Smithsonian Institution (Corporate Name)

The following subdivisions have not been used as headings: Editorial Division; Editorial and Publications Division.

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Dār al-Kutub al-Miṣrīyah. Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt ... 1981- (a.e.) volume 1, title page (Muʼassasat Smīthsūniyān)

Novye gorizonty, 1987: title page verso (Smitsonovskogo instituta)

Fever, 1880: page iii (Smithsonian Institution)

Wikipedia, viewed December 13, 2018 (Smithsonian Institution; established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge" is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States; nineteen museums and galleries, as well as the National Zoological Park, comprise the Smithsonian museums; Smithsonian collections include 156 million artworks, artifacts, and specimens)

Smithsonian WWW site, viewed December 13, 2018: about page (Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 19 museums and the National Zoo; the Institution was founded in 1846 with funds from the Englishman James Smithson (1765-1829) according to his wishes "under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge"; on August 10, 1846, the U.S. Senate passed the act organizing the Smithsonian Institution, which was signed into law by President James K. Polk; the Smithsonian Institution has two museums of Asian art: the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery); April 8, 2020: homepage (caption: Smithsonian, "Welcome" Smithsonian Institution)

The Smithsonian Institution was established August 10, 1846.