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11 of the 20 Smithsonian Institution museums and galleries are at the National Mall in Washington D.C., the open-area national park in Washington, D.C. running between the Lincoln Memorial and the United States Capitol, with the Washington Monument providing a division slightly west of the center. [1]
The Smithsonian Institution Building, more commonly known as the Smithsonian Castle or simply The Castle, is a building on the National Mall housing the Smithsonian Institution's administrative offices and information center. Built as the first Smithsonian museum building, it is constructed of Seneca red sandstone in the Norman Revival style (a ...
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS) or Wilson Center is a Washington, D.C.–based think tank named for former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. It is also a United States presidential memorial established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of Congress in 1968. [2] It self-identifies as nonpartisan. [3]
On August 10, 1846, James K. Polk, the 11th President of the United States signed the Smithsonian Institution Act into law. The institution was established as a result of the funds from James ...
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: Coastal ecosystems: Edgewater, Maryland: 1965 [98] Smithsonian Libraries and Archives: Science, art, history and culture, and museology information and reference Washington, D.C. 1968 [note 5] 2020 [note 6] [103] Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce (affiliated with the National Museum of Natural ...
Retired Senior Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Scott Wood carefully restores a Saturn V F-1 rocket engine to its original condition. The Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility, also known colloquially as "Silver Hill" [citation needed], is a storage and former conservation and restoration facility of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, located in Suitland ...
A Latino history exhibit opens to the public at the new Molina Family Latino gallery at the National Museum of American History.
The CFCH contains (numerically) the largest collection in the Smithsonian, but is not fully open to the public. [note 1] Its budget comes primarily from grants, trust monies, federal government appropriations, and gifts, with a small percentage coming from the main Smithsonian budget. [2] The center is composed of three distinct units.