallery is broadcast 4 weeks after the
performance on Radio Station WGTS, 91.9 FM, Sundays at 7:00 p.m.,
November through July.
Speakers The Bureau maintains a roster of staff and volunteers
available to speak about the Center and its activities.
Education Office, National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20565. (They provide gallery
talks and lectures.) Phone, 202-842-6246.
Museum aides give slide and musical presentations in area schools
and senior citizen facilities. National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F
Streets NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-2920.
Special Functions Inquiries regarding the use of Kennedy Center
facilities for special functions may be directed to the Office of
Special Events, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
Washington, DC 20566. Phone, 202-416-8000.
Theater Operations Inquiries regarding the use of the Kennedy Center's
theaters may be addressed to the Booking Coordinator, John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC 20566. Phone, 202-416-
8000.
Tours For tour information, contact the appropriate office listed
below:
Education, Anacostia Museum, 1901 Fort Place SE., Washington, DC
20020. Phone, 202-287-3369.
Division of Museum Programs, National Museum of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-3111.
Curator of Education, National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F
Streets NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-2920.
Friends of the National Zoo, National Zoological Park, 3000
Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20008. Phone, 202-673-4960.
Education Office, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 20565.
Phone, 202-842-6247.
Office of Education, National Museum of Natural History, Tenth
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-
357-3045.
Office of Public Programs (tour scheduling), National Museum of
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American History, Fourteenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-1481; or for the hearing-impaired
(TTY), 202-357-1563.
Office of Education, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Eighth
Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-
357-3235.
Department of Education, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center,
RR4, Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037. Phone, 202-261-4190, ext. 42.
Membership Department, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2 East
Ninety-first Street, New York, NY 10028. Phone, 212-860-6868.
Office of Volunteer Services (tour scheduling), National Air and
Space Museum, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20560. Phone, 202-357-1400.
Department of Education, National Museum of African Art, 950
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-4600.
Tour Information, Friends of the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
20566. Phone, 202-416-8000.
Visitor Information The Smithsonian Information Center, located in the
original Smithsonian building, provides a general orientation and
assistance for members and the public relative to the national
collections, museum events, and programs. Write to the Smithsonian
Information Center, 1000 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560.
Phone, 202-357-2700; or for the hearing impaired (TTY), 202-357-1729.
The Visitor Services Office of the National Gallery of Art provides
individual assistance to those with special needs, responds to written
and telephone requests, supplies crowd control for ticketed exhibitions
and programs, and provides information to those planning to visit the
Washington, DC, area. For more information, write to the National
Gallery of Art, Office of Visitor Services, Washington, DC 20565. Phone,
202-842-6681; or for the hearing impaired (TDD), 202-842-6176.
Volunteer Service Opportunities The Smithsonian Institution welcomes
volunteers and offers a variety of service opportunities. Persons may
serve as tour guides or information volunteers, or may participate in an
independent program in which their educational and professional
backgrounds are matched with curatorial or research requests from within
the Smithsonian. For information, write to the Visitor Information and
Associates' Reception Center, 1000 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC
20560. Phone, 202-357-2700; or for the hearing-impaired (TTY), 202-357-
1729.
Volunteers at the National Gallery of Art may select from providing
such services as giving tours of the permanent Gallery collection for
children and adults in English or foreign languages; serving as art
information specialists at the art information desks throughout the West
and East buildings; and assisting the library staff on assorted
projects. For further details, write the Education Division, National
Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 20565. Phone, 202-842-6246; or for the
hearing impaired (TDD), 202-842-6176. For library volunteering
inquiries, phone 202-842-6510.
For information about volunteer opportunities at the Kennedy Center,
write to Friends of the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC 20566. Phone,
202-416-8000.
For further information, members of the press may contact the Office of
Public Affairs, Smithsonian Institution, 900 Jefferson Drive SW.,
Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-2627. All other inquiries should be
directed to the Smithsonian Visitor Information Center, 1000 Jefferson
Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-2700; or for the hearing
impaired (TTY), 202-357-1729.
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