Freer Gallery of Art / Natural sciences National Museum of Natural History Horticulture Services Division / National Museum of Natural History / National Postal Museum / Smithsonian museum / Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory / Smithsonian American Art Museum / Sculpture Garden National Museum of African Art Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Number / Hirshhorn Museum / Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute / National Design Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum Freer Gallery of Art National Portrait Gallery Hirshhorn Museum / National Museum of American History / National Portrait Gallery / Arthur M. Sackler Gallery / Sackler Gallery / Space Museum / National Postal Museum National Museum of American History National Museum of the American Indian National Air / National Museum of African Art / National Museum of the American Indian / National Design Museum / /
IndustryTerm
media materials / /
Movie
The Wizard of Oz / /
Organization
Congress / Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute / Center for African American History and Culture office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation Art Cooper-Hewitt / SIA’s mission / Cultural Heritage / Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage / Smithsonian Institution / Center for African American History and Culture / Center for Folklife / Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education / Board of Regents / Horticulture Services Division / Smithsonian / /
Person
Albert Einstein / Isaac Newton / Abraham Lincoln / Joseph Henry / Paul Singer / James Smithson / Benny Goodman / /
Position
Singer / correspondent / first Secretary / major collector / major Institutional reviews / /
1 INTRODUCTION Collections are a basic foundation of what the Smithsonian is and does. They quietly underpin many of the exhibitions, research efforts,