[United States Government Manual]
[June 01, 1999]
[Pages 719-737]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

1000 Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20560

Phone, 202-357-2700. Internet, http://www.si.edu/.

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, (1 
                                                          vacancy)
Citizen Members                                   Howard H. Baker, Jr., 
                                                          Barber B. 
                                                          Conable, Jr., 
                                                          Anne 
                                                          d'Harnoncourt, 
                                                          Louis V. 
                                                          Gerstner, Jr., 
                                                          Hanna Holborn 
                                                          Gray, 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
    Executive Director for and                    Robert V. Hanle
            Development
    Counselor to the Secretary for                Thomas E. Lovejoy
            Biodiversity and 
            Environmental Affairs
    Counselor to the Secretary for                Marc Pachter
          Electronic Communications 
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    Executive Assistant to the Secretary          James M. Hobbins
            and Director, Smithsonian 
            Institute Building and Arts 
            and Industries Building
    Personal Assistant to the Secretary           Barbara Cederborg
Under Secretary                                   Constance Newman
    General Counsel                               John E. Huerta
    Director, Office of Government                Donald L. Hardy
            Relations
    Director, Office of Communications/           David J. Umansky
            Public Affairs
    Chief, Information Technology                 George Van Dyke
            Operations
    Chief, Information Technology                 Jim Conklin
            Strategic Planning
    Senior Business Officer                       Roland Banscher, 
                                                          Acting
    Ombudsman                                     Chandra Heilman
    Executive Director, Office of                 Robert V. Hanle
            Membership and Development
    Director, Office of Special Events            Nicole L. Krakora
            and Conference Services
    Chief Financial Officer                       Rick Johnson
    Director, Office of Equal Employment          Era Marshall
            and Minority Affairs
    Director, Office of Human Resources           Carolyn Jones
    Director, Office of Contracting and           John W. Cobert
            Property Management
    Senior Facilities Services Officer            Richard Rice
    Director, Office of Protection                David F. Morrell
            Services
    Director, Office of Environmental             William F. Billingsley
            Management and Safety
    Treasurer                                     Sudeep Anand
    Deputy Comptroller                            Bob Mills
Provost                                           J. Dennis O'Connor
    Director, Anacostia Museum and                Steven Newsome
            Center for African American 
            History and Culture
    Director, Archives of American Art            Richard Wattenmaker
    Building Director, Arts and                   James M. Hobbins
            Industries Building
    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 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

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    Director, Office of Exhibits Central          Michael Headley
    Director, Smithsonian Institution             Anna R. Cohn
            Traveling Exhibition Service 
            (SITES)
    Director, Institutional Studies               Zahava Doering
            Office
    Editor, Joseph Henry Papers Project           Marc Rothenberg
    Director, Office of Fellowships and           Roberta Rubinoff
            Grants
    Senior Scientist, Smithsonian                 David L. Correll
            Environmental Research 
            Center
    Director, Smithsonian Marine Station          Mary Rice
    Director, Smithsonian Astrophysical           Irwin I. Shapiro
            Observatory
    Director, Smithsonian Tropical                Ira Rubinoff
            Research Institute
    Director, Smithsonian Center for              Lambertus Van Zelst
            Materials Research and 
            Education
    Director, Smithsonian Institution             Nancy E. Gwinn
            Libraries
    Director, Museum Support Center               Catherine J. Kerby
    Director, Smithsonian Institution             Ethel W. Hedlin
            Archives
    Director, Smithsonian Office of               Ann Bay
            Education
    Director, Center for Folklife and             Richard Kurin
            Cultural Heritage
    Director, National Science Resources          Douglas Lapp
            Center
    Director, Office of International             Francine Berkowitz
            Relations
    Director, Smithsonian's Affiliates            Michael Carrigan
            Program
    Director, Smithsonian Center for              Refugio Rochin
            Latino Initiatives
    Counselor to the Provost (Asian/              Franklin Odo
            Pacific-American Studies)
    Director, Smithsonian Productions             Paul Johnson
    Director, Smithsonian Institution             Peter Cannell
            Press
    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                                          Lee H. Hamilton
    Deputy Director                               Michael H. Van Dusen
    Deputy Director for Planning and              Dean W. Anderson
            Management
Chairman, Board of Trustees                       Joseph A. Cari, Jr.
    \1\ Administered under a separate Board of Trustees.

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More than 150 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

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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 an 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 (1765-1829), 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 
Secretary of the Smithsonian and the Smithsonian Board of Regents, 
composed of the Chief Justice, the Vice President, three Members of the 
Senate, three Members of the House of Representatives, and nine citizen 
members appointed by joint resolution of Congress.
    To carry out Smithson's mandate, the Institution:
    --conducts scientific and scholarly research;
    --publishes the results of studies, explorations, and 
investigations;
    --preserves for study and reference more than 140 million artifacts, 
works of art, and scientific specimens;
    --organizes exhibits representative of the arts, the sciences, and 
American history and culture;
    --shares Smithsonian resources and collections with communities 
throughout the Nation; and
    --engages in educational programming and national and international 
cooperative research.
    Smithsonian activities are supported by its trust endowments and 
revenues; gifts, grants, and contracts; and funds appropriated to it by 
Congress. Admission to the museums in Washington, DC, is free.

Activities

Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture  
The Museum, located in the historic Fort Stanton neighborhood of 
southeast Washington, serves as a national resource for exhibitions, 
historical documentation, and interpretive and educational programs 
relating to African-American history and culture. The African-American 
church, the Harlem Renaissance, and jazz have been the subjects of 
recent exhibitions produced by the Museum.
    The Center mounts exhibitions such as ``African American Quilters''; 
sponsors public programs; and collects and studies material 
(approximately 7,000 objects) representative of the black experience in 
performing arts and art and culture.

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 12 million documents. 
The Archives gathers, preserves, and microfilms the papers of artists, 
craftsmen, collectors, dealers, critics, and art societies. These papers 
include manuscripts, letters, diaries, notebooks, sketchbooks, business 
records, clippings, exhibition catalogs, transcripts of 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, Michigan, and New York.

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

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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 180,000 
objects in such areas as applied arts and industrial design, drawings 
and prints, glass, metalwork, wallcoverings, and textiles. A major 
renovation in 1997-1998 has produced 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 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 and 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 scholarly 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  From cubism to minimalism, the 
Museum houses major collections of modern and contemporary art. The 
nucleus of the collection is the gift and bequest of more than 12,000 
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. The Museum houses a collection research 
facility, a specialized art library, and a photographic archive, 
available for consultation by prior appointment.
    The outdoor sculpture garden is located nearby on the National Mall. 
Among its works is the famous ``Burghers of Calais'' by Auguste Rodin.
    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.

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 
and achievements 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. Among its nearly 33,000 artifacts are full-
size planes, models, and instruments. Highlights of the collection 
include the Wright brothers' Flyer, Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. 
Louis, a Moon rock, and Apollo spacecraft. The exhibitions and study 
collections record human conquest of the air from its 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.
    Recent blockbuster exhibitions at this most popular museum have 
included ``Star Wars: The Magic of Myth'' and ``Star Trek.'' The 
Museum's Langley Theater, with a giant screen presentation,

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and the 70-foot domed Einstein Planetarium are popular attractions.

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 
centuries of American painting, sculpture, folk art, photography, and 
graphic art. A Puerto Rican religious image (17th century) is now the 
oldest object in the Museum's collection. The permanent collection 
includes more than 37,000 works of art. Special exhibitions such as 
``Picturing New England: Image and Memory'' are presented each year.
    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 Slide and 
Photographic Archives; the Smithsonian Art Index; and the Inventory of 
American Sculpture, with information on more than 50,000 indoor and 
outdoor works. The library, shared with the National Portrait Gallery, 
contains volumes on art, history, and biography, with special emphasis 
on the United States. The Old Patent Office Building, home to both the 
National Museum of American Art and the National Portarit Gallery also 
houses the Archives of American Art, with its vast holdings of 
documentary material on American art and artists. In 2000, the builing 
will undergo a major renovation.
    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.

For further information, contact the National Museum of American Art, 
Eighth and G Streets NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-357-2700.

Renwick Gallery The 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 Gallery's Grand Salon is elegantly furnished in the 
Victorian 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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including ``Communities in a Changing Nation: The Promise of 19th 
Century America'' and ``A Collector's Vision of Puerto Rico,'' provide a 
unique view of the American experience and are developed from a ``nation 
of nations'' collections base. Emphasis is placed upon innovative 
individuals--representing a wide range of cultures--who have shaped our 
heritage, and upon science and the remaking of our world through 
technology.
    Exhibits draw upon strong collections (around 3 million artifacts) 
in the sciences and engineering, agriculture, manufacturing, 
transportation, political memorabilia, costumes, musical instruments, 
coins, photography, ceramics, and glass. Classic cars, First Ladies' 
gowns, musical instruments, the Star-Spangled Banner flag, Whitney's 
cotton gin, Morse's telegraph, the John Bull locomotive, and other 
American icons are highlights of the collection. Political, social, 
military, and cultural history are also represented. Major installations 
treat everyday life in America just after the Revolutionary War, the 
Industrial Revolution, the Information Age, the White House, and science 
in American life. Hands-on activities, demonstrations, films, and 
performances highlight many aspects of the Museum's collections. The 
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra is also 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 places:
    --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 
1999 and eventually house a major portion of the Museum's priceless 
million-object collection; and
    --the Mall museum, which will open in 2001 on the National Mall's 
last available site.
    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 of the Aztecs, Incas, and Maya; and 
Amazonian featherwork.
    The Heye Center presents a biennial Native American film and video 
festival in New York City. Heye Center admission is free. For 
information on hours, call 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 or 202-357-2700.

National Museum of Natural History  Dedicated to understanding the 
natural world and the place of humans in it, this museum is a popular 
field trip destination for school groups and families as well as 
naturalists and the scholarly. The Museum's permanent exhibits focus on 
human cultures, 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; the new Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, 
Gems, and Minerals; 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'' and ``Ocean Planet.'' 
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IMAX theater offers large-format nature films.
    The public displays represent only a small portion of the national 
collections housed and maintained by the Museum. These encyclopedic 
collections comprise more than 122 million specimens, making the Museum 
one of the world's foremost facilities for natural history research. 
Museum departments include anthropology, botany, paleobiology, 
entomology, vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, and mineral sciences. 
Doctorate-level staff researchers ensure the continued growth and value 
of the collection by conducting studies in the field and laboratory. 
Expeditions such as the current search for living giant squids take 
Smithsonian Institution scientists to intriguing locations around the 
world. The Museum maintains permanent research facilities in Alaska, 
Florida, Belize, and Africa, among other sites.
    The Museum's Naturalist Center in Leesburg, VA, invites visitors 
ages 10 and up to investigate hands-on collections of natural history 
objects. For more information, call 703-779-9712.

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.'' The Gallery contains 
nearly 18,000 works, including photographs and glass negatives. It is 
housed in one of the oldest Government structures in Washington, the Old 
Patent Office Building, which is to undergo a major rennovation in 2000.
    The first floor of the Gallery is devoted to changing exhibitions 
from the Gallery's collection of paintings, sculpture, prints, 
photographs, and drawings as well as to special portrait collections. On 
the second floor are featured the permanent collection of portraits of 
eminent Americans and the Hall of Presidents. The two-story American 
Victorian Renaissance Great Hall on the third floor of the gallery 
houses a Civil War exhibit (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 13 million objects. The Museum is devoted to the history of 
America's mail service, and 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, displays of historic letters, handcrafted 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 Park in Northwest Washington, DC. Established in 1889, the 
Zoo, one of the oldest branches of the Smithsonian Institution, is 
developing into a biopark with live animals, botanic gardens and

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aquaria, and artworks with animal themes. The collection today 
encompasses 5,000 animals and 500 species, ranging in size and diversity 
from leaf-cutter ants to giraffes, giant pandas, elephants, and rhinos. 
Recent exhibits include ``Amazonia,'' a simulated tropical rain forest; 
``Think Tank,'' an exhibit focusing on animal thinking; the 
``Pollinarium'' exhibit; 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 located on 3,200 acres near Front 
Royal, VA, houses additional rare and endangered 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. 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, 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. These include the Latino Studies 
Fellowship Program, the Native American Awards Program, and the Minority 
Internship Program.

For further information, contact the Office of Fellowships and Grants, 
Suite 7000, 955 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-
287-3271. Internet, http://www.si.edu/research+study/.

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  The Center is responsible for 
research, documentation, and presentation of grassroots cultural 
traditions. It maintains a documentary collection and produces 
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, educational materials, documentary 
films, publications, and traveling exhibits, as well as the annual 
Smithsonian Folklife Festival 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 
on the National Mall.

For further information, contact the Center for Folklife and Cultural 
Heritage, Suite 2600, 955 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20560. 
Phone, 202-287-3424 or 202-357-2700. To purchase recordings, call 800-
410-9815.

International Center  The International Center supports Smithsonian 
activities abroad and serves as liason for the the Smithsonian's 
international interests. The Smithsonian seeks to encourage a broadening 
of public understanding of the histories, cultures, and natural 
environments of regions throughout the world. The International Center 
provides a meeting place and an organizational channel to bring together 
the world's scholars, museum professionals, and the general public, to 
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in conferences, public forums, lectures, and workshops.

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 also operates a Central Referral Service for the more 
than 500 Smithsonian Institution internships offered each year.
    Located in the Center is the Smithsonian Institution Libraries 
Museum Reference Center Branch, 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.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  This Asian art museum opened in 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 below-ground 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. The Museum's current 
collection of more than 2,500 artworks features Persian manuscripts; 
Japanese paintings; ceramics, prints, and textiles; sculptures from 
India; and paintings and metalware from China, Korea, Japan, and 
Southeast Asia. The Sackler Gallery is connected by an underground 
exhibition space to the neighboring Freer Gallery.
    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.

Smithsonian Institution Archives  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, a renowned 19th century 
scientist.
    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 Smithsonian Institution Archives, 
MRC 414, 900 Jefferson Drive SW., 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 where more than 300 scientists 
conduct research in astronomy, astrophysics, and Earth and space 
sciences.
    The Center's research activities are organized in seven divisions, 
as follows: atomic and molecular physics, radio and geoastronomy, high-
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sciences, solar and stellar physics, and theoretical astrophysics.
    Data-gathering facilities include the Fred Lawrence Whipple 
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.
    Research results are published in the Center Preprint Series and 
other technical and nontechnical bulletins, and distributed to 
scientific and educational institutions around the world. As a further 
service to international science, the Smithsonian Astrophysical 
Observatory serves as the headquarters for 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 an extensive collection of astronomical images on the World 
Wide Web (Internet, http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/images/).

For more information, contact the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 
60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Phone, 617-495-7461. Internet, 
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/.

Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education  The Center 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 care of art, artifacts, and specimens, and attempt to 
formulate conditions and procedures for storage, exhibit, and 
stabilization that optimize the preservation of these objects. 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 knowledge 
and understanding of their historical and scientific context. In 1983, 
the Center embarked on a mission of independently formulated programs in 
research and education in conservation and scientific studies of 
collection materials. It now serves professional audiences nationwide 
and internationally. The Center provides active analytical and technical 
support to conservation and curation efforts in the various Smithsonian 
Institution museums.
    The Center's education program offers a wide range of training 
opportunities, within the areas of its specialty, to professionals in 
conservation and related museum disciplines.

For further information, contact the Smithsonian Center for Materials 
Research and Education, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD 20746. 
Phone, 301-238-3700.

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)  The Center measures 
physical, chemical, and biological interactions in the environment and 
determines how these interactions control biological responses. This 
research is carried out on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay. SERC is 
dedicated to increasing knowledge of the biological and physical 
processes that sustain life on Earth. The Center trains future 
generations of scientists to address ecological questions of the Nation 
and the globe.

For further information, contact the Smithsonian Environmental Research 
Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037. Phone, 401-798-
4424. Internet, http://www.serc.si.edu/.

Smithsonian Institution Libraries  The libraries of the Smithsonian 
Institution include more than one million volumes (among them 40,000 
rare books) with strengths in natural history, art, science, humanities, 
and museology. The systems' administrative services and Central 
Reference and Loan are located in the National Museum of Natural History 
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museums and research institutes including the Smithsonian Tropical 
Research Institute in the Republic of Panama and the Botany Branch in 
the National Museum of Natural History. Many volumes are available 
through interlibrary loan.

For further information, contact the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 
Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 
202-357-2139. Internet, http://www.sil.si.edu/. 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. Exhibitions on art, 
history, and science (including such exhibits as ``Full Deck Art 
Quilts,'' ``Red, Hot, and Blue: A Salute to American Musicals,'' and 
``Spiders!'') travel to more than 250 sites each year. SITES also offers 
exhibits in its International Gallery on the National Mall, in the S. 
Dillon Ripley Center (located at 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. 
Internet, http://www.si.edu/organiza/offices/sites/.

Smithsonian Marine Station  The research institute is located in a new 
facility on South Causeway Island in Fort Pierce, FL, and features a 
state-of-the-art laboratory. Scientists at the Station catalog species 
and study marine plants and animals. Among the most important projects 
being pursued at the site is the search for possible causes of fish 
kills such as pfiesteria and other organisms. National Museum of Natural 
History scientists also conduct research at the Station. While at the 
new facility, which includes an aquarium, a wet lab, electron 
microscopes, and conference rooms, more than 100 visiting scientists 
will be able to investigate plants and animals in the Indian river and 
ocean environments and study the physical processes associated with 
these habitats.

For further information, contact the Smithsonian Marine Station, 701 
Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, FL 34946. Phone, 561-465-6632.

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 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 of systems ranging from coral reefs to rain 
forests. Work at STRI has increased ou rknowledge of the ways tropical 
plants respond to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; how life 
adapts in the high-forest canopy; the life of a coral reef; and other 
complex biological processes.
    The Institute operates the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, a 12,000-
acre forest reserve, including Barro Colorado Island (protected since 
1923) and adjacent peninsulas in Gatun Lake, part of the Panama Canal. 
It also maintains a research and conference center in Panama City, 
including one of the world's finest libraries on rain forests and 
related topics. 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. On December 31, 1999, as required by 
treaty, the Canal transfers to Panama. The Government of Panama has 
stated that it wishes STRI to continue its activities on the isthmus 
beyond the year 2000. STRI also operates marine stations in the 
Caribbean in the San Blas Islands, and at Cayos Cochinos, Honduras, and 
maintains a 96-foot research vessel for off-shore studies. The 
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staff conducts research in these tropical areas as well as in other 
parts of Central and South America, the Pacific, Asia, and Africa. 
Comparative studies are clarifying the distinctive role of the tropics.

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. 
Internet, http://www.si.edu/stri/. 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 5 
p.m. on weekdays and between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on weekends. Free 
performances are given every day at 6 p.m. on the Millennium 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, 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, 
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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 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 20 residential fellowships annually 
to individuals with project proposals representing the entire range of 
superior scholarship, with a strong emphasis on the humanities and 
social sciences.
    Applications from any country are welcome. Persons with outstanding 
capabilities and experience from a wide variety of backgrounds 
(including government, the corporate world, academia, and other 
professions) are eligible for appointment. For academic participants, 
eligibility is limited to the postdoctoral level.
    The Center prefers its fellows to be in residence for the academic 
year--September to May or June--although a few fellowships are available 
for shorter periods of not less than 4 months.
    The Center holds one round of competitive selection per year. The 
deadline for the receipt of applications is October 1, and decisions on 
appointments are announced in March of the following year.

For further information, contact the Fellowship Office, Woodrow Wilson 
Center, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20523. Phone, 202-691-4170. Fax, 202-691-4001. Internet, 
http://wwics.si.edu/.

Sources of Information

Contracts and Small Business Activities  Information may be obtained 
from the Director, Office of Contracting, Smithsonian Institution, 
Washington, DC 20560, regarding procurement of supplies; contracts for 
construction, services, etc.; and property management and utilization 
services for Smithsonian Institution organizations.

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    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 and Cultural Heritage, 
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 National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the 
Visual Arts was founded in 1979 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. Phone, 202-357-3030. The Resident 
Program offers a wide variety of ticketed performances, courses, 
lectures, seminars, 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 ticket discounts and event admissions 
priority; a subscription to Smithsonian magazine; monthly copies of The 
Smithsonian Associate, the award-winning guide to Resident Associate 
activities; and dining privileges. Additionally, all members receive 
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Smithsonian Institution Press 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), 
call 202-357-4800. National membership benefits include a subscription 
to Smithsonian magazine; services from the Visitor Information and 
Associates' Reception Centers; 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 202-357-1699.
    The Young Benefactors of the Smithsonian Institution 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, call 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, 202-673-4950.
    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 photographic 
archives. Subjects include photographs of the Smithsonian's scientific, 
technological, historical, and art collections. Some images date to 
photography's earliest days. A searchable database of images is 
available through the Internet. 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. Internet, http://www.si.edu/resource/.
Publications  Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian Productions and the Office 
of Public Affairs publish Smithsonian Year, the Institution's annual 
report. To purchase the report, call 202-357-2627. Press/Productions 
publishes a range of books and studies related to the sciences, 
technology, history, air and space, and the arts. A book catalog and a 
list of studies are available from Publications Sales, Smithsonian Books 
or Smithsonian Institution University Press, 1111 North Capitol Street, 
Washington, DC 20002. Phone, 202-287-3738. To purchase a Smithsonian 
Institution University Press volume, call 800-782-4612. To purchase a 
recording of the Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, contact Press/
Productions. Phone, 800-863-9943.
    An events highlight advertisement including opening exhibits is 
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Smithsonian Office of Public Affairs. The advertisement appears the 
next-to-last Friday of the month.
    A free brochure providing a brief guide to the Smithsonian 
Institution is published in English and several foreign languages. For a 
copy, call Visitor Information, 202-357-2700, or pick up a copy at the 
information desks in the museums. A visitor's guide for individuals with 
disabilities is also available.
    Smithsonian Institution Research Reports, containing news of current 
research projects in the arts, sciences, and history that are being 
conducted by Smithsonian staff, is produced by the Smithsonian Office of 
Public Affairs, Smithsonian Institution Building, MRC 033, 1000 
Jefferson Drive SW., 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. Phone, 800-242-NMAI.
    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 behind-the-scenes tours are offered through the various 
memberships.
Visitor Information  The Smithsonian Information Center, located in the 
original Smithsonian building, commonly known as ``The Castle,'' 
provides general orientation, through films, computer 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.
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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. 
Individuals may serve as tour docents 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, MRC 033, 1000 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. Internet, http://www.si.edu/.

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