Smithsonian Institution

[ smith-soh-nee-uhn ]

noun

1. an institution in Washington, D.C., founded 1846 with a grant left by James Smithson, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge: U.S. national museum and repository.

Smithsonian Institution

/ smɪθˈsəʊnɪən /

noun

1. a national museum and institution in Washington, D.C., founded in 1846 from a bequest by James Smithson, primarily concerned with ethnology, zoology, and astrophysics

Smithsonian Institution

1. A group of over a dozen museums and research and publication facilities, such as the National Air and Space Museum, the Museum of Natural History, the Museum of History and Technology, the National Zoo, and the National Gallery of Art . Many of the Smithsonian's buildings are on the Washington Mall . The institution is named after James Smithson, an Englishman whose bequest enabled its founding in the nineteenth century.

Example Sentences

The Smithsonian Institution in 2022 declared it could not change the name of its Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at its National Museum of Asian Art because “the 1982 gift agreement requires that the facility and original collection retain the name of Arthur M. Sackler in perpetuity.”

From Science Magazine

The rainforest images were produced by another A.I. model fed with openly available data from the Smithsonian Institution, and the Natural History Museum in London.

From New York Times

Steven Paton, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s physical monitoring program in Panama, said that the upcoming move “is a direct consequence of climate change through the increase in sea level.”

From Seattle Times

Married to Harriet Houghton for 58 years, Shrontz served on the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents.

From Seattle Times

It won’t be a permanent Indiana museum, but some of his art will be displayed there periodically, according to the foundation, which said it was in talks with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., about taking his archives.

From New York Times