Talk:Smithsonian Institution
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How about affiliated institutions like Blackhawk Museum in Danville, California, where the Smithsonian's Tucker automobile is parked? Ortolan88
Needs a section on the associated record label of historical and cultural recordings of world music. heidimo 15:06, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] 18-fold inflation after 130 years?
I'm refering to the claim that $500,000 in 1835 is the equivalent of $9,235,277 in 2005. Where does this figure come from? It's oddly exact, and frankly adjustments like these tend to be rather misleading, even whimsical (see this article in Slate for an idea of what I mean: http://www.slate.com/id/2142241/). I'm not planning to do anything to the article just yet, but I am curious about how the figure was arrived at. Buck Mulligan 22:08, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] coolness
As cultureless and bland as most of America is generally regarded, I still see the Smithsonian Institution as one of the most admirable public centers of arts and sciences in the world. mnemonic 08:34, 2004 Jul 5 (UTC)
[edit] photo
I just switched from the picture of the Castle as seen through the garden gate to one I took from inside the gate. I think it's a nicer shot without the gate bars, but since I took the latter picture I might be biased. Isomorphic 08:11, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] chancellor
May want to note the chancellor is the chief justice of the supreme court (odd fact): http://www.cnn.com/interactive/law/0507/chief.justice.duties/content4.html RAccettura
[edit] libararies
An article Smithsonian Institution Libraries has had to be deleted as a copyvio. But clearly there is a need for something about them either here or in the separate article which is currently a redirect. -- RHaworth 21:27, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Smithsonian museums template?
Might it be a good idea to create a template that lists all the different Smithsonian museums and other buildings, so that they all could appear on the museums' respective pages and allow for quick browsing?
[edit] Folkways
Where to put Smithsonian Folkways Recordings?
[edit] Disconnected content under History section
The History section, right up front, seems very disconnected to me. The info about the voyage of the US Navy, native American artifacts, the Megatherium Club, and the very obscure reference to an asteroid are not appropriate to this section. I am not an expert. I am a reader. Please level this out. Keep the core info at the beginning. Move the nuance info elsewhere and/or delete it.
Most of the rest is fine, with the usual Wikipedia quirks.
The recently added Jefferson Davis bit seems especially irrelevant, and is badly formatted and appears to be copied from elsewhere besides.
I concure, i don't feel up to changing it though--71.212.199.140 03:10, 25 March 2007 (UTC)JJR86
[edit] The Archives of American Art
http://www.aaa.si.edu is missing -- Cherubino 21:54, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
