Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Smithsonian library system and institutional archives
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Summary

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives is a library[1]. It draws 217 Wikipedia views per month (library category, ranking #62 of 432).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Biodiversity Heritage Library[3], Program for Cooperative Cataloging[4], Association of Research Libraries[5], International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions[6], National Digital Stewardship Alliance[7], International Internet Preservation Consortium[8], Digital Library Federation[9]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Washington, D.C.[10]
  • Country: United States[11]
  • Instance of: research library[12], archives[13], library network[14]
  • Headquarters location: Washington, D.C.[15]
  • Location: National Museum of Natural History[16]
  • Postal code: 20560[17]
  • Part of: Smithsonian Institution[18]
  • Commons category: Smithsonian Institution Libraries[19]
  • Has part(s): Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology[20], Smithsonian Research Online[21], Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library[22], Anacostia Community Museum Library[23], Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library[24], Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Library[25], Vine Deloria, Jr. Library, National Museum of the American Indian[26], Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art[27], Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library[28], Smithsonian Institution Archives[29]
  • Inception: 1968[30], January 1, 2020[31]
  • Located on street: Constitution Avenue[32]
  • Parent organization or unit: Smithsonian Institution[33]
  • Official website: https://library.si.edu/[34], https://librariesarchives.si.edu/[35], http://library.si.edu/[36]
  • Described at URL: https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_404635[37]
  • Phone number: +1-202-633-2240[38]
  • Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[39]
  • Commons Institution page: Smithsonian Institution Libraries[40]
  • Main Wikidata property: P7851[41]
  • URL: https://siris-libraries.si.edu/[42]
  • Language used: English[43]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names[44]
  • Number of viewers/listeners: 342,333[45]
  • Street address: 10th St and Constitution Ave NW, Washington DC 20560[46], 1000 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20560[47]
  • Social media followers: 75,442[48]

Why It Matters

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Google Maps. Retrieved . library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Google Maps. Retrieved . library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . biodivlib.wikispaces.com. Retrieved . biodivlib.wikispaces.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . netpreserve.org. Retrieved . netpreserve.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [9] ↑ . clir.org. Retrieved . clir.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . research.si.edu. Retrieved . research.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . librariesarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . librariesarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . library.si.edu. Retrieved . library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Google Maps. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Google Maps. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . about.biodiversitylibrary.org. about.biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Google Maps. Retrieved . library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Open GLAM Survey, version of 30 April 2020. Retrieved . docs.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . library.si.edu. Retrieved . library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Google Maps. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Smithsonian Names
    Sitelink count → 3
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en']
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 17w ago · Tholzheim · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Factgrid item id → Goševo
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  3. 17w ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_404635
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  4. 17w ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1968-00-00T00:00:00Z, +2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
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  5. 23w ago · M2545 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isni → 0000000120343957
    Parent organization or unit → Smithsonian Institution
    Google arts & culture partner id → smithsonian-libraries
    Isil → OCLC-SMI
    + 61 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Member of: Digital Library Federation, Moving from Smithsonian Institution"
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