FOR RELEASE:  July 13, 1994                CONTACT:  John Barclay
                                                   (202) 208-3983

                       SPECIAL INFORMATION

               INTERIOR DEPARTMENT MUSEUM FEATURES
                   "TREASURES BENEATH THE SEA" (#40053)


     A new, interactive video display and a scale model of an
offshore natural gas and oil production platform are being featured
at the Interior Department's Museum through September.

     Entitled, "Treasures Beneath the Sea," the exhibit highlights
the activities of the Interior Department's Minerals Management
Service (MMS).  The display features photographs, maps and charts
which describe the energy and nonenergy resources found beneath the
nation's Outer Continental Shelf.  It depicts how and where these
resources are found and developed, and how royalties collected from
them supplement such national priorities as the Land and Water
Conservation Fund, the Historic Preservation Fund and the U.S.
Treasury.  

     MMS is the agency which manages and regulates the nation's
natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS), and which collects and disburses revenues
from OCS leases and from onshore leases on Federal and Indian
lands.

     The Museum is located on the south end of the first floor of
the Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC.  It is
open free to the public Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
except for Federal holidays.  Visitors must present some form of
photo identification (such as a driver's license, student ID or
employment card) when entering the Interior Building.

                             -MMS-

Subject: PR-7/13/94 Interactive Video/Interior Department Museum
Features "Treasures Beneath the Sea" (#40053)