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

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.

Renwick Gallery → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Smithsonian Affiliations program → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center → operatedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Enid A. Haupt Garden (adjacent) → operator → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
National Museum of the American Indian → operator → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
National Zoo → operator → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Smithsonian visitor center → operator → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
subject surface form: Smithsonian Visitor Center
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts → overseenBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smithsonian museums
this entity surface form: Smithsonian research centers
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Enid A. Haupt Garden (adjacent) → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Freer Gallery of Art → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
subject surface form: National Air and Space Museum
National Museum of American History → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
National Museum of Natural History → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
National Museum of the American Indian → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
subject surface form: National Museum of the American Indian – National Mall building
National Portrait Gallery → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
National Postal Museum → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
National Zoo → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Patent Office Building (Washington, D.C.) → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Renwick Gallery → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
The Castle → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
ruby slippers → ownedBy → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smithsonian Institution (one pair)
Andrew Carnegie Mansion → owner → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Enola Gay → owner → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Patent Office Building
Smithsonian Institution Building → owner → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Bureau of American Ethnology → parentOrganization → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Smithsonian American Art Museum → parentOrganization → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Bureau of American Ethnology → partOf → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum → partOf → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Donald D. Engen Observation Tower → partOf → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Enid A. Haupt Garden (adjacent) → partOf → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Freer Gallery of Art → partOf → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden → partOf → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
subject surface form: National Air and Space Museum
National Museum of African Art → partOf → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
National Museum of American History → partOf → Smithsonian Institution ⓘ