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    The Smithsonian Institution Building, more commonly known as the Smithsonian Castle or simply The Castle, is a building on the National Mall housing the...
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    The Smithsonian Institution (/smɪθˈsoʊniən/ smith-SOH-nee-ən), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest...
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    Treasury. After eight years, in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was established. The Smithsonian Institution Building (also known as "The Castle") was completed...
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    Smithsonian Libraries and Archives is an institutional archives and library system comprising 21 branch libraries serving the various Smithsonian Institution...
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    The Arts and Industries Building is the second oldest (after The Castle) of the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Initially...
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    The Smithsonian Institution Shelter, also known as the Mount Whitney Summit Shelter and the Mount Whitney Hut, was built in 1909 on the summit plateau...
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  • Look up Smithsonian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Smithsonian Institution, or simply The Smithsonian, is a group of museums and research centers...
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  • The List of aircraft in the Smithsonian Institution includes aircraft exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, Steven...
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    contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institution, art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues...
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  • an art gallery for the Smithsonian Institution since the 1960s, it first served as one of the earliest Patent Office buildings (built, 1836–1867 in the...
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    of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds...
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    Enid A. Haupt Garden (category Smithsonian Institution)
    Garden is a 4.2 acre public garden in the Smithsonian complex, adjacent to the Smithsonian Institution Building (the "Castle") on the National Mall in Washington...
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    The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States dedicated to human flight...
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  • The Smithsonian Institution Office of Protection Services is the guard force of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a federal guard force consisting of...
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    the Smithsonian Institution. The museum was initially housed in the Smithsonian Institution Building, which is better known today as the Smithsonian Castle...
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    Industries Building; the S. Dillon Ripley Center; and the Smithsonian Institution Building, which serves as the institution's headquarters. The Smithsonian American...
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    The Smithsonian Gardens, a division of the Smithsonian Institution, is responsible for the "landscapes, interiorscapes, and horticulture-related collections...
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    History National Museum of African American History and Culture Smithsonian Institution Building (The "Castle") Tidal Basin (where the cherry blossoms bloom)...
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    1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous Americans. Along with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the...
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    The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. Its...
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    for the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institution and prominently featured illustrations of Renwick's Smithsonian Institution Building. Owen argued...
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    the first president of the Smithsonian Institution. The statue stands in front of the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C., facing the...
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    Romanesque Revival architecture, including the Smithsonian Institution Building and the Arts and Industries Building. The Old Post Office, also designed in this...
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    Lawson, The King of Desks: Wooton's Patent Secretary, Smithsonian Studies in History and technology #3, Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1969....
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    work, Owen had a minor role in the preliminary design of the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C., and recommended the distinctive, dark-red...
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  • Networks and the Smithsonian Institution as Smithsonian On Demand in 2006, and later became Smithsonian Channel in 2007. Smithsonian Channel Plus, a US$5...
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    In the Sorting Office, 33(9) U.S. National Postal Museum, a part of the Smithsonian Institution Universal Postal Union, a part of the United Nations...
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    James Renwick Jr. (category Smithsonian Institution people)
    design of the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C. Built between 1847 and 1855, the Smithsonian's many-turreted building, often referred...
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    James Smithson (category Smithsonian Institution people)
    renamed after him as "smithsonite". He was the founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, which also bears his name. Born in Paris, France, as the illegitimate...
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    Trinity Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.) (category Buildings and structures demolished in 1936)
    competition to design the Smithsonian Institution Building, was selected to design Trinity's new sanctuary. The Gothic Revival building, topped with two towers...
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