Throughout 1989 the bicentennial of France’s Revolution is being observed in the United States with hundreds of exhibitions, performances, and symposiums. Among the events that will continue into the second half of the year are the following:

L’Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Design in France, 1789–1989

is an exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City running through July 16.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man

—the germinal original document of the Revolution—will be on loan to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., from France’s National Archives, through October 31. It’l be flown over by a Concorde SST that, when retired from service, will be donated to the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum.

Words of Blood, Images of Fire

a collection of drawings, prints, and rare books depicting Revolutionary, events, will be at New York City’s Pierpont Morgan Library through August 20.

Lafayette: Hero of Two Worlds

contains more than two hundred objects from French and American collections that spotlight the role of the French aristocrat in both revolutions. This display may be seen at the Queens Museum in New York City from June 9 to August 13 and at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from October 1 to January 30, 1990.

Alexis de Tocqueville and the French Revolution

goes on exhibit at the Library of Congress from September 7 to October 22.

The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire

features French costume at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art from December 13 to April 15, 1990.

Films on the French Revolution: A Retrospective, 1897 to 1989

organized by the UCLA Film and Television Archive, will make a dozen stops across the country during the year.

Bastille

a six-hour radio special presenting the background, personalities, and events of the Revolution, can be heard nationwide on National Public Radio, July 14.

Bicentennial Television Specials

is a yearlong series of programs on events in France, including live coverage of Bastille Day festivities, produced by the Arts and Entertainment cable network.

The French Revolution: A UCLA Bicentennial Program

an eighteen-month series of lectures, conferences, symposiums, exhibits, and performances in which scholars from around the world will participate, runs from June 18, 1988, to November 29, 1989.

The French Revolution and Its Modern Legacy: A Bicentennial Reappraisal

is a similar long-running interdisciplinary program being held at New York University from July 5, 1988, to November 15, 1989.

The Contagion of Liberty

a symposium whose participants include Justice William Brennan of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Robert Badinter of France, and Mayor Andrew Young of Atlanta, will