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not available at this time. This requirement is further explained in the History and Art section of this prospectus. 

[[underline]] Cooper-Hewitt Museum [[/underline]] 

The Cooper-Hewitt Museum comprises the Carnegie Mansion and the adjacent Miller House, donated to the Institution in 1972. At present only the Mansion is fully functioning. Using private donations and unrestricted trust funds, it was restored and adapted to museum purposes over a four-year period, opening to the public in October 1976. 

No work, other than security and fire detection installations and basic maintenance, has been done on the Miller House to date. Although the building is in run-down condition, out of necessity the upper three floors are now used for storage of some collections and the lower two floors for offices. In its present condition, the House is unsuitable for further museum activities, and as Cooper-Hewitt's program develops it will be essential to renovate the building to acquire needed temporary exhibition galleries, expanded library, education and office space, as well as appropriate collections storage space. The Institution will seek donations and other means of support for this purpose over the next several years. 

[[underline]] Remaining Mall Site [[/underline]]

P.L. 94-74, approved August 8, 1975, reserved the last remaining building site on the Mall, bounded by 3rd and 4th Streets, Independence Avenue and Jefferson Drive, for use by the Smithsonian for public purposes subject to Congressional approval. Presently, there are no long-range plans for this area. It is expected that the site will continue to be used for temporary exhibitions and other purposes by federal and other organizations. 

[[underline]] Radiation Biology Laboratory Relocation [[/underline]]

By the year 1990, it will be necessary to acquire appropriate new quarters for the Radiation Biology Laboratory currently located in leased space at Rockville, Maryland. It has been the Institution's experience that technically adequate space needed by the Laboratory is acquired by lease only at significant expense and usually with less than satisfactory results. 

Over the next several years, the Institution expects to begin a study of the Laboratory's long-range space requirements, and to explore how these could be met by further development of existing Smithsonian property such as Front Royal, Virginia. In FY 1981, and amount of $50,000 will be requested to begin developing a program of requirements, to explore alternative sites, and to evaluate the feasibility of relocating staff and the necessity for authorization.