SI Delegation Travels to China

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Summary

A twelve-person delegation from the Smithsonian, headed by assistant secretary for museum programs Paul N. Perrot, arrives in Beijing for a 21-day visit to the People's Republic of China. The delegation iss scheduled to visit Chinese museums and scientific institutes and to discuss exchanges. The trip was set up to "lay the groundwork for scholarly cooperation in biology, archaeology, and museum professional exchanges" and includes Theodore Reed, Marvin Sadik, Thomas Lawton, Martin H. Moynihan, Robert M. Organ, Tung L. Wu, Donald R. Davis, Thomas Soderstrom, J.L. Barnard, William B. Trousdale, and Richard E. Grant.

Subject

Perrot, Paul N 1926-2023

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Torch, 12/1979, p. 4
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1980, p. 348

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

November 12, 1979

Topic

  • Cooperation
  • Museums
  • Exchanges, Literary and scientific
  • Museum techniques

Place

China

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