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Smithsonian Institution Archives

the institutional archives of the Smithsonian Institution
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Summary

Smithsonian Institution Archives is an institutional archive[1]. It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Biodiversity Heritage Library[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Washington, D.C.[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Part of: Smithsonian Institution[6], Smithsonian Libraries and Archives[7]
  • Commons category: Smithsonian Institution Archives[8]
  • Inception: 1891[9]
  • Parent organization or unit: Smithsonian Institution[10], Smithsonian Libraries and Archives[11]
  • Official website: http://siarchives.si.edu/[12]
  • Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[13]
  • Official name: Smithsonian Institution Archives[14]
  • Commons Institution page: Smithsonian Institution Archives[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names[16]
  • Street address: Capital Gallery Building, Suite 3000, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20024[17]
  • Social media followers: 36,319[18], 33,811[19], 40,398[20], 43,776[21]
  • Entry in abbreviations table: SIA[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . librariesarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . librariesarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . biodivlib.wikispaces.com. Retrieved . biodivlib.wikispaces.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . librariesarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . librariesarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Open GLAM Survey, version of 30 April 2020. Retrieved . docs.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United States
    Street address → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Capital Gallery Building, Suite 3000
    Open funder registry funder id → 100009197
    X (twitter) username → SmithsonianArch
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ On focus list of wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791918931218"
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