Directory of Smithsonian Institution Resources

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• Museums

Resources in This Category

• Arctic Studies Center

  http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/
  Dedicated to the study of northern peoples, their history and environment. Links, pictures and information.

• Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

  http://www.folklife.si.edu/
  Focuses on contemporary grassroots cultures. Festival information, recordings, events, and resources.

• Center for Tropical Forest Science

  http://www.ctfs.si.edu/
  Promotes and coordinates long-term biological and socio-economic research within tropical forests and forest-dependent communities. Forest management, conservation, and natural resource policies.

• Global Volcanism Program

  http://www.volcano.si.edu/
  Seeks better understanding of all volcanoes through documenting their eruptions during the past 10,000 years. A program of the National Museum of Natural History.

• Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

  http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/
  Collaboration between the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). Features research, events, press releases, and a review of the facilities.

• Kennan Institute

  https://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/kennan-institute
  The Institute organizes seminars, workshops, briefings, and conferences featuring prominent scholars and policymakers from America, Russia, and other successor states to the Soviet Union.

• Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)

  http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/sao/
  Astrophysical research facility located in Cambridge, Massachusetts with scientists engaged in a broad program of research in astronomy, astrophysics, earth and space sciences, and science education.

• Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access

  http://museumstudies.si.edu/
  Outreach office of the Smithsonian focusing on museum studies, training, information and professional service.

• Smithsonian Institution

  http://www.si.edu/
  Composed of sixteen museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad.

• Smithsonian Institution Research Information System

  http://www.siris.si.edu/
  SIRIS offers an interactive, integrated system applying established national standards to manage, describe, and provide access to research resources held primarily by the Institution's libraries, archives, and research units.

• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

  http://www.stri.si.edu/
  Supports research on basic biological processes in tropical marine and terrestrial plants and animals. Republic of Panama.

• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

  http://www.wilsoncenter.org/
  A presidential memorial that fosters scholarship and dialogue in the humanities and the social sciences. The Center pursues work on three interregional, interdisciplinary themes: ethnicity, comparative urban studies, and governance.

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