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

His costumes were exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution and St. Louis Museum of Art, among other high-end venues.

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Smithsonian Institution scientist Bill Eberhard, founding father of the whole field, favors the internal courtship idea.

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The completely repaired frame of the large machine is now stored in one of the workshops at the Smithsonian Institution.

From Project Gutenberg

Then to Washington, where he delivered four lectures at the Smithsonian Institution.

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Two reproduction plates have been brought to the Smithsonian Institution for examination.

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As the Smithsonian Institution has so many exchanges, these reports are best secured from the quota allowed to Congressmen.

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The little professor, who was up in the north country for the Smithsonian Institution, had spent a third of his life among dogs.

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