Smithsonian Institution Budget Justifications for the Fiscal Year
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Ye.1 i .SI-IOJ-,-, 1 330 Accounting "BWisiOn I tmt ^ei M£4-X- IMS' i/re.iit I S-^jburffe^s ST 3.J./ SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FISCAL YEAR 1978 ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ORGANIZATION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION GENERAL STATEMENT i SALARIES AND EXPENSES Tab A Summary Tables A-l Uncontrollable Increases A-4 Science Office of the Assistant Secretary A-6 National Museum of Natural History A-7 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory A- 10 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute A-15 Radiation Biology Laboratory A-17 Office of International Programs A-19 Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies A-20 National Air and Space Museum A-22 National Zoological Park A-24 Center for the Study of Man A-27 History and Art Office of the Assistant Secretary A-30 National Museum of History and Technology A-31 National Collection of Fine Arts A-33 National Portrait Gal lery A-37 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden A-39 Freer Gallery of Art A-42 Archives of American Art A-44 Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design A-46 Public Service Office of the Assistant Secretary A-47 Anacostia Neighborhood Museum A-48 International Exchange Service A-50 Division of Performing Arts A-51 Office of Public Affairs A-53 Smithsonian Institution Press A-55 Museum Programs Office of the Assistant Secretary A-56 Office of the Registrar A-60 Conservation-Analytical Laboratory A-61 Smithsonian Institution Libraries A-62 Office of Exhibits Central A-64 Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service A-65 Smithsonian Archives A-69 National Museum Act A-71 Page Special Programs Introduction A-73 American Revolution Bicentennial Program A-74 American and Folklife Studies A-75 International Environmental Science Program A-77 Academic and Educational Programs A-79 Smithsonian Research Awards Program A-82 Administration A-84 Support Activities Office of Printing and Photographic Services A-89 Office of Protection Services A-90 Office of Plant Services A- 93 SCIENCE INFORMATION EXCHANGE Tab B MUSEUM PROGRAMS AND RELATED RESEARCH (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) Tab C FACILITIES PLANNING, RENOVATION, RESTORATION, AND CONSTRUCTION Tab D Summary D-l Construction and Improvements, National Zoological Park D-2 Restoration and Renovation of Buildings D-6 Construction: Museum Support Center Planning D-ll APPENDIX Tab E Appropriation by Object Class, Salaries and Expenses E-l Visitors to Smithsonian Buildings, FY 1961 -Transition Quarter E-2 Treasurer's Report - FY 1976 E-3 „ SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FISCAL YEAR 1978 ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS GENERAL STATEMENT Organization and Performance Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution is an independent establishment devoted to public education, research, and national service in the arts, sciences, and history. Centered on the Mall in Washington, D.C., it also operates major facili- ties and activities elsewhere in Washington, across the country, and overseas. It is one of the world's leading research centers and encompasses the world's largest museum complex, attracting approximately 20 million visits annually to its museums, galleries, and zoological park. Additional millions also view Smithsonian traveling exhibitions, which appear across the United States and abroad, and its annual Folklife Festival As custodian of the National Collections, it possesses more than 70 million art objects, natural history specimens, and artifacts. These collections are displayed for the enjoyment and education of visitors and are available for research by the staff of the Institution and by hundreds of visiting students, scientists, and historians each year. Other significant study efforts draw their data and results directly from terrestrial, marine, and astrophysical observations at various Smithsonian installations. The Smithsonian complex consists of 10 exhibition buildings in Washington, D.C. and New York City in the fields of science, history, technology, and art; a zoological park and an animal conservation and research centernear Front Royal, Virginia; the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, which performs research and exhibit activities and conducts an exhibits production training program in a low-income area of the city in cooperation with the community; a preservation, storage, and air and space craft display facility at Silver Hill, Maryland; a conference center at Elkridge, Maryland; two natural preserves, in Panama and on the Chesapeake Bay; an oceanographic sorting center in Washington and an oceanographic research facility in Fort Pierce, Florida; astrophysical stations in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mt. Hopkins, Arizona, and elsewhere; and supporting administrative, laboratory, and storage areas. A wide range of programs is conducted in cooperation with other institutions, universities, and government agencies in the United States and on every continent. Many of the research projects performed in nations abroad are funded through the use of excess foreign currencies. Through the preparation of research monographs, exhibit catalogues, education pamphlets, information leaflets, and other publications, research results are disseminated to a wide audience. Other education activities include radio, television, motion picture programs, the successful magazine Smithsonian , which now has nearly 1.5 million subscribers, and the Archives of American Art Journal . Smithsonian Goals The broad goals of the Institution are summarized as follows: --Scientific and historical research is the foundation of the Institution's accomplishments and potential as manifested by the preparation and dissemination of scholarly research works and educational exhibits. Studies of man, his natural environ- ment, and his cultural and technological progress are given high priority. --Museum collections at the Smithsonian and in other museums in this country are extraordinarily valuable national resources. Consequently, the Institution has an important responsibility to ensure the careful growth, registration, conservation, documentation, storage, and accessibility of its own collections. It must also take a leadership role in the development of techniques and processes in collections management, preservation, and data exchange that will have applicability and benefit to all museums. --The Institution's museums and laboratories are rich resources for education at all levels of public and academic interest. Concerted efforts must be given to reach new local and national audiences by means of traveling exhibitions, teacher-training workshops, school tours and extension services to schools, fellowships, opportunities for training in museum and laboratory skills, new publications, and television. --Support resources (such as those applied to buildings maintenance, protection, registration, and exhibits preparation) currently available must be organized and used to provide responsive delivery of services to program needs and must be augmented when study indicates that current levels are deficient for acceptable response, FY 1978 Budget Priorities The priorities set forth in the FY 1978 budget request are the product of thorough planning and analysis by Smithsonian managers to determine where resources—both in the base and requested increases — can best be applied to further the accomplishment of the Institution's broad goals. The proposed budget is designed to sustain essential programs that are integral to the continued vitality and efficient operation of the Institution, and support a prudent level of growth to meet identified future responsi- bilities. To provide a comprehensive picture of the application of resources, Institutional work is categorized in terms of program and support functions. Program categories used in the formulation of this budget consist of research, collections acquisition, collections management, exhibition, education and public orientation, and other services (the National Museum Act and the International Exchange Service) . Support categories are comprised of conservation, libraries,