Smithsonian Institution

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cultural institution museum complex research institution

The Smithsonian Institution is a renowned group of museums and research centers administered by the U.S. government, dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of knowledge in science, history, art, and culture.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form	Occurrences
Smithsonian museums	5
Smithsonian Institution museums	3
Smithsonian research centers	3
National Museum of the American Indian	1
Smithsonian Institution (fictionalized)	1
Smithsonian Institution (one pair)	1
Smithsonian Institution (through donations)	1
Smithsonian Institution buildings	1
Smithsonian Institution campus	1
Smithsonian Institution museum system	1
Smithsonian Institution museums and galleries	1
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum	1
Smithsonian museums and research centers	1
The Smithsonian	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural institution ⓘ museum complex ⓘ research institution ⓘ
administeredBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United States
alsoKnownAs	Smithsonian Institution ⓘ surface form: The Smithsonian
architecturalStyleOfMainBuilding	Neo-Romanesque ⓘ surface form: Romanesque Revival
chiefExecutiveOfficer	Secretary of the Smithsonian ⓘ
collectionSize	over 150 million items ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	art ⓘ culture ⓘ history ⓘ science ⓘ
foundedBy	James Smithson ⓘ
fundingSource	endowment ⓘ federal appropriations ⓘ private donations ⓘ
hasMainBuilding	Smithsonian Institution Building ⓘ
hasPart	Anacostia Community Museum ⓘ Arthur M. Sackler Gallery ⓘ Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum ⓘ surface form: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Freer Gallery of Art ⓘ Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: National Air and Space Museum National Museum of African American History and Culture ⓘ National Museum of African Art ⓘ National Museum of American History ⓘ National Museum of Natural History ⓘ National Museum of the American Indian ⓘ National Portrait Gallery ⓘ National Postal Museum ⓘ National Zoo ⓘ Renwick Gallery ⓘ Smithsonian American Art Museum ⓘ Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ⓘ Smithsonian Environmental Research Center ⓘ Smithsonian Institution Archives ⓘ Smithsonian Institution Archives ⓘ surface form: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1846 ⓘ
legalFoundation	Act of Congress ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
mainBuildingNickname	The Castle ⓘ
motto	The increase and diffusion of knowledge ⓘ
namedAfter	James Smithson ⓘ
operatedBy	Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
publicAccess	many museums have free admission ⓘ
purpose	diffuse knowledge ⓘ increase knowledge ⓘ
website	https://www.si.edu ⓘ

Referenced by (118)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum → acquiredBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Anacostia Community Museum → affiliation → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Smithsonian visitor center → affiliation → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

subject surface form: Smithsonian Visitor Center

this entity surface form: Smithsonian museums

Smithsonian Institution → alsoKnownAs → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Smithsonian

United States federal memorials → alsoManagedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Secretary of the Smithsonian → appliesToJurisdiction → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Computerworld Smithsonian Award → associatedWith → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Smithsonian Castle Café → associatedWith → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smithsonian museums

Washington Dulles International Airport → associatedWith → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Renwick Gallery → category → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smithsonian Institution museums

Smithsonian Institution Building → category → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smithsonian Institution buildings

Smithsonian Institution Archives → collaboratesWith → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smithsonian museums and research centers

District of Columbia → contains → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smithsonian Institution museums

National Mall → contains → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Museum of the American Indian

Washington metropolitan area → contains → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smithsonian Institution museums

Rutan Voyager → currentLocationInstitution → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

44-86292 → currentOwner → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

David H. Koch → donatedTo → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Samuel Pierpont Langley → employer → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Secretary of the Smithsonian → employer → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Thomas E. Lovejoy → employer → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory → foundedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Old Patent Office Building (now part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery) → governingBody → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Patent Office Building

Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution → governs → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smithsonian Institution museums and galleries

Secretary of the Smithsonian → hasAuthorityOver → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smithsonian museums

Secretary of the Smithsonian → hasAuthorityOver → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smithsonian research centers

Marjorie Merriweather Post → hasCollectionAt → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smithsonian Institution (through donations)

John H. White → hasExhibitedAt → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area → hasMajorInstitution → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

James Montgomery Flagg → hasWorkInCollection → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Secretary of the Smithsonian → headOf → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

James Smithson → legacy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Smithsonian Institution Building → maintainedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

The Castle → maintainedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Ryan NYP → museumCollection → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis → museumCollection → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Spirit of St. Louis → museumCollection → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Smithsonian Institution Archives → officialRepositoryFor → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Anacostia Community Museum → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Boeing Aviation Hangar → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Bureau of American Ethnology → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

subject surface form: National Air and Space Museum

National Museum of American History → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

National Museum of Natural History → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

National Portrait Gallery → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ

National Postal Museum → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ