Facsimle of the Act to Establish Smithsonian Institution
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintAn Act to Establish the Smithsonian Institution, signed into law by President James K. Polk on August 10, 1846, created the Institution specified in James Smithson's bequest.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7098, Oversize
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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