Smithsonian Institution

American  

[smith-soh-nee-uhn] / smɪθˈsoʊ ni ən /

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.

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Smithsonian Institution British  

/ 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

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Smithsonian Institution Cultural  

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.

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Example Sentences

This work was supported by a collaborative agreement between the Smithsonian Institution and Qatar Museums and received additional funding from the National Museum of Natural History and the Qatar National Research Fund.

From Science Daily

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, a group of coin experts, artists and bipartisan political appointees, consulted historians, the National Park Service, the Smithsonian Institution and others.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jarett Kobek, a writer from Los Angeles, told AFP how the pair came across the code after he noticed a reference to Washington's Smithsonian Institution, where Sanborn held his archives, in the auction catalog.

From Barron's

Those artifacts that have been recovered have, since their excavation, been on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

From Literature

She added that she wanted to visit as many Smithsonian Institution museums -- run by the US government -- as she could and was most excited about the Museum of Natural History.

From Barron's