----------------------------Original message---------------------------- From an advertisement in the Washington Post Weekend Section, Friday November 26, 1993: Find your way to "The Power of Maps" exhibition and explore the persuasive power of over 200 historic and contemporary maps, from an ancient Mesopotamian tablet to state-of-the-art computer mapping programs. The International Gallery * Smithsonian Institution (Enter through kiosk at S. Dillon Ripley Center) 1100 Jefferson Drive, S.W., Washington, D.C. Now through January 25 * Hours: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Admission is free. (The exhibition was organized by Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design, Smithsonian Institution, in New York City, and is made possible by a grant from American Express Company.) -- Karl --