Goode, 1897, page 834, gives date as February 25, 1847. Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century ...
On Earth Day, and as part of the Smithsonian Earth Optimism Summit, the museum’s senior geographer, Dr. Douglas Herman, presents an illustrated lecture titled "The Canoe, the Island and the World: ...
The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Smithsonian continues into the new year, as does our determination to foster an increased sense of "public ownership" of the Institution and to make it ...