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The Smithsonian Institution has come a long way. This picture is the current secretary, G. Wayne Clough. He became secretary in 2008 and he initiated the development of a new Strategic Planfor the Institution, and launched a program to digitize the…

Dr. Charles E. Abbot was the fifth secretary from 1928-1944. While he served our Country was going through the Great Depression and World War II. The items in the Institution were kept safe and moved to a wear house in Luray, Virginia.

This is a picture of Charles Walcot who was the fourth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Which he was secretary, specifically in 1911, the National Museum of Natural History opened to house natural history and art collections.

This is the last portrait of Samuel Langley. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian. He created the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 1890 to facilitate his research on solar phenomena. He oversaw the opening of the National Zoological…

This image displayed the National Museum Building Committee standing in the doorway of what is now the Arts and Industries building. This is when the building was being built.

Click here to view the story from the Smithsonian Library itself! This secondary source is a great depictin of how the Smithsonian Institution was born. By just clicking through the five pages it is gathered that the start of the birth of the…

This is a word cloud created on wordle.net. The purpose of this picture is more for entertainment than research purposes. From looking at the word cloud created it is easy to gather basic information on the history of the Smithsonian Institution. The…

Displayed is a map created on google.com/maps. It illustrates different museums and research centers of the Smithsonian Institution. There is two layers for the sole purpose of making the distinction between the research centers and museums. When you…

A painting of an aerial view of the Smithsonian Institution buildings on The Mall in 1933. The buildings visible are the Smithsonian Institution Building, the Arts and Industries Building, the National Museum of Natural History, the Freer Gallery of…

This is a photograph of a portrait of Joseph Henry. Joseph Henry was a first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. This was pained by Henry Ulke, who is a portrait painter. It was originally at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876 and was…