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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  • Type: Building
  • Description: group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government
  • Also known as: “Institució Smithsoniana”, “Institucion Smithsonian”, “Institucion smithsoniana”, “Institución smithsoniana”, “Institut Smithsona”, “Institut Smithsonià”, “Institut Smithsonian”, “Institut Smithsoniano”, “Institut Smithsonien”, “Institute Smithsonian”, “Instituto smithsonian”, “Istituto Smithsoniano”, “Lembaga Smithsonian”, “Museu Smithsonian”, “Smithonian”, “Smithsoni asutus”, “Smithsoni instituut”, “Smithsonian”, “Smithsonian Castle”, “Smithsonian Institut”, “Smithsonian Institute”, “Smithsonian Institution Archives”, “Smithsonian Instituut”, “Smithsonian Instituutti”, “Smithsonian Museum”, “Smithsonian-Institut”, “Smithsonian-institutionen”, “Smithsonian-söfnin”, “Smithsoniano”, “Smithsoniánský institut”, “The Castle”, “The Smithsonian”, “The Smithsonian Institute”, “The Smithsonian Institution”, “Undinys Smithsonian”, “United States National Museum”, “Смитсонианский институт”, “Смитсънов институт”, “Смітсонівська установа”, “Смітсонський інститут”, “המכון הסמית’סוני”, “המכון הסמיתסוני”, “הסמית’וניאן”, “הסמית’סוניאן”, “מכון סמית’סוניאן”, “סמית’וניאן”, “مؤسسهٔ اسمیتسونین”, “مؤسسه سميثسونيان”, “معهد سميثسونيان”, “موسسه اسمیتسونین”, “موسسه سمیثسونین”, “స్మిత్సోనియన్ ఇన్స్టిట్యూషన్”, “స్మిత్‌సోనియన్ ఇన్స్టిట్యూషన్”, “พิพิธภัณฑ์สมิธซันเนียน”, “พิพิธภัณฑ์สมิธโซเนียน”, “สถาบันสมิธซันเนียน”, “สมิทซันเนียน”, “สมิทโซเนียน”, “สมิธซันเนียน”, “สมิธโซเนียน”, “스미스소니언”, “스미스소니언 박물관”, “スミソニアン”, “スミソニアン協会”, “スミソニアン学術協会”, “スミソニアン研究所”, “スミソニアン航空博物館”, “史密斯協會”, “史密斯研究院”, “史密松學院”, “史密松寧學會”, “史密森博物馆”, “史密森尼博物院”, “史密森尼博物館”, “史密生博物館”, “史密生博物馆”, “史密生學會”, “国家货币收藏”, “国立スミソニアン博物館”, and “國家貨幣收藏”

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Smithsonian Institution

Latitude
38.88872° or 38° 53′ 19″ north
Longitude
-77.02581° or 77° 1′ 33″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
87C4VXQF+FM
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Smithsonian Institution” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مؤسسة سميثسونيان”
  • Armenian: “Սմիթսոնյան ինստիտուտ”
  • Arpitan: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Asturian: “Institutu Smithsoniano”
  • Asturian: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Azerbaijani: “Smitsonian İnstitutu”
  • Balinese: “Institusi Smithsonian”
  • Basque: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Bavarian: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Belarusian: “Смітсанаўскі інстытут”
  • Belarusian: “Сьмітсанаўскі інстытут”
  • Bulgarian: “Смитсонов институт”
  • Catalan: “Institució Smithsonian”
  • Catalan: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Chinese: “史密森学会”
  • Chinese: “史密森尼学会”
  • Chinese: “史密森尼學會”
  • Czech: “Smithsonův institut”
  • Danish: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Dutch: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Dutch: “Smithsonian-instituut”
  • Esperanto: “Institucio Smithsonian”
  • Estonian: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Finnish: “Smithsonian-instituutti”
  • French: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Galician: “Instituto Smithsoniano”
  • Georgian: “ვაშინგტონის სმითსონის ინსტიტუტი”
  • Georgian: “სმითსონის ინსტიტუტი”
  • German: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Greek: “Ίδρυμα Σμιθσόνιαν”
  • Greek: “Ινστιτούτο Σμιθσόνιαν”
  • Gujarati: “સ્મિથસોનિયન ઇન્સ્ટિટ્યુટ”
  • Hebrew: “סמית’סוניאן”
  • Hebrew: “סמיתסוניאן”
  • Hungarian: “Smithsonian Intézet”
  • Icelandic: “Smithsonian-stofnunin”
  • Iloko: “Instituto ti Smithsoniano”
  • Indonesian: “Institusi Smithsonian”
  • Interlingua: “Instituto Smithsonian”
  • Irish: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Italian: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Japanese: “スミソニアン博物館”
  • Korean: “스미스소니언 협회”
  • Latin: “Institutum Smithsonianum”
  • Latvian: “Smitsona institūts”
  • Lithuanian: “Smithsonian institutas”
  • Lithuanian: “Smitsono institutas”
  • Macedonian: “Смитсонова установа”
  • Malay: “Institusi Smithsonian”
  • Malayalam: “സ്മിത് സോണിയൻ ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂഷൻ”
  • Malayalam: “സ്മിത്‌സോണിയൻ ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂഷൻ”
  • Manx: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Mongolian: “Смитсоны хүрээлэн (АНУ)”
  • Mongolian: “Смитсоны хүрээлэн”
  • Newari: “स्मिथसोनियन इन्स्टिच्युसन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Norwegian: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Ossetian: “Смитсоны институт”
  • Persian: “مؤسسه اسمیتسونین”
  • Polish: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Portuguese: “Instituto Smithsoniano”
  • Portuguese: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Romanian: “Institutul Smithsonian”
  • Russian: “Смитсоновский институт”
  • Serbian: “Smitsonovski institut”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Slovenian: “Smithsonov inštitut”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سميتسونيان اينستيتوتو”
  • Spanish: “Institución Smithsonian”
  • Spanish: “Instituto Smithsoniano”
  • Swedish: “Smithsonian institution”
  • Swedish: “Smithsonian Institution”
  • Tajik: “институти Смитсон”
  • Tamil: “சிமித்சோனிய நிறுவனம்”
  • Tatar: “Смитсон институты”
  • Telugu: “స్మిత్ సోనియన్ సంస్థ”
  • Telugu: “స్మిత్‌సోనియన్ సంస్థ”
  • Thai: “สถาบันสมิธโซเนียน”
  • Turkish: “Smithsonian Enstitüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Смітсонівський інститут”
  • Urdu: “سمتھسونین انسٹی ٹیوشن”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện Smithsonian”
  • Welsh: “Sefydliad Smithsonian”
  • Western Armenian: “Սմիթսոնեան ինստիտուտ”
  • Western Frisian: “Smithsonian Ynstitút”
  • Western Panjabi: “سمتھسونین انسٹیٹیوشن”
  • Wu Chinese: “史密森尼学会”
  • Yue Chinese: “史密森尼學會”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Smithsonian Grounds and Agriculture Grounds.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Smithsonian Institution Arts and Industries Building and Colombian Legation Building.

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