Smithsonian Institution
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
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
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
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...
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