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	Smithsonian Institution article - Smithsonian Institution requested expanded stub museum Washington D.C. magazine ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Smithsonian Institution is a museum complex with most of its facilities in Washington D.C. It consists of 16 museums, 7 research centers and 142 million items in its collections.
		The Smithsonian Institution was founded for the promotion and dissemination of knowledge by a bequest to the United States by James Smithson (1765-1829).
		The Smithsonian Institution is established as a trust administered by a secretary and board of regents.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Smithsonian_Institution (400 words)

	SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - LoveToKnow Article on SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Henry was executive head (secretary) of the Institution from 1846 until his death in 1878 and its organization is due largely to him.
		The Bureau of American Ethnology was established as a branch of the Institution in 1879, when the various organizations doing survey work in the West united as the United States Geological Survey and anthropological and ethnological research was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution.
		In 1890 a small observatory was built in the Smithsonian Park; in 1891 an appropriation was made for astrophysical work and $5ooo was contributed by the e~ecutors of Dr J. Kidder (1842-1889).
	55.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SM/SMITHSONIAN_INSTITUTION.htm (1244 words)

	Smithsonian Institution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Smithsonian Institution is a educational and research institution and associated museum complex, with most of its facilities in Washington, D.C. It consists of 19 museums and seven research centers, and has 142 million items in its collections.
		The Smithsonian Institution was founded for the promotion and dissemination of knowledge by a bequest to the United States by the British scientist James Smithson (1765–1829).
		The Smithsonian Institution is established as a trust by act of Congress, and it is functionally and legally a body of the federal government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smithsonian_Institution (923 words)

	Smithsonian Institution - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Smithsonian Institution is a museum complex with most of its facilities in Washington D.C. It consists of 19 museums and seven research centers, and has 142 million items in its collections.
		The asteroid 3773 Smithsonian is named in honor of the institution.
		Smithsonian Institution, History, Secretaries of the Smithsonian, Further reading, List of Smithsonian museums, List of Smithsonian research centers and External links.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Smithsonian (431 words)

	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Smithsonian Institution
		The Smithsonian’s original structure and its most prominent landmark is the Smithsonian Institution Building, located on the National Mall.
		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.
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	Buildings of SI: Arts and Industries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry having died in 1878, Secretary Baird, General Montgomery C. Meigs, General William T. Sherman and Congressman Peter Parker composed the National Museum Building Commission which oversaw the project.
		In 1884 storage and work rooms were carved out of the public space of the four courts; an annex was erected on the east side for a lunch room; the wooden floors of courts and ranges were replaced by marble and a second floor was added to the south-east range.
		In 1901 a tunnel was constructed between the buiding and the adjacent Smithsonian Institution Building.
	www.150.si.edu /sibuild/arts.htm (536 words)

	SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - Online Information article about SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
		head (secretary) of the Institution from 1846 until his death in 1878 and its organization is due largely to him.
		building for the Museum was erected in 1881.
		Historical Association was incorporated in 1889 as a branch of the Institution, to whose secretary it makes its annual reports; and the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was similarly incorporated in 1896.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SIV_SOU/SMITHSONIAN_INSTITUTION.html (2760 words)

	The Smithsonian
		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 first Secretary of the Smithsonian, Joseph Henry, lived in the east wing of the building with his family, starting in 1849, during the initial construction period.
		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)

	Smithsonian Institution Archives
		Information on the history of the Smithsonian Institution, for researchers and the general public, is available from the staff of the Institutional History Division, in addition to the primary sources that can be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
		The Institutional History Division is dedicated to advancing the knowledge and understanding of the history of the Smithsonian Institution.
		Institutional History Division staff provide information and advice on the history of the Smithsonian, legal history of the Smithsonian, American social and cultural history, history of science, history of women in science, history of museums, public history, oral history, and documentary editing.
	siarchives.si.edu /history/main.html (245 words)

	DC City Pages: The Smithsonian Institution Building
		The Smithsonian Institution was establisthed in 1846 with funds bequeathed to the Unided States by James Smithson, a pominent English scientist who never visited this country.
		Following his death in Genoa, Italy, on June 27, 1989, he was interred in a small English cemetrery at San Benigno, In 1904, the Smithsonian Institution, hearing that authorities in Genoa intended to abolish the cemetery, dispatched Alexander Graham Bell, one of its distinguished Regents, to escort the tomb to the United States.
		Today, the Smithsonian Institution is an independent trust instrumentality of the United States devoted to public education an national service in the arts, sciences, and history.
	www.dcpages.com /Hwdc/smithsonian.html (708 words)

	DC City Pages: The Smithsonian Institution Building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Remodeling from 1968 to 1969 restored the building to the Victorian atmosphere reminiscent of the era during which it was firt inhabited.
		This building served as a home for the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Joseph Henry, and his family and for may years housed all the aspects of Smithsonian operations, including an exhibit hall from 1858 until the 1960's.
		Smithsonian Information Center staff, whose offices reside in the Castle, are available from 9:00 a.m.
	dcpages.ari.net /Hwdc/castle.html (336 words)

	TheCapitol.Net > Washington, DC Museums, Memorials and Monuments
		This building was built in 1836 and since then has served as the headquarters for the Treasury Department.
		Building is open every day from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm with the exception of Christmas.
		Buildings are open from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm during the winter months and from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm during the summer months.
	www.thecapitol.net /VisitingDC/dcmuseum.htm (3158 words)

	Take Public Transportation - Smithsonian
		The Smithsonian's 16 national museums and the National Zoo present a fascinating array of exhibitions and complementary activities.
		Completed in 1855, the original Smithsonian Institution Building, popularly known as the Castle, was designed by architect James Renwick Jr., whose other works include St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City and the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC.
		The Smithsonian American Art Museum, is housed in the Patent Office Building, which is currently closed for a multi-year renovation.
	www.commuterpage.com /venues/museums-si.htm (2504 words)

	Internships & Volunteering
		Smithsonian academic appointments, including internships and fellowships, are managed and administered cooperatively between the Center for Education and Museum Studies (SCEMS), whose focus is mainly on internships, and the Office of Fellowships (OF) who administers most fellowships and visiting scholar positions.
		Interns are placed throughout the Smithsonian complex of units, offices and museums and represent a diverse group of people, coming from all US states and many foreign countries; all academic levels from high school to university to graduate and post graduate; and include diverse ethnic backgrounds.
		Formally part of the activities of the Institution, internships at the Smithsonian are sanctioned and operate under Smithsonian Directive (SD) 709, August 21, 1995 (former OM 820 Rev. March 2, 1988).
	www.nmnh.si.edu /rtp/other_opps/otherintro.html (3096 words)

	Artcom Museums Tour: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
		The Smithsonian Institution operates under the simple guidelines stated in James Smithson's will, "...for the increase and diffusion of knowledge...".
		Visitors are often surprised to learn that the Smithsonian is not one building but a complex of 14 museums and the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and two museums in New York City.
		The Institution is one of the world's foremost research centers in science, the arts and the humanities.
	www.artcom.com /Museums/nv/sz/20560-15.htm (697 words)

	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.
		Nine Smithsonian museums are located on the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Capitol.
		A three-level underground building houses two museums of African and Asian Art and the S. Dillon Ripley Center, which includes the International Gallery, offices, and classrooms.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc74.htm (364 words)

	Smithsonian Institution Building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Formally called "The Smithsonian Institution Building", this red sandstone, Normanesque - Romanesque- Gothic architectural montage is more commonly called "The Castle".
		The building, designed by James Renwick and completed in 1855, housed the entire Smithsonian collection at that time.
		Interestingly, serious consideration was given at one time to tearing the original building down since its architecture clashed with the classical Greek structures so prevalent downtown and its location interfered with the symmetrical layout of the Mall.
	www.downtownmap.com /dc/html/mcastle.html (373 words)

	The Castle
		The building and grounds occupied an expanse of grassy meadow.
		To the east lay the unfinished Capitol, and to the west rose a stub of stone masonry that, when completed, would be a 555-foot obelisk to the memory of George Washington.
		The castle's towers overlooked the Patent Office building to the north and the Potomac River to the south.
	www.civilwar.si.edu /smithsonian_castle.html (161 words)

	This Day in History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Today, the Smithsonian is composed of 18 museums and galleries and many research facilities throughout the United States and the world.
		Besides the original Smithsonian Institution Building, popularly known as the "Castle," visitors to Washington, D.C., tour the National Museum of Natural History, which houses the natural science collections, the National Zoological Park, and the National Portrait Gallery.
		John Smithson, the Smithsonian Institution's great benefactor, is interred in a tomb in the Smithsonian Building.
	www.historychannel.com /tdih/tdih.jsp?category=general&month=10272958&day=10272992 (725 words)

	Smithsonian Institution Building Washington, Washington DC (History Museums)
		Completed in 1855, the original Smithsonian Institution Building was designed by architect James Renwick Jr., whose other works include St. Patricks Cathedral in New York City and the Smithsonians Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. Several reconstructions have taken place.
		Located inside near the north entrance is the crypt of James Smithson, benefactor of the Institution.
		Prior to touring the other Smithsonian museums, stop here for the 24-minute video orientation and interactive touch-screen stations with information on the Smithsonian in six languages.
	www.ohwy.com /dc/s/smithbld.htm (179 words)

	Smithsonian Institution Building - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A statue of Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, is displayed in front of the Castle
		A taxidermied Snow Leopard is exhibited inside the building
		This page was last modified 17:02, 31 October 2005.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smithsonian_Institution_Building (344 words)

	Smithsonian Institution
		Smithsonian Institution Building dates from the early 1850s.
		The world's largest museum complex, the Smithsonian Institution houses an impressive medical sciences collection.
		Some of the earliest fauna and flora specimens at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW) date from the 1850s.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /hmd/medtour/smithsonian.html (321 words)

	Smithsonian: Visitor Information
		Welcome to the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex and research organization.
		Visit the Smithsonian and you will see why it represents for so many the treasured icons of our past, the vibrant art of the present, and the scientific promise of the future.
		Admission is free for all Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., and the American Indian Museum's George Gustav Heye Center in New York.
	smithsonian.org /visit (199 words)

	Current Exhibitions
		Spokane, Washington, 1957) will be installed on the façade of the building from Aug. 19 through the spring of 2006.
		Hodges invited international delegates to the United Nations to translate in their own language and handwriting the phrase “don’t be afraid.” The artist then reproduced and combined the many versions of the phrase in a large-scale, commercially printed billboard, which can be re-sized and re-printed to fit multiple venues.
		Visitors are invited to view a documentary of the artist and reflect upon the work of Jim Hodges in our new contemplation space in the lobby.
	hirshhorn.si.edu /exhibitions/index.asp (456 words)

	Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle), Washington DC Sightseeing-Travel Attractions-Must See Washington DC
		Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle), Washington DC Sightseeing-Travel Attractions-Must See Washington DC Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle)
		The Smithsonian's first building, popularly known as the Castle, houses the Institution’s administrative offices and the Smithsonian Information Center.
		Once in the city, stop at the DC Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW (Mon-Sat 8am-6pm, Sun noon-5pm; tel 202/328-4748), which can help with maps, tours, bookings and citywide information.
	www.mustseewashingtondc.com /attractions/building-the-castle.html (324 words)

	Browse Topic: Smithsonian Institution
		Through the visual arts, the performing arts, the literary arts, and the electronic arts, the National Portrait Gallery provides a stage for George Washington and Martin Luther King, for Marilyn Monroe and Babe Ruth, among thousands of others, to share with us who they were and what they mean to us.
		The National Philatelic Collection was established at the Smithsonian in 1886 with the donation of a sheet of 10-cent Confederate postage stamps.
		Completed in 1855, the original Smithsonian Institution Building, popularly known as the Castle, was designed by architect James Renwick Jr., whose other works include St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City and the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. This Washington landmark is constructed of red sandstone from Seneca Creek, Maryland, in the Norman style
	www.library.okstate.edu /govdocs/browsetopics/smithson.html (601 words)

	Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington - Guide to Washington's Smithsonian Institution Building
		A Washington landmark and tourist center, the Smithsonian Institution Building, otherwise known as the Castle, is recognized both for its unique architecture and the treasures housed within the structure.
		It also housed all Smithsonian operations and was an exhibit hall from 1858 until the 1960s.
		On one side is the Sackler Gallery, and on the other is the Freer Gallery, each housing a countless array of ancient and modern artworks from all over Asia (see individual pages on this website).
	washingtondc.travelape.com /attractions/smithsonian-institution-building/index.html (471 words)

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