[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, 
[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. 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, [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 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, 
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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, [email protected]/.

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, [email protected].

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, [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 
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 
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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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