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○ Collection Management Centers for art, history, archival, and library collections. Total Cost: $134 million in appropriations.

○ Continued construction and improvements to the National Zoological Park's facilities at Rock Creek and the Front Royal Conservation Center. Total Cost: $131 million, including $5 million derived from parking revenues. 

In addition, the Institution will seek about $7 million to $9 million annually in appropriations for minor construction, alterations, modifications, and general construction planning. 

[[underlined]] Repair and Restoration of Buildings [[/underlined]]

The objectives of the Repair and Restoration program are to provide appropriate, safe, and accessible facilities for research, education, and care of collections. Maintenance and preservation of facilities to ensure their long-term operation is one of the Institution's highest priorities. This priority reflects the Institution's great concern for the condition of its buildings, many of which are landmarks, and several of which date to at least the turn of the twentieth century. 

In past years, funding for maintenance, repair, and preservation of buildings has not kept pace with need, resulting in a currently identified backlog of $195 million in R & R requirements. In fiscal year 1991, the Institution is seeking $35 million in appropriations for repair and restoration of buildings. The R&R program will require this annual funding level throughout the next five years in order to make progress in eliminating the backlog. In the years following fiscal year 1995, the Institution will continue with the replacement of environmental control systems in the National History Museum, American Art and Portrait Gallery, Arts and Industries Building, and the original Smithsonian Building. 

[[underlined]] Into the Twenty-First Century [[/underlined]]

Beyond fiscal year 1999, the Institution will continue to require new facilities. Collections management and storage facilities will remain among the Institution's highest priorities. At Suitland, the Institution will be clearing the Garber site and fulfilling conservation, preservation, and research objectives associated with those collections and new collections at the NASM Extension. The Institution also is contemplating the establishment of facilities for archival, library, art and history collections, and additional laboratories and research space for conservation and natural history activities for the Suitland site. 

The Institution recognizes several potential additions to Mall facilities. A wing for the National Museum of American History could accommodate a national focus for African-American programs. Public interest and demand for understanding cultural change, and Institutional logistical and program benefits, are serious reasons to consider the erection of a new facility at Poplar Point for the Anacostia Museum and selected Institutional Mall based operations. While an expanded Suitland facility will meet collection management needs for the Hirshhorn Museum the Museum is a small