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Smithsonian Institution

Gmach Smithsonian Institution w Waszyngtonie

Smithsonian Institution[1] – największy na świecie kompleks muzeów i ośrodków edukacyjno-badawczych, mieszczący się głównie w Waszyngtonie, powstały jako fundacja w roku 1846 na podstawie testamentu Jamesa Smithsona, brytyjskiego chemika i mineraloga.

Finansuje i organizuje badania naukowe, wydaje książki i czasopisma, prowadzi wymianę publikacji z zagranicznymi ośrodkami naukowymi. Na cześć instytutu jedną z planetoid nazwano Smithsonian.

Organizacja Smithsonian Institution

W skład instytucji wchodzą między innymi:

Zbiory instytucji liczą w sumie ponad 142 miliony eksponatów. Znajdują się w nich między innymi:

Administracja

Kanclerzem Smithsonian Institution jest z urzędu prezes Sądu Najwyższego (obecnie John Glover Roberts). Sprawy organizacji są prowadzone ponadto przez 17-osobową radę, w której skład wchodzi osiem osób z racji pełnienia urzędu: prezes Sądu Najwyższego, wiceprezydent Stanów Zjednoczonych, trzech senatorów (wyznaczonych przez przewodniczącego Senatu) oraz trzech członków Izby Reprezentantów (wyznaczonych przez spikera).

Lista sekretarzy Smithsonian Institution

  1. Joseph Henry (1846–1878)
  2. Spencer Fullerton Baird (1878–1887)
  3. Samuel Pierpont Langley (1887–1906)
  4. Charles Doolittle Walcott (1907–1927)
  5. Charles Greeley Abbot (1928–1944)
  6. Alexander Wetmore (1944–1952)
  7. Leonard Carmichael (1953–1964)
  8. Sidney Dillon Ripley (1964–1984)
  9. Robert McCormick Adams (1984–1994)
  10. I. Michael Heyman (1994–1999)
  11. Lawrence M. Small (2000–2007)
  12. G. Wayne Clough (2008–2015)
  13. David J. Skorton (od 1 lipca 2015)

Przypisy

  1. Smithsonian Institution, [w:] Encyklopedia PWN [dostęp 2019-09-22].

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