[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 718-735]
[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                            Thad Cochran, Daniel 
                                                     Patrick Moynihan, 
                                                     (vacancy)
Members of the House of Representatives          Samuel Johnson, Robert 
                                                     Livingston, 
                                                     (vacancy)
Citizen Members                                  Howard H. Baker, Jr., 
                                                     Barber B. Conable, 
                                                     Louis V. Gerstner, 
                                                     Jr., Hanna Holborn 
                                                     Gray, Anne 
                                                     d'Harnoncourt, 
                                                     Manuel L. Ibanez, 
                                                     Homer A. Neal, 
                                                     Frank A. Shrontz, 
                                                     Wesley Samuel 
                                                     Williams, Jr.


Officials:                                         

The Secretary                                    I. Michael Heyman
  The Inspector General                          Thomas D. Blair
  Director, Office of Planning,                  L. Carole Wharton
      Management and Budget
  Counselor to the Secretary for                 Thomas E. Lovejoy
      Biodiversity and 
      Environmental Affairs
  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 Cederborg
      Secretary
Under Secretary                                  Constance Newman
  General Counsel                                John E. Huerta
  Director, Office of Government                 M. John Berry
      Relations
  Director, Office of                            David J. Umansky
      Communications
  Director, Office of Information                Vincent Marcalus
      Technology
  Senior Information Officer                     Arthur Lee Denny
  Senior Business Officer                        Roland Bascher, Acting

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Assistant Secretary for Institutional            Alice Green Burnette
    Advancement
  Director, Office of Development                Marie Mattson
  Director, Office of Special                    Nicole L. Krakora
      Events and Conference 
      Services
Assistant Secretary for Finance and              (vacancy)
    Administration
  Senior Administrative Services                 Carolyn Jones
      Officer
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for                 Rick Johnson
      Finance
  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 Printing and               James H. Wallace, Jr.
      Photographic Services
  Director, Office of Contracting                John W. Cobert
      and Property Management
  Director, Office of Physical                   Patrick J. Miller
      Plant
  Director, Office of Protection                 Michael J. Sofield, 
      Services                                       Acting
  Director, Office of Environmental              William F. Billingsley
      Management and Safety
  Treasurer                                      Sudeep Anand
  Comptroller                                    Leslie Casson
Provost                                          J. Dennis O'Connor
  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 Air and Space               Robert Hoffmann, Acting
      Museum       
  Director, National Museum of                   (vacancy)
      African Art
  Director, National Museum of                   Elizabeth Broun
      American Art
  Curator in Charge, Renwick                     Kenneth R. Trapp
      Gallery
  Director, National Museum of                   Spencer Crew
      American History
  Director, National Museum of the               W. Richard West, Jr.
      American Indian
  Director, National Campaign for                John L. Colonghi
      NMAI
  Director, National Museum of                   Robert W. Fri
      Natural History
  Director, National Portrait                    Alan M. Fern
      Gallery
  Director, National Postal Museum               James Bruns
  Director, National Zoo                         Michael Robinson
  Director, Office of Exhibits                   Michael Headley, Acting
      Central        
  Director, Center for Museum                    Rex Ellis
      Studies
  Director, Smithsonian Institution              Anna R. Cohn
      Traveling Exhibition Service
  Director, Institutional Studies                Zahava Doering
      Office
  Editor, Joseph Henry Papers                    Marc Rothenberg
      Project
  Director, Office of Fellowships                Roberta Rubinoff
      and Grants
  Director, Smithsonian                          David L. Correll
    Environmental Research Center
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  Director, Smithsonian                          Irwin I. Shapiro
      Astrophysical Observatory
  Director, Smithsonian Tropical                 Ira Rubinoff
      Research Institute
  Director, Conservation Analytical              Lambertus Van Zelst
      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
  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 International              Francine Berkowitz
      Relations
  Director, Office of                            Paul B. Johnson
      Telecommunications
  Director, Smithsonian Institution              Daniel Goodwin, Acting
      Press   
  Editor, Smithsonian Magazine                   Don Moser
  Publisher, Smithsonian Magazine                Ronald Walker
  Director, The Smithsonian                      Mara Mayor
      Associates

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing      
    Arts \1\
Chairman                                         James A. Johnson
  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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    \1\ Administered under a separate Board of Trustees.
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One hundred fifty years old, the Smithsonian Institution is an 
independent trust instrumentality of the United States that fosters the 
increase and diffusion of knowledge. The world's largest museum complex, 
the Smithsonian includes 16 museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and 
research facilities in several States and the Republic of Panama. The 
Smithsonian holds more than 140 million artifacts and specimens in its 
trust for the American people. The Institution, a respected center for 
research, is dedicated to public education, national service, and 
scholarship in the arts, sciences, and history.

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 British 
scientist James Smithson, who in 1826 had bequeathed his entire estate 
to the United States ``to found at

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Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an 
establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.'' 
On July 1, 1836, Congress accepted the legacy and pledged the faith of 
the United States to the charitable trust.
    In September 1838, Smithson's legacy, which amounted to more than 
100,000 gold sovereigns, was delivered to the mint at Philadelphia. 
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 research;
    --publishes the results of studies, explorations, and 
investigations;
    --preserves for study and reference more than 140 million objects, 
works of art, and scientific specimens;
    --maintains exhibits representative of the arts, the sciences, and 
American history and culture; and
    --engages in programs of education and national and international 
cooperative research supported by its trust endowments; 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. 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.
    Administratively connected to the Anacostia Museum, the Center for 
African American History and Culture mounts exhibitions, sponsors public 
programs, and collects material representative of the black experience 
in performing arts, literature, and fine arts.

For further information, contact the Anacostia Museum, 1901 Fort Place 
SE., Washington, DC 20020. Phone, 202-287-2060.

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 
historic Old Patent Office 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, CA.

For further information, contact the Archives of American Art, 
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-2781.


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Conservation Analytical Laboratory  The Laboratory is a Smithsonian 
research institute with a focus on the preservation, conservation, and 
technical study and analysis of collection materials, with a special 
emphasis on materials in the national collections. Its researchers 
investigate the chemical and physical processes that are involved in the 
deterioration of museum objects and specimens, and attempt to formulate 
conditions and procedures for storage, exhibit, and stabilization that 
optimize the preservation of these materials. In interdisciplinary 
collaborations with archaeologists, anthropologists, and art historians, 
natural and physical scientists study and analyze objects from the 
collections and related materials to expand our knowledge and 
understanding of their historical and scientific context. Many of the 
research projects involve close collaboration with outside scholars and 
other Government and academic laboratories. The Laboratory also provides 
active analytical and technical support to conservation and curation 
efforts in the various museums within and occasionally outside the 
Smithsonian.
    The Laboratory's education program offers a wide range of training 
opportunities, within the areas of its specialty, to professionals in 
conservation and related museum disciplines. Its outreach program 
includes students at institutes of secondary and higher education and 
the general public.

For further information, contact the Conservation Analytical Laboratory, 
Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20560. Phone, 
301-238-3700.

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum  The Museum, located in New York 
City, is the only museum in the country devoted exclusively to 
historical and contemporary design. Collections in four curatorial areas 
include nearly 250,000 objects in the areas of applied arts and 
industrial design, drawings and prints, wallcoverings, and textiles. A 
fifth curatorial area, contemporary design, is non-collection-based. The 
library houses more than 50,000 volumes related to design and decorative 
arts, a rare book room, and archives containing information related to 
designers, as well as a Latino/Hispanic and African-American archive. 
Changing exhibitions and public programs seek to educate all people by 
exploring the role of design in daily life. The Museum is open daily 
except Mondays and Federal holidays. Admission is charged.

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 for general and specialist audiences. They arrange thematic 
exhibitions from the collection and present lectures in their fields of 
specialization.

For further information, contact the Freer Gallery of Art, Jefferson 
Drive at Twelfth Street SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-4880.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  The Museum houses major 
collections of modern and contemporary art. The nucleus of the 
collection is the gift and bequest of more than 13,000 works of art for 
the people of the United States from Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981).
    Supplementing the permanent collection, which keeps up with current 
developments through an active acquisitions program, are loan 
exhibitions focusing on emerging contemporary artists as well as on art

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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 42,000-volume art 
library, and a photographic archive--available for consultation by prior 
appointment.

For further information, contact the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture 
Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20560. Phone, 202-357-3091.

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, 
202-357-2700.

National Museum of African Art  This is the only art museum in the 
United States dedicated exclusively to portraying the rich, creative 
visual traditions of Africa.
    Established in 1964 and incorporated as a bureau of the Smithsonian 
in 1979, the Museum opened at 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 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 traditional art include a wooden figure of 
a Zairian Yombe carver; a Lower Niger Bronze Industry vessel, with 
chameleons; and a memorial figure 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 Museum of American Art  The Nation's oldest Federal art 
collection presents more than 250 years of American painting, sculpture, 
folk art, photography, and graphic art. A flexibly structured changing 
selection from the permanent collection of more than 37,500 works of art 
allows for special groupings based on subjects, media, and other 
considerations. Approximately 15 special exhibitions are presented each 
year on various aspects of American art, often accompanied by 
publications and interactive computer programs.
    A major center for research in American art, the Museum has dealt 
with resources that include the Inventory of American Paintings Executed 
Before 1914, with data on nearly 260,000 works; the Peter A. Juley & 
Sons collection of 127,000 historical photographs; the Slide and 
Photographic Archives; the Smithsonian Art Index; the Pre-1877 Art 
Exhibition Catalogue Index; the Inventory of American Sculpture, with 
information on more than 50,000 indoor and outdoor works; and the Joseph 
Cornell Study Center. The library, shared with the National Portrait 
Gallery, contains volumes on art, history, and biography, with special 
emphasis on the United States. It also houses the Archives of American 
Art, with its vast holdings of documentary material on American art and 
artists.
    The Museum makes hundreds of images from the collection and 
extensive information on its collections,

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publications, and activities available to personal computer users on the 
Internet (World Wide Web, http://www.nmaa.si.edu/) and commercial online 
services. There is a research program for visiting scholars, and 
university interns are welcomed in many museum departments.
    The Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art offers 
changing exhibitions of American crafts and decorative arts, both 
historical and contemporary, and a rotating selection from its permanent 
collection of 20th century American crafts. Its Grand Salon is elegantly 
furnished in the opulent style of the 1860's and 1870's.

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 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 information technology, political history, 
American music, and American cars and trains. Hands-on activities, 
demonstrations, films, and performances highlight many aspects of the 
Museum.
    Scholars may be aided in the use of the Museum's research 
collections and specialized library facilities by appointment.

For further information, contact the National Museum of American 
History, Fourteenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20560. Phone, 202-357-2700.

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 21st 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 to the Smithsonian 
from the former Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 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 212-825-6700 (in 
New York City) or 202-357-2700 (in Washington, DC).

For further information, contact the National Museum of the American 
Indian, Suite 7102, 470 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 
202-287-2523.

National Museum of Natural History  This museum is dedicated to 
understanding the natural world and the place of humans in it. The 
Museum's permanent exhibits focus on Earth sciences, biology, and 
anthropology, with the most popular displays featuring gemstones, 
dinosaurs, marine ecosystems, birds, and mammals. Notable attractions 
include the O. Orkin Insect Zoo, where a variety of arthropods live in 
five realistic habitats; and the Discovery Room, where visitors can use

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all of their senses to explore specimens and artifacts. The Museum also 
produces and hosts a variety of thought-provoking temporary exhibits 
along with special exhibitions.
    The public displays represent only a small portion of the national 
collections housed and maintained by the Museum. These encyclopedic 
collections comprise more than 120 million specimens, making the Museum 
one of the world's foremost facilities for natural history research. 
Some 100 doctorate-level staff researchers ensure the continued growth 
and value of the collection by conducting studies in the field and 
laboratory. To this end, the Museum maintains permanent research 
facilities in Alaska, Florida, Belize, Guyana, and Brazil.

For further information, contact the National Museum of Natural History, 
Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 
202-357-2700.

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 and associative items of our 
Chief Executives. The two-story Victorian Renaissance Great Hall on the 
third floor of the gallery houses a Civil War exhibition (on the 
mezzanine), and is used for special events and public programs.
    Publications include a free bimonthly calendar of events, 
illustrated catalogs for major exhibitions, an illustrated checklist of 
portraits in the collection, and educational materials.
    A 45,000-volume library is shared with the National Museum of 
American Art and the Archives of American Art. The education department 
offers public programs; outreach programs for schools, senior citizen 
groups, hospitals, and nursing homes; and walk-in and group tours.

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-
2700.

National Postal Museum  The 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.
    Located on Capitol Hill next to Union Station, the Postal Museum is 
geared for a family audience. A state-of-the-art museum setting offers 
more than 40 videos and interactive displays, as well as a museum shop, 
a stamp retail store, and a discovery center for educational programs, 
lectures, and performances.

For further information, contact the National Postal Museum, 2 
Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-633-9360.

National Zoological Park  The National Zoo encompasses 163 acres along 
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Creek in Northwest Washington, DC. Established in 1889, the Zoo is one 
of the oldest branches of the Smithsonian Institution. The collection 
today encompasses more than 5,600 animals and 491 species, ranging in 
size and diversity from leaf-cutter ants to elephants and rhinos. State-
of-the-art exhibits include ``Amazonia,'' a simulated tropical rain 
forest; ``Think Tank,'' an exhibit focusing on animal thinking; the 
``Vertebrate'' exhibit; ``Pollinarium''; and the Reptile Discovery 
Center, featuring the world's largest lizards, Komodo dragons. The Zoo's 
exhibits are supported by scientific investigations conducted at the 
Zoo's Department of Zoological Research. Work focusing on genetics, 
animal behavior, and reproductive studies has given the National Zoo a 
leadership role among the Nation's conservation institutions.
    In addition to its Washington facilities, the Zoo's Conservation and 
Research Center, located on 3,150 acres near Front Royal, VA, houses an 
additional 4,500 animals. Research at the Center explores animal 
behavior, ecology, nutrition, reproductive physiology, pathology, and 
clinical medicine. The CRC also conducts research into the long-term 
maintenance of wild animal populations and captive-breeding of 
endangered animals. The Center operates a training program for wildlife 
professionals from other countries including those with endangered and 
rare wildlife.

For further information, contact the National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20008. Phone, 202-673-4721. E-mail, 
[email protected]. Internet, http://www.si.edu/natzoo/.

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 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. E-mail, [email protected].

Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies  The Center is 
responsible for research, documentation, and presentation of grassroots 
cultural traditions in the United States and abroad. It produces the 
annual Festival of American Folklife on the National Mall, Smithsonian 
Folkways Recordings, educational materials, documentary films, 
publications, and traveling exhibits. The Center also maintains a 
documentary collection.

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

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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, 
MRC 705, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-
4281. Fax, 202-786-2557.

Center for Museum Studies  The Center is an outreach office of the 
Smithsonian that helps museums in the United States fulfill their public 
service mission. It conducts training programs for museum professionals 
on museum operational methods, management of collections, exhibitions 
techniques, and educational activities.
    The Center is also the central intern office for the Institution, 
registering all interns and administering a central intern application 
referral service.
    Located in the Center is the Smithsonian Institution Libraries 
Museum Reference Center, the Nation's largest museological library.

For further information, contact the Center for Museum Studies, 900 
Jefferson Drive SW., Room 2235, MRC 427, Smithsonian Institution, 
Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-3101. Fax, 202-357-3346.

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.

Office of the Smithsonian Institution Archives  The Office consists of 
the Division of the Smithsonian Institution Archives, the Institutional 
History Division, and the National Collections Program. The Archives 
division acquires, preserves, and makes available for research the 
official records of the Smithsonian Institution and the papers of 
individuals and organizations associated with the Institution or with 
its work. These holdings, described in the Guide to the Smithsonian 
Archives, 1996, document the growth of the Smithsonian and the 
development of American science, history, and art.
    The Institutional History Division explores the history of the 
Smithsonian by drawing upon the holdings of the Archives and by creating 
new historical records such as audio and videotaped interviews. Within 
the Division, the Joseph Henry Papers publishes the correspondence and 
papers of the Smithsonian's first Secretary and renowned scientist, 
Joseph Henry.
    The National Collections Program assists in and monitors the 
development of effective collections management policy throughout the 
Institution and the museum community at large.

For further information, contact the Office of the Smithsonian 
Institution Archives, 900 Jefferson Drive SW., MRC 414, 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 
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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.
    Data-gathering facilities include a major observatory in Arizona, 
optical and radio astronomy facilities in Massachusetts, and a 
submillimeter-wave facility in Hawaii (now under construction). 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 the estuary and adjacent 
watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay.

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 1.2 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 18 branch 
libraries located in most 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 
should be addressed to the appropriate branch library or to Central 
Reference and Loan. Phone, 202-357-2139. E-mail, [email protected]

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 (SITES)  Since 
1952, SITES has been committed to making Smithsonian exhibitions 
available to millions of people who cannot view them firsthand at the 
Smithsonian's own facilities. Each year, audiences across the North 
America experience the treasures and opportunities of the Smithsonian by 
visiting SITES exhibitions that come to local museums, libraries, 
science centers, historical societies, zoos, aquariums, community 
centers, and schools. More than 65 exhibitions on art, history, and 
science circulate every year. To receive a copy of Update, the annual 
catalog of current exhibitions, and for information on booking a SITES 
exhibition, contact the Service.

For further information, contact the Smithsonian Institution Traveling 
Exhibition Service, MRC 706, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)  The Institute is a 
research organization for advanced studies of tropical ecosystems. 
Headquartered in the Republic of Panama, STRI maintains extensive 
facilities in the Western Hemisphere tropics. It is the permanent base 
of a corps of tropical researchers, who in turn provide an intellectual 
environment that attracts many visiting scientists and research fellows. 
The Institute's researchers study the evolution, behavior, ecology, and 
history of tropical species on systems ranging from coral reefs to 
tropical rain forests. Growing strengths in molecular biology, plant 
physiology, and paleoecology compliment established excellence in 
evolutionary biology and ecology.
    The Institute operates the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, a 12,000-
acre forest reserve, including Barro Colorado Island (protected since 
1923) and adjacent peninsulas in Gatun Lake, part of the Panama Canal. 
It also maintains a research and conference center in Panama City, 
including one of the world's finest libraries. In addition, STRI has two 
marine laboratories, one at Naos Island on the Pacific entrance to the 
Panama Canal and another at Galeta Island on the Atlantic. It 
administers marine stations in the Caribbean in the San Blas Islands, 
and at Cayos Cochinos, Honduras, and maintains a research vessel for 
off-shore studies. 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 role of the tropics.
    For a brochure describing the Institute's activities and 
illustrating some of the facilities and habitats available, contact the 
Visitor Services Office, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 
0948 APO AA. International phone with operator assist, 011-507-227-6022. 
E-mail, [email protected].

For further information, contact the Smithsonian Tropical Research 
Institute, 900 Jefferson Drive, Suite 2207, Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 
202-786-2817. Fax, 202-786-2819. E-mail, 
[email protected].

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 Performing 
Arts Centers and Schools: Partners in Education, American College 
Theater Festival, Youth and Family Programs, the National Symphony 
Orchestra Education Program, and the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts 
Education Network, 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

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designed to make the Center accessible to all, regardless of economic 
circumstance.
    Visitor services are provided by the Friends of the Kennedy Center 
volunteers. 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 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

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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, 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 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20565. 
Phone, 202-287-3343.
Education and Research  Refer to statements on the Office of Fellowships 
and Grants, the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, 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.
Electronic Access to Information  A wealth of information about the 
Smithsonian Institution can be accessed electronically. Internet, http:/
/www.si.edu/.
Employment  Employment information for the Smithsonian is available from 
the Office of Human Resources, Smithsonian Institution, Suite 2100, 955 
L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-287-3100. Recorded 
message, 202-287-3102. Employment information for the following 
locations may be obtained by contacting the organizations directly as 
follows: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, 
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, 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 
senior adults; classes, workshops, films, and summer camp sessions for 
young people; and family and adult/child activities. Membership benefits 
include discounts and admissions priority; a subscription to Smithsonian 
magazine; monthly copies of the Associate, the

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award-winning guide to Resident Associate activities; and dining 
privileges. Additionally, all members receive discounts on museum shop 
purchases; Smithsonian Catalog items; Smithsonian Institution Press 
publications and records; and discounts on subscriptions to Air and 
Space/Smithsonian magazine. 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, 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; discounted tickets for Smithsonian educational events 
nationwide; and dining privileges. 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, call 
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, 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 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 125 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. The 
Press also publishes a range of books and studies related to the 
sciences, technology, history, air and space, and the arts. 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 
Smithsonian Office of Public Affairs.
    A free Welcome brochure provides a brief guide to the Smithsonian 
Institution, published in English and several foreign

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languages. A visitor's 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 Smithsonian Office of Public Affairs, 900 Jefferson 
Drive SW., MRC 421, Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-2627.
    For the newsletter Art to Zoo for teachers of fourth through eighth 
graders, write to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Room 
1163, MRC 402, 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 provides a taped message with daily 
announcements on new exhibits and special events.
    Smithsonian Skywatchers Report, 202-357-2000 is a taped message with 
weekly announcements on stars, planets, and worldwide occurrences of 
short-lived natural phenomena.
    For a 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.
    The Education Office, National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20565, provides 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 information about museum and gallery tours, contact the 
Smithsonian Information Center, 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW., Washington, 
DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-2700. School groups are welcome.
    Special member tours are provided through Friends of the National 
Zoo, National Zoological Park, 3000 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20008. Phone, 202-673-4960.
Visitor Information  The Smithsonian Information Center, located in the 
original Smithsonian building, commonly known as ``The Castle,'' 
provides general orientation. Members and the public learn about the 
national collections, museum events, exhibitions, and special programs. 
Write to the Smithsonian Information Center, 1000 Jefferson Drive SW., 
Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-2700. Information for visitors with 
a hearing impairment can be obtained by calling (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 
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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 interesting service opportunities. 
Individuals 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. Volunteers with a 
hearing impairment may call (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.

Members of the press may contact the Smithsonian Office of Public 
Affairs, 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. TDD, 202-357-1729.

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