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This Bicentennial exhibition is being done in cooperation with the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts. It will involve the restoration of one of the McMillan models as well as a booklet relating to the exhibition and resulting from a major publication on the planning of Washington under the auspices of the Planning Commission.

VIII. [[underlined]]The Arts of Asia[[/underlined]]

From the collections of the Freer Gallery of Art, a special Bicentennial exhibition on [[underlined]]The Arts of Asia[[/underlined]] during the late 18th century will be assembled. Selected objects to be included will provide insight into the civilizations of the Near and Far East during the period of the American Revolution:  a time when China was dominated by the successive reigns of three major emperors, Japan was ruled by the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the Near East was under the nominal control of the Ottoman sultans whose rival was soon to be Persia. The variety of materials and modes of expression from these cultures form an important contrast to expressions in the new world and will give American visitors today an opportunity to consider a background quite different from their own.

[[underlined]]TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS[[/underlined]]

I. [[underlined]]Information and Exhibit Systems[[/underlined]]

Although the Smithsonian holds large collections of objects for the Nation, there are far too few to meet the demand for exhibitions of original materials from around the country. To fulfill its commitment to the Bicentennial, the Institution has developed two series of [[underlined]]Information and Exhibit Systems[[/underlined]] which make some of its resources available to museums, historical societies, libraries, schools, colleges, and community centers for use in local Bicentennial celebrations. The systems are designed with three points in mind:  to make the broadest possible use of Smithsonian collections and research capabilities, to provide exhibitions at a minimal cost, and to provide systems which will enable local communities to participate in creating their own exhibitions by adding local resources -- objects and collections.

The first of the systems is a series of sixteen Poster-Panel Exhibits under the theme "The Evolution of American Culture."