[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
________________________________________________________________________
  
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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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, 
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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 
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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 
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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.
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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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