Description: A Building Worthy of Smithson's GiftWhat was the relationship between the Act of Incorporation and the historic Smithsonian Building? The act provided for a building containing an: art gallerylecture halllibrarychemical laboratorynatural history laboratoryscience museumA building that housed the multiple functions such as Congress had assigned to the Smithsonian Institution
Description: Discusses the opening of an exhibit When Time and Duty Permit: Smithsonian Collecting in World War II and the correspondence files that will be displayed.