Smithson's Gift Exhibit Opens in Castle
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Date: January 1996
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The Smithson's Gift exhibit opens in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building to celebrate the Sesquicentennial of the founding of the Smithsonian Institution, based on the bequest of James Smithson. The exhibit discusses Smithson's gift, and subsequent gifts of money, collections, and time by philanthropists such as Thomas George Hodgkins, object donors such as Mrs. Helen Herron Taft, and the thousands of volunteers who assist Smithsonian staff every day.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
January 1996