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	Smithsonian Institution - LoveToKnow 1911
		SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, an American institution of learning in Washington, D.C., founded by the bequest of James Smithson, who seems to have known of Joel Barlow's plan for a national institution of learning in the city of Washington in accordance with George Washington's recommendation in his farewell address of 1796.
		By acts of Congress of the 2nd of March 1889 and the 30th of April 1890 the National Zoological Park was established under the Institution; and in a park of 266 acres in the valley of Rock Creek a small collection was installed.
		The oldest building, that of the Institution proper, was erected in 1847-1855; it is Seneca brown stone in a mingled Gothic and Romanesque style, designed by James Renwick, and occupies the S.W. corner of the grounds.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Smithsonian_Institution (1138 words)

	Smithsonian Institution - MSN Encarta
		The Smithsonian was founded in 1846 by an act of the Congress of the United States under the terms of the bequest of British scientist James Smithson.
		As one of the world’s leading research institutions, the Smithsonian advances knowledge in fields as diverse as American art, tropical organisms and ecosystems, the care and preservation of museum objects, and the study of comets and asteroids.
		A hallmark of the Smithsonian is its accessibility.
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	Smithsonian Institution - Search View - MSN Encarta
		As the Smithsonian’s museum of modern and contemporary art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden traces the evolution of European and American art from the birth of modernism in the 19th century through the present.
		The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute has facilities on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Panama and throughout the interior regions of the Isthmus of Panama.
		During this time the National Zoo, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and the National Aeronautics Collection were founded; Charles Lang Freer gave his collection of Asian and American art to the institution; and the National Museum was moved from the Arts and Industries Building to a newly constructed building (now the National Museum of Natural History).
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	The Smithsonian
		The Smithsonian Institution Building, a National Historic Landmark, was designed by the prominent New York architect, James Renwick, Jr., who would later design the Renwick Gallery (originally the Corcoran Gallery of Art) in Washington, and erected on the Mall between 1847 and 1855.
		Chartered by Congress in 1846, the Smithsonian was established due to the generous bequest of approximately $500,000 by James Smithson, an English scientist and illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland.
		The Smithsonian is composed of 16 museums and galleries and the National Zoo and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad, holding some 140 million artifacts and specimens in its trust.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc74.htm (364 words)

	USGCRP-Participating Agencies: Smithsonian Institution
		Within the Smithsonian Institution, global change research is conducted at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the National Air and Space Museum, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and the National Zoological Park.
		The Smithsonian Institution program strives to improve knowledge of the natural processes involved in global climate change, to provide a long-term repository of climate-relevant research materials for present and future studies, and to bring this knowledge to various audiences, ranging from scholarly to the lay public.
		The unique contribution of the Smithsonian Institution is a long-term perspective—for example, undertaking investigations that may require extended study before producing useful results and conducting observations on sufficiently long (e.g., decadal) time scales to resolve human-caused modification of natural variability.
	www.usgcrp.gov /usgcrp/agencies/smithsonian.htm (683 words)

	Smithsonian Institution
		The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum and research complex, endowed by the British scientist, James Smithson.
		The Smithsonian Institution is an imposing establishment with 18 museums and galleries, 138 affiliate organizations, nine research centers, and 247 traveling exhibition service locations under its auspices.
		The Smithsonian Institution's other museum complexes include, but are not limited to, the National Museum of Natural History, National Design Museum, Freer Gallery of Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of African Art, the National Postal Museum, and the National Zoological Park.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h3217.html (546 words)

	Smithsonian Institution
		The Smithsonian Institution, an independent trust instrumentality of the United States, holds some 139 million artifacts and specimens in its trust "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." The Institution, also a center for research, is dedicated to public education, national service and scholarship in the arts, sciences and history.
		The Smithsonian was established in 1846 with funds bequeathed to the United States by James Smithson, an English scientist.
		The Institution also includes three entities, separately administered by their own boards of trustees: the National Gallery of Art, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
	www.tourofdc.org /museums/smithsonian (482 words)

	Smithsonian Institution Washington DC Hotels: Smithsonian Institution
		The Smithsonian Institution is named after its original benefactor James Smithson, a British scientist who bequeathed his entire fortune to the U.S. Congress to "found at Washington an Establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Today the Institution is a world-class research center in all facets of science and history.
		The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest complex of museums and research organization.
		The remarkable diversity of the Smithsonian Institution is demonstrated by its two newest museums: the National Museum of the American Indian located on the National Mall and the National Air and Space Museum's Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center, which is located near the Washington Dulles International Airport in suburban Virginia.
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	CNN.com - Commission urges Smithsonian fundraising - Jan. 8, 2003
		"The Smithsonian should be the leader in science education nationally," said commission chairman Jeremy A. Sabloff, director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia.
		While the public face of the Smithsonian is formed by the many museums it operates, its charter is for the "increase and diffusion" of knowledge, a goal it seeks to meet through a wide variety of research.
		The Smithsonian had operating expenses of $631 million in fiscal 2001, but officials said the various missions of the institution are so intermixed it is impossible to detail what portion of that goes to science research.
	cnn.com /2003/EDUCATION/01/08/smithsonian.science.ap/index.html (572 words)

	Smithsonian Agreement Angers Filmmakers - New York Times
		A Smithsonian official who is managing the institution's content and production assistance for the venture said yesterday that while the new arrangement did limit the ability of commercial filmmakers to sell some projects elsewhere, it ultimately would affect a small number of the works that draw on the museum's resources.
		She said the outlines of the agreement had been left deliberately vague to allow the Smithsonian to consider "on a case-by-case basis" whether a proposed project competes with its new television venture or not.
		One well-known filmmaker, Laurie Kahn-Leavitt, said she had been told recently by a Smithsonian staff member that her last film, "Tupperware!," a history of the creation and marketing of the venerable food-storage containers, would have fallen under the arrangement, because much of the history of Tupperware is housed at the Smithsonian.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/04/01/arts/television/01smit.html?ex=1301547600&en=8293d567dfc155d7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (755 words)

	Smithsonian Institution Fellowships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Fellowships are offered by the Smithsonian Institution to provide opportunities for predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior postdoctoral investigators to conduct research in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff, and to utilize the resources of the Institution.
		At the time of appointment, the university must approve the undertaking of dissertation research at the Smithsonian Institution and indicate that requirements for the doctorate, other than the dissertation, have been met.
		Financial support in addition to a Smithsonian fellowship for such purposes as research travel and equipment may be received from other sources provided that no special demands are made upon the fellow's time.
	www.sms.si.edu /SIfellow.htm (1237 words)

	International Museum of the Horse Becomes Smithsonian Affiliate
		Smithsonian Affiliations is a unique outreach initiative that allows museums and educational and cultural institutions to obtain Smithsonian collections for exhibition.
		The Smithsonian considers proposals from institutions whose missions are parallel to the Smithsonian's and who demonstrate a strong commitment to serving their communities.
		The goal of Smithsonian Affiliations is to establish long-term, meaningful relationships with similar organizations in order to maximize the cultural and educational benefits that they can bring to a community.
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	Smithsonian Institution's Inspector General Resigns - New York Times
		Federal appropriations for the institution have grown during the last 10 years, she said, but money for her office was cut during the same period.
		She said that much of the federal financing for the institution had been spent, under a mandate from Congress, on repairs and maintenance of the aging museum buildings and on renovations at the National Zoo, part of the Smithsonian.
		On May 25 the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lawrence M. Small, apologized to a panel of lawmakers for "the tremendous hullabaloo that has been created for members of Congress" related to the Showtime deal.
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	Smithsonian Institution
		Established in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum complex.
		It is composed of a group of national museums and research centers housing the United States' national collections in natural and American history, air and space, fine and decorative arts, and other collections ranging from postal to cultural history.
		It's different in that we are not a business or a corporation or financial institution per se, but a public service and education-oriented cultural institution.
	www.recoverychronicles.com /MediaPR/eNewsletter/7_3/104/Article.asp (2841 words)

	NPR : The Smithsonian's Photographic History Project
		Foresta, senior curator of photography at the Smithsonian Institution, is sifting through 13 million photos from the institution's 16 museums.
		The identity of the man holding the skull is unclear, though the photo is believed to have been taken by the wife of Alexander Graham Bell.
		As regent of the Smithsonian, Alexander Graham Bell was sent to Genoa in 1904 to retrieve Smithson's remains and bring them to Washington, to rest in a crypt at the institution he endowed but never saw.
	www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/2002/mar/smithsonian/index.html (573 words)

	Smithsonian Institution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazine.
		It was built by architect James Renwick, Jr.
		Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the associated Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smithsonian_Institution (1083 words)

	SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
		The protagonist of Vidal's new novel, The Smithsonian Institution, is a bright lad named T. who, in April 1939, is 13 years old and goes to St. Albans, just like Vidal.
		Set in the historico-political era that Vidal knows from his youth, by means of a story invented by his fantastic other self, The Smithsonian Institution affords Vidal the luxury of commenting on history, politics and 20th Century culture all in one package.
		The Smithsonian Institution abounds with historical cameos, from the populist President Grover Cleveland, who won the election after he refused to lie about his illegitimate child (true story), to a bemused Abraham Lincoln, snatched from his seat at Ford's Theater before the bullet had time to penetrate his skull (probably not true).
	www.pitt.edu /~kloman/smithf.html (1401 words)

	Archived: Smithsonian Institution
		These institutes provide teams of administrators, curriculum specialists, teachers, and scientists from school districts across the country with the information and skills they need to develop and maintain effective hands-on elementary science programs.
		The institutes are staffed by science educators and scientists who have implemented exemplary elementary science programs in their districts.
		Regional workshops and summer institutes conducted in collaboration with local institutions are designed to strengthen ties between museums and schools nationwide and to contribute to the improvement of teaching methods and materials.
	www.ed.gov /pubs/AchGoal5/si.html (754 words)

	Les Paul, Music and Inventor, Smithsonian Associates
		Paul is Marc Pachter, Special Counselor to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
		This interview, recorded live at the Smithsonian Institution, was part of a special program entitled Portraits of Invention, sponsored by the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
		This program was recorded November 13, 1997 at the Smithsonian Institution.
	smithsonianassociates.org /programs/paul/paul.asp (270 words)

	Smithson Society
		The James Smithson Society was established in 1976 as the Smithsonian’s premier membership program for individuals who best understand and support the Institution’s work, and who appreciate a more personal relationship with the Smithsonian.
		James Smithson, the Institution’s founder, began his quest to build an institution dedicated to the increase and diffusion of knowledge and understanding 159 years ago.
		Please be part of supporting that quest and help strengthen the foundation of the Smithsonian Institution, a national treasure that serves us all.
	www.smithsonsociety.org (336 words)

	Catalog of Botanical Illustrations, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Department of Botany of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History has created a database of the more than 3000 botanical illustrations curated by the department's scientific illustrator, Alice Tangerini.
		As part of a long-term project to make an on-line illustrated catalog of these illustrations available for our staff and others needing access to this information, we are pleased to offer 500 images in the three families that have been completed: Bromeliaceae, Cactaceae, and Melastomataceae.
		The project was supported by a grant from the Atherton Seidell Endowment Fund of the Smithsonian Institution.
	ravenel.si.edu /botany/botart (138 words)

	WBDG: Smithsonian Institution
		The Smithsonian Institution is committed to enlarging our shared understanding of the mosaic that is our national identity by providing authoritative experiences that connect us to our history and our heritage as Americans and to promoting innovation, research and discovery in science.
		The Architectural History and Historic Preservation Division (AHHP) was organized in 1986 to act as curator of the Smithsonian's diverse campus of buildings.
		In this role, AHHP strives to foster a superior understanding of the heritage of the Smithsonian buildings through preservation, research, and education.
	www.wbdg.org /references/pa_smithsonian.php (274 words)

	Smithsonian Journeys: The Best in Educational Travel. Guided Educational Tours with Smithsonian Study Leaders. Vacation ...
		Smithsonian Journeys travel opportunities are a benefit of Smithsonian membership.
		I knew the cost of the Smithsonian trip to Antarctica was more expensive than other trips, but the high-end accommodations on the ship were the deciding factor.
		Smithsonian Associates assured our safety and security while offering us an exciting and creative experience off the beaten track.
	smithsonianjourneys.org (278 words)

	Excessive Candour -- The Smithsonian Institution
		Like many of Vidal's non-fantastic novels, it is a story about Washington, home of the real Smithsonian Institution, which much resembles the fantasy-like Edifice that dominates this story.
		Young T. (short, it turns out, for Time), is summoned to the Smithsonian on Good Friday, where he is asked to take part in a crash program to develop a nuclear weapon before the Germans do.
		The Aspirant is T. And, as we've noted, the labyrinth of Story and the labyrinth of World that T. must trace to come into his heritage and to gain his true love and to rule the world are the same: The Smithsonian Institution is the story of itself.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue67/excess.html (811 words)

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