smithsonian institution

     

www.si.edu doesn't get you into Sports Illustrated, but into this D.C. institution

Trivia about smithsonian institution

  • The National Air & Space Museum in Washington is the largest museum of this institution
  • This institution was formally dedicated May 1, 1847 in Washington, D.C.
  • America's National Zoo was just 1 year old when it became part of this institution in 1890
  • The Enid A. Haupt garden sits atop this institution's underground museum, education, & research complex
  • Today you'll find Archie & Edith Bunker's easy chairs here
  • The National Zoological park is a unit of this