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Subject: Major Events in Smithsonian History
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Showing results 37 - 48 of 118 for
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SI History Chronology
Astrophysical Observatory Established
Date:
March 1, 1890
Exterior of Smithsonian Building Completed
Date:
December 31, 1851
SI History Chronology
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum Opens
Date:
September 15, 1967
SI History Chronology
Smithsonian Receives First Annual Appropriation for Care of National Collections
Date:
June 2, 1858
SI History Chronology
Bureau of Ethnology Established at SI
Date:
March 3, 1879
SI History Chronology
Funding to Acquire Land for a National Zoo
Date:
March 2, 1889
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"Interruptions and Embarrassments": The Smithsonian Institution during the Civil War
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1999-2007 Civil War, 1861-1865
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: Dorman, Kathleen W
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: Dorman, Kathleen W
SI History Chronology
National Museum Building Occupied
Date:
October, 1881
Alexander Wetmore Elected Secretary
Date:
January 12, 1945
SI History Chronology
Robert McC. Adams Appointed Secretary
Date:
January 21, 1984
SI History Chronology
Magnetic Observatory to be Built at SI
Date:
February 3, 1853
SI History Chronology
Samuel Langley Elected Third Secretary
Date:
November 18, 1887
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