Results for "Cemeteries"
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2002-12196 or 71-57-4
“The Proper Thing to Do": James Smithson’s Journey to Washington
- Date: June 27, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: On the 190th anniversary of the death of Smithsonian founding donor James Smithson, we’re taking a look back at his posthumous journey, led by Alexander Graham Bell, to his final resting place in Washington, D.C.
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STATUESatLARGE-vo86 1046.pdf
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 08-109, Smithsonian Institution Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Director's Records, 1982-1986
- Date: 1982 1982-1986
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Conservation Analytical Laboratory
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
James Smithson Memorial Plaque
- Date: c. 1900
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
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82-3195
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SI Closes all Exhibit Halls for Burial of Unknown Solider | Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Jun 27 James Smithson Dies in Genoa, Italy | Smithsonian Institution Archives
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82-3202
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 01-092, National Portrait Gallery (U.S.) Office of the Deputy Director, Exhibition Records, 1985-2000
- Date: 1985 1985-2000
- Creator: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Deputy Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
The Smithsonian Castle: Tragic Death, a Mystery, and Strange Occurrences
- Date: March 29, 2016
- Description: On this day in 1850, a young man was killed in the Castle, the first of four deaths to occur within its walls. William H. Page was working in the building, which was still under construction at the time, when he fell to his death.
Houdini Escapes the Smithsonian
- Date: December 26, 2011
- Description: Harry Houdini visits Aleš Hrdlička at the National Museum to get measured and declines giving his remains to the Smithsonian.
