Excerpt from Report on the Progress and Condition of the United States National Museum for the Year Ending June 30, 1919
Inception and History
The Congress of the United States in the act of August 10, 1846, founding the Smithsonian Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Report on the Progress and Condition of the United States National Museum for the Year Ending June 30, 1919 (Classic Reprint) (Smithsonian Institution United Museum)