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2. Smithsonian Institution - Wikipedia

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   The Castle in April 1865 "The Castle" (built, 1847) on the National Mall: the institution's earliest building remains its headquarters.. In many ways, the origin of the Smithsonian Institution can be traced to a group of Washington citizens who, being "impressed with the importance of forming an association for promoting useful knowledge," met on June 28, 1816, to establish the Columbian ...

3. Stieff Silver - Wikipedia

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   Colonial Williamsburg commissioned Stieff to create Queen Anne and Williamsburg Shell, while Smithsonian was made for the Smithsonian Institution. The two rarest patterns are Victoria and Plain; both discontinued prior to 1920. The Stieff crafters created Sterling holloware, flatware and novelty items including trophies and awards.

4. National Museum of Industrial History - Wikipedia

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   The National Museum of Industrial History, abbreviated NMIH, housed in the former facility of Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, [1] is a museum affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution that seeks to preserve, educate, and display the industrial history of the nation. [2]

5. List of Smithsonian museums - Wikipedia

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   The Smithsonian Institution Building (also known as "The Castle") was completed in 1855 to house an art gallery, a library, a chemical laboratory, lecture halls, museum galleries, and offices. [3] During this time the Smithsonian was a learning institution concerned mainly with enhancing science and less interested in being a museum.

6. This Day in History: Smithsonian Institute created - AOL

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   The institution was established as a result of the funds from James Smithson, a British scientist. Smithson left his This Day in History: Smithsonian Institute created

7. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum - Wikipedia

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   Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is a design museum at the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in Manhattan, New York City, along the Upper East Side's Museum Mile.It is one of 19 Smithsonian Institution museums and one of three Smithsonian facilities located in New York City, along with the National Museum of the American Indian's George Gustav Heye Center in Bowling Green and the Archives of ...