    [United States Government Manual]
    [May 30, 1997]
    [Pages 716-733]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

    1000 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560
    Phone, 202-357-1300; or 202-357-2700 (Smithsonian Information Center)

    Board of Regents:

    The Chief Justice of the United States            William H. Rehnquist
            (Chancellor)
    The Vice President of the United States           Al Gore
    Members of the Senate                             Thad Cochran, William
                                                              Frist, Daniel
                                                              Patrick
                                                              Moynihan
    Members of the House of Representatives           Samuel Johnson, Robert
                                                              Livingston,
                                                              Esteban E.
                                                              Torres
    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
                Community Affairs and
                Special Projects
        Executive Assistant to the Secretary          James M. Hobbins
        Executive Secretary to the Secretary          Barbara Cederborg
    Under Secretary                                   Constance Newman
        General Counsel                               John E. Huerta
        Director, Office of Government                M. John Berry
                Relations
        Director, Office of Communications            David J. Umansky
        Director, Office of Information               Vincent Marcalus
                Technology
        Senior Information Officer                    Arthur Lee Denny
        Senior Business Officer                       Roland Banscher,
                                                              Acting
        Ombudsman                                     Chandra Heilman
        Director, Office of Membership and            Marie Mattson
              Development

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        Director, Office of Special Events            Nicole L. Krakora
                and Conference Services
        Chief Financial Officer                       Rick Johnson
        Director, Office of Sponsored                 Ardelle Foss
                Projects
        Director, Office of Equal Employment          Era Marshall
                and Minority Affairs
        Director, Office of Human Resources           Carolyn Jones
        Director, Office of Printing and              James H. Wallace, Jr.
                Photographic Services
        Director, Office of Contracting and           John W. Cobert
                Property Management
        Director, Office of Physical Plant            Patrick J. Miller
        Director, Office of Protection                David F. Morrell
                Services
        Director, Office of Environmental             William F. Billingsley
                Management and Safety
        Treasurer                                     Sudeep Anand
        Comptroller                                   M. Leslie Casson
    Provost                                           J. Dennis O'Connor
        Director, Anacostia Museum                    Steven Newsome
        Director, Archives of American Art            Richard Wattenmaker
        Director, Cooper-Hewitt, National             Dianne Pilgrim
                Design Museum
        Director, Freer Gallery of Art and            Milo C. Beach
                Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
        Director, Hirshhorn Museum and                James T. Demetrion
                Sculpture Garden
        Director, National Air and Space              Donald D. Engen
                Museum
        Director, National Museum of African          Roslyn A. Walker
                Art
        Director, National Museum of                  Elizabeth Broun
                American Art
        Curator in Charge, Renwick Gallery            Kenneth R. Trapp
        Director, National Museum of                  Spencer Crew
                American History
        Director, National Museum of the              W. Richard West, Jr.
                American Indian
        Director, National Campaign for NMAI          John L. Colonghi
        Director, National Museum of Natural          Robert W. Fri
                History
        Director, National Portrait Gallery           Alan M. Fern
        Director, National Postal Museum              James Bruns
        Director, National Zoological Park            Michael Robinson
        Director, Office of Exhibits Central          Michael Headley
        Director, Center for Museum Studies           Rex Ellis
        Director, Smithsonian Institution             Anna R. Cohn
                Traveling Exhibition Service
        Director, Institutional Studies               Zahava Doering
                Office
        Editor, Joseph Henry Papers Project           Marc Rothenberg
        Director, Office of Fellowships and           Roberta Rubinoff
                Grants
        Director, Smithsonian Environmental           David L. Correll
                Research Center
        Director, Smithsonian Astrophysical           Irwin I. Shapiro
                Observatory
        Director, Smithsonian Tropical                Ira Rubinoff
                Research Institute
        Director, Conservation Analytical             Lambertus Van Zelst
                Laboratory
        Director, Smithsonian Institution             Barbara Smith
              Libraries

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        Director, Museum Support Center               U. Vincent Wilcox III
        Director, Smithsonian Institution             Ethel W. Hedlin
                Archives
        Director, Smithsonian Office of               Ann Bay
                Education
        Director, Center for Folklife                 Richard Kurin
                Programs and Cultural
                Studies
        Director, National Science Resources          Douglas Lapp
                Center
        Director, Wider Audience Development          Marshall Wong
                Program
        Director, Office of International             Francine Berkowitz
                Center
        Director, Smithsonian Press/                  Daniel Goodwin
                Smithsonian Productions
        Editor, Smithsonian Magazine                  Don Moser
        Publisher, Smithsonian Magazine               Ronald Walker
        Director, The Smithsonian Associates          Mara Mayor

    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
        \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 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.

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        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, located in the historic Fort Stanton
    neighborhood of southeast Washington, is undergoing renovations this
    year. It 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, and the art and
    activism of artist/educator Georgette Powell have been the subjects of
    exhibitions produced by the Museum.
        Administratively connected to the Anacostia Museum, the
    Smithsonian's Center for African American History and Culture mounts
    exhibitions such as ``Jazz Age in Paris,'' a SITES exhibition that
    premiered at the Center; 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, 202-357-2700.

    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. On the subject of art in America, it is the
    largest archives in the world, holding more than 13 million documents.
    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 Archives' chief processing and reference center is in the
    historic Old Patent Office Building in Washington, DC. The Archives has
    regional centers in California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New York.

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

    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

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    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 include nearly 250,000
    objects in such areas as applied arts and industrial design, drawings
    and prints, wallcoverings, and textiles. A major renovation, to be
    completed in the fall of 1997, will add a new two-story connecting
    structure linking the museum with its garden and with two townhouses
    currently known as the Design Resource Center. Changing exhibitions and
    public programs seek to educate by exploring the role of design in daily
    life. The Museum is open daily except Mondays and holidays. Admission is
    charged.

    For further information, contact the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design
    Museum, 2 East Ninety-First Street, New York, NY 10028. Phone, 212-860-
    6868.

    Freer Gallery of Art  The building, the original collection, and an
    endowment were the gift of Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919). 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 works by James McNeill Whistler together with other
    19th and early 20th century American artists.
        More than 27,000 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, 202-357-2700.

    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
    movements of the modern era. There is an active program of public
    service and education, including docent tours, lectures on contemporary
    art and artists, and films of historic and artistic interest. The Museum
    houses a collection research facility, a specialized 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, 202-357-2700.

    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.

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        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,
    Sixth 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 more than 18,000 volumes and periodicals.

    For further information, contact the National Museum of African Art, 950
    Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-2700.

    National Museum of American Art  The Museum's art collection spans 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. 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
    contributed to such resources as 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. The building 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, publications, and activities
    available electronically to personal computer users (Internet, 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 Museum's Renwick Gallery, located at 17th Street and
    Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC, is dedicated to exhibiting
    crafts of all periods and to collecting 20th century American crafts. It
    offers changing exhibitions of American crafts and decorative arts, both
    historical and contemporary, and a rotating selection from its permanent
    collection. The 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, 202-357-2700.

    National Museum of American History  In pursuit of its fundamental
    mission to inspire a broader understanding of the United States and its
    people, the Museum provides learning opportunities, stimulates the
    imagination of visitors, and presents challenging ideas about the
    Nation's past. The Museum's exhibits

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    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 and
    inventions. 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. The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra is
    located at 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.). It will be located in
    three facilities:
        --the George Gustav Heye Center, located at One Bowling Green, New
    York City, which is currently open;
        --the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, MD, which will open in
    the late 1990's and house a major portion of the Museum's priceless
    million-object collection; and
        --the Mall museum, which will open in 2001 east of the National Air
    and Space Museum on the National Mall's last available site. Exhibits
    are currently offered in the Arts and Industries Building at 900
    Jefferson Drive, Washington, DC.
        The Museum, whose collections were transferred to the Smithsonian
    from the former Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, in New
    York City, is an institution of living cultures dedicated to the
    collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages,
    literature, history, and arts of the native peoples of the Americas.
        Highlights include Northwest Coast carvings; dance masks; pottery
    and weaving from the Southwest; painted hides and garments from the
    North American Plains; goldwork from Colombia, Mexico, and Peru; and
    Amazonian featherwork.
        Admission is free. For information on hours, phone 212-825-6700 (New
    York City) or 202-357-2700 (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 such as
    the Hope diamond, dinosaurs, marine ecosystems, birds, and mammals.
    Notable attractions include the O. Orkin Insect Zoo, where a variety of
    arthropods live in realistic habitats; and the Discovery Room, where
    visitors can handle specimens and artifacts. The Museum also hosts a
    variety of special exhibitions, such as ``Amber: Window to the Past.''
        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

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    research. Doctorate-level staff researchers ensure the continued growth
    and value of the collection by conducting studies in the field and
    laboratory. 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.
        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.
        A large 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 adults, hospitals, and
    nursing homes; and walk-in and group tours.

    For further information, contact the 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. The major galleries include
    exhibits on mail service in colonial times and during the Civil War, the
    Pony Express, modern mail service, automation, mail transportation, and
    the art of letters, as well as 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 rare 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, 202-357-2700.

    National Zoological Park  The National Zoo encompasses 163 acres along
    Rock 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 5,000 animals and nearly 500
    species, ranging in size and diversity from leaf-cutter ants to giant
    pandas, elephants, and rhinos. Recent exhibits include ``Amazonia,'' a
    simulated tropical rain forest; ``Think Tank,'' an exhibit focusing on
    animal thinking; the ``Vertebrate'' and ``Pollinarium'' exhibits; 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 the animals living at its Washington facilities, the
    Zoo's Conservation and Research Center

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    located on 3,150 acres near Front Royal, VA, houses an additional 4,500
    animals, among them extremely rare species. Research at the Center
    explores animal behavior, ecology, nutrition, reproductive physiology,
    pathology, and clinical medicine. The Center also conducts research into
    the long-term maintenance of wild animal populations and captive-
    breeding of endangered animals. It operates a training program for
    wildlife professionals from other countries, including those with
    endangered and rare wildlife.

    For further information, contact the National Zoo, 3000 Connecticut
    Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20008. Phone, 202-673-4717. E-mail,
    listserv@sivm.si.edu. 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. The Office also administers other
    research opportunity programs for many of the Smithsonian bureaus.

    For further information, contact the Office of Fellowships and Grants,
    Suite 7000, 902 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-
    287-3271. E-mail, siofg@sivm.si.edu.

    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 maintains a
    documentary collection and produces Smithsonian Folkways Recordings,
    educational materials, documentary films, publications, and traveling
    exhibits, as well as the annual Festival of American Folklife on the
    National Mall. Recent Folklife Festivals have featured a range of
    American music styles, a number of State tributes, and performers from
    around the world. Admission to the festival is free. The 2-week program
    includes Fourth of July activities.

    For further information, contact the Center for Folklife Programs and
    Cultural Studies, Suite 2600, 914 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC
    20560. Phone, 202-287-3424 or 202-357-2700.

    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,
    MRC 705, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-
    1539.

    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

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    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  This Asian art museum 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 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 to the Smithsonian by Arthur M.
    Sackler (1913-1987), 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, 202-357-2700.

    Office of the Smithsonian Institution Archives  The Office includes the
    Institutional History Division and the National Collections Program. The
    Smithsonian Institution Archives 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 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, renowned scientist Joseph
    Henry, whose bicentennial is celebrated in 1997.
        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. Fax, 202-357-2395.

    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.
        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
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    educational institutions around the world. As a further service to
    international science, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory serves
    as the headquarters for Astronomical Telegrams and the Minor Planet
    Center. Astronomical Telegrams provide 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 Observatory offers an extensive public education program,
    including a variety of ``open nights'' held in Cambridge and at other
    facilities.

    Information about these activities and other general materials for
    students and teachers may be obtained from the 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 more than one 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 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge,
    MA; the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Republic of
    Panama; and the National Air and Space Museum. Address inquiries 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,
    202-357-2139. E-mail, libmail@sil.si.edu/.

    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 museums in Washington, DC, and New York City. Each year,
    audiences across 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. SITES
    also offers exhibits in its International Gallery on the National Mall,
    in the S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW.

    For further information, to book a SITES exhibition, or to receive a
    copy of Update, the annual catalog of current exhibitions, contact the
    Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, MRC 706,
    Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-3168.

    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 complement 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
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    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, stri.tivol1.maggiorig@ic.si.edu.

    For further information, contact the Smithsonian Tropical Research
    Institute, 900 Jefferson Drive SW., MRC 555, Washington, DC 20560.
    Phone, 202-786-2817. Fax, 202-786-2819. Phone (Panama), 011-507-62-6022.
    E-mail, siwp01.stridc.bcasana@ic.si.edu.

    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
    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. Free performances are given every day at 6 p.m. on the
    Millenium Stage in the Grand Foyer.

    For further information, contact the Kennedy Center. Phone, 202-467-
    4600. Internet, http://www.kennedy-center.org/.

    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,

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    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.
        The Micro Gallery, located in the West Building, is the most
    comprehensive interactive multimedia computer system in any American art
    museum. Thirteen computers, installed in the redesigned art information
    room near the Mall entrance, enable visitors to see in magnified detail
    nearly every work of art on display in the permanent collection, as well
    as access to information about artists, geographic areas, time periods,
    pronunciations (with sound), and more. Visitors can design a personal
    tour of the collection and print it out to use as a guide in the
    galleries. For information, call 202-842-6188 or 202-842-6653.

    For general information on the National Gallery of Art and its
    activities, call 202-737-4215. Internet, http://www.nga.gov/.

    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.
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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.
    Internet, http://wwics.si.edu/.

    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 Smithsonian Institution
    organizations, except that the following independent organizations
    should be contacted directly: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
    Arts, Washington, DC 20566; and Supply Officer, National Gallery of Art,
    Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20565. Phone,
    202-287-3343.

    Education and Research  Refer to preceding statements on the Office of
    Fellowships and Grants, the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural
    Studies, the National Science Resources Center, the Smithsonian
    Education Office, 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  Information about the Smithsonian Institution is
    available electronically through the Internet, at http://www.si.edu/.
        Information about programs, activities, and performances at the John
    F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is available through the
    Internet, at http://www.kennedy-center.org/.
        Information about the National Gallery of Art is available through
    the Internet, at http://www.nga.gov/.
        Information about the programs and activities of the Woodrow Wilson
    Center for International Scholars is available through the Internet, at
    http://wwics.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: 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 Smithsonian membership (Resident
    Program), write to The Smithsonian Associates, MRC 701, 1100 Jefferson
    Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560.

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    Phone, 202-357-3030. The Resident Program offers a wide variety of
    performing arts events, courses, lectures, seminars, symposia, films,
    and guided tours with specialists, authors, celebrities, and other
    notables. 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 award-winning guide to
    Resident Associate activities; and dining privileges. Additionally, all
    members receive discounts on museum shop purchases; Smithsonian Catalog
    items; Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian Productions publications and
    recordings; 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 Smithsonian membership (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 shopping 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 202-357-4300.
        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 that 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 202-842-6450.
        Information about activities of the Friends of the National Zoo and
    their magazine, The Zoogoer, is available by writing to FONZ 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 the Office of Imaging,
    Printing, and Photographic Services, Smithsonian Institution,
    Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-1933.

    Publications  Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian Productions and the Office
    of Public Affairs publish Smithsonian Year, the Institution's annual
    report. Press/Productions also publishes a range of books and studies
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    sciences, technology, history, air and space, and the arts. A book
    catalog and a list of studies are available from Publications Sales,
    Smithsonian Institution University Press, 1111 North Capitol Street,
    Washington, DC 20002. Phone, 202-287-3738. To purchase a Smithsonian
    Institution University Press volume, contact the Office. Phone, 800-782-
    4612. To purchase a recording of the Smithsonian Collection of
    Recordings, contact Press/Productions. Phone, 800-863-9943.
        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 providing a brief guide to the Smithsonian
    Institution is published in English and several foreign languages. A
    visitor's guide for individuals with disabilities and Smithsonian
    Institution Research Reports, containing news of current research
    projects in the arts, sciences, and history that are being conducted by
    Smithsonian staff, are available from the Smithsonian Office of Public
    Affairs, 900 Jefferson Drive SW., MRC 421, Washington, DC 20560. Phone,
    202-357-2627.
        To request a copy of Smithsonian Runner, a newsletter about Native
    American-related activities at the Smithsonian, contact the National
    Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
    20560.
        For the newsletter Art to Zoo for teachers of fourth through eighth
    graders, write to the Smithsonian Office of 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 Washington, DC, area radio station WGTS, 91.9 FM, Sundays
    at 7 p.m., November through July.

    Speakers  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.

    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, 202-673-4821.

    Visitor Information  The Smithsonian Information Center, located in the
    original Smithsonian building, commonly known as ``The Castle,''
    provides general orientation, through films, computer

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    interactive programs, and visitor information specialists, to help
    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. 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,
    202-842-6680; 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.
    During 1996, the Smithsonian's sesquicentennial year, the Institution
    recorded 9,026 volunteers. 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. 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
    Information Center, 1000 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560.
    Phone, 202-357-2700. TDD, 202-357-1729.

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