Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution is a group of , education and research centers, created by the United States federal government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge".
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  • Building
  • …lies at an elevation of 30 feet (9 metres)
  • Description: group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government
  • Also known as
    “Smithsonian Castle”
    “The Castle”
    “The Smithsonian”

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Latitude
38.88872° or 38° 53′ 19″ north
Longitude
-77.02581° or 77° 1′ 33″ west
Open location code
87C4VXQF+FM
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Smithsonian Institution” goes by many names.
مؤسسة سميثسونيانArabic
مؤسسه سميثسونيانArabic
معهد سميثسونيانArabic
Սմիթսոնյան ինստիտուտArmenian
Smithsonian InstitutionArpitan
Institutu SmithsonianoAsturian
Smithsonian InstitutionAsturian
Smitsonian İnstitutuAzerbaijani
Institusi SmithsonianBalinese
Smithsonian InstitutionBasque
SmithonianBavarian
Smithsonian InstitutBavarian
Smithsonian InstitutionBavarian
Смітсанаўскі інстытутBelarusian
Сьмітсанаўскі інстытутBelarusian
Смитсонов институтBulgarian
Смитсънов институтBulgarian
Institució SmithsonianCatalan
Institució SmithsonianaCatalan
Institut SmithsoniàCatalan
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Smithsonian InstitutionCatalan
史密斯協會Chinese
史密斯研究院Chinese
史密松學院Chinese
史密松寧學會Chinese
史密森博物馆Chinese
史密森学会Chinese
史密森尼博物院Chinese
史密森尼博物館Chinese
史密森尼学会Chinese
史密森尼學會Chinese
史密生博物館Chinese
史密生博物馆Chinese
史密生學會Chinese
国家货币收藏Chinese
國家貨幣收藏Chinese
Smithsoniánský institutCzech
Smithsonův institutCzech
Smithsonian InstitutionDanish
The Smithsonian InstitutionDanish
Smithsonian InstitutionDutch
Smithsonian InstituutDutch
United States National MuseumDutch
Institucio SmithsonianEsperanto
Smithsoni asutusEstonian
Smithsoni instituutEstonian
Smithsonian InstitutionEstonian
Smithsonian MuseumEstonian
Smithsonian-instituuttiFinnish
Instituto SmithsonianoGalician
ვაშინგტონის სმითსონის ინსტიტუტიGeorgian
სმითსონის ინსტიტუტიGeorgian
Ίδρυμα ΣμιθσόνιανGreek
Ινστιτούτο ΣμιθσόνιανGreek
સ્મિથસોનિયન ઇન્સ્ટિટ્યુટGujarati
המכון הסמית’סוניHebrew
הסמית’וניאןHebrew
הסמית’סוניאןHebrew
מכון סמית’סוניאןHebrew
סמית’וניאןHebrew
סמית’סוניאןHebrew
Smithsonian IntézetHungarian
Smithsonian-söfninIcelandic
Smithsonian-stofnuninIcelandic
Instituto ti SmithsonianoIloko
Institusi SmithsonianIndonesian
Lembaga SmithsonianIndonesian
Instituto SmithsonianInterlingua
Smithsonian InstitutionIrish
Istituto SmithsonianoItalian
Smithsonian InstitutionItalian
スミソニアンJapanese
スミソニアン協会Japanese
スミソニアン博物館Japanese
スミソニアン学術協会Japanese
スミソニアン研究所Japanese
スミソニアン航空博物館Japanese
国立スミソニアン博物館Japanese
스미스소니언Korean
스미스소니언 박물관Korean
스미스소니언 협회Korean
Institutum SmithsonianumLatin
Smitsona institūtsLatvian
Smithsonian institutasLithuanian
Smitsono institutasLithuanian
Смитсонова установаMacedonian
Institusi SmithsonianMalay
സ്മിത്‌സോണിയൻ ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂഷൻMalayalam
Smithsonian InstitutionManx
Undinys SmithsonianManx
Смитсоны хүрээлэнMongolian
Смитсоны хүрээлэн (АНУ)Mongolian
स्मिथसोनियन इन्स्टिच्युसनNewari
Smithsonian InstitutionNorwegian
Smithsonian InstitutionNorwegian Bokmål
Smithsonian InstitutionNorwegian Nynorsk
Smithsonian InstitutionOccitan (post 1500)
Смитсоны институтOssetian
مؤسسهٔ اسمیتسونینPersian
موسسه سمیثسونینPersian
Institut SmithsonaPolish
Smithsonian InstitutionPolish
Institutul SmithsonianRomanian
Смитсонианский институтRussian
Смитсоновский институтRussian
Smitsonovski institutSerbian
Smithsonian InstitutionSerbo-Croatian
Smithsonov inštitutSlovenian
سميتسونيان اينستيتوتوSouth Azerbaijani
Smithsonian InstitutionSwedish
Smithsonian-institutionenSwedish
The Smithsonian InstituteSwedish
институти СмитсонTajik
சிமித்சோனிய நிறுவனம்Tamil
Смитсон институтыTatar
స్మిత్‌సోనియన్ ఇన్స్టిట్యూషన్Telugu
స్మిత్‌సోనియన్ సంస్థTelugu
พิพิธภัณฑ์สมิธซันเนียนThai
พิพิธภัณฑ์สมิธโซเนียนThai
สถาบันสมิธซันเนียนThai
สถาบันสมิธโซเนียนThai
สมิทซันเนียนThai
สมิทโซเนียนThai
สมิธซันเนียนThai
สมิธโซเนียนThai
Smithsonian EnstitüsüTurkish
Смітсонівська установаUkrainian
Смітсонівський інститутUkrainian
Смітсонський інститутUkrainian
سمتھسونین انسٹی ٹیوشنUrdu
Viện SmithsonianVietnamese
Sefydliad SmithsonianWelsh
Սմիթսոնեան ինստիտուտWestern Armenian
Smithsonian YnstitútWestern Frisian
سمتھسونین انسٹیٹیوشنWestern Panjabi
史密森尼学会Wu Chinese
史密森尼學會Yue Chinese
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