The signature of Elizabeth Macie, James Smithson’s mother, on the Hungerford Deed, 1787, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 19-150. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...

The Smithsonian has a unique structure, which means the decision to adhere to Trumps freshly penned executive order isn't so ...

The newly recovered 1787 Hungerford Deed, detailing a contentious squabble over property and prestige, can now be viewed in a new virtual exhibition Alice George The 1787 Hungerford Deed, donated ...

Wealthy British globe-trotter James Smithson (1765-1829) had amassed an estate worth roughly $500,000 at the time of his death and ordered that all of his assets be inherited by his nephew ...

The Smithsonian Institution was established with funds from James Smithson (1765–1829), a British scientist who left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the ...

Elder in 1899. A packet boat arrived in New York harbor carrying one hundred and five bags of gold, the fortune of British mineralogist James Smithson. Smithson had never set a foot on North ...

The Institution was founded in 1846 with funds from the Englishman James Smithson (1765–1829) according to his wishes “under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase ...

Jan. 16, 2025, two members of the “Hero Quilt” Committee, chairman Jack Rose and Paul Butler, attended their regular ...

In another post, Ralph Lauren continued, to look back at other honors the designer has received including James Smithson Bicentennial Medal, France’s Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur ...