The Smithsonian Institution: The Strange Origin of America’s Greatest Museum
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show! In 1829, a British scientist who had never visited the United States left his fortune to a foreign country across the ocean. His instructions were simple, vague, and enormously ambitious: create an institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. From…
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