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Why is the smithsonian called the smithsonian?
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The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. It was originally organized as the United States National Museum, but that name ceased to exist as an administrative entity in 1967
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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 Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge."
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