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"The Smithsonian plays a vital role in igniting the imaginations of our future builders and dreamers," said Jeff Bezos, who is set to fly to space on Blue Origin's first crewed rocket launch on July 20 Photo: AFP/File world Jeff Bezos donates record breaking $200 mil to Smithsonian Today 02:40 am JST Today | 10:25 am JST WASHINGTON Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos will donate $200 million to the Smithsonian, the largest gift in the history of the institute, a statement said Wednesday. A $70 million portion...

Jeff Bezos gives $200 mn to National Air and Space Museum, its biggest philanthropic gift since 1846 SECTIONS Jeff Bezos gives $200 mn to National Air and Space Museum, its biggest philanthropic gift since 1846By Share Synopsis The gift comes as the nation’s museum sector has been hit hard by the pandemic, with closures and deep financial losses. AP The Smithsonian said $70 million will help with the renovation of the National Air and Space Museum, and $130 million will be used for a new education center, to be called the Bezos Learning Center. Related Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon an...

James Smithson, after whom the Smithsonian Institution is named, was a rock hound. This 1820 manuscript, in his hand, is an inventory describing the collection he kept in a mahogany cabinet. At the top, Smithson has written, "Catalogue of my Cabinet: 1820" before commencing to list his rocks and minerals--pyrites, green micaceous stone from Switzerland, bog iron ore, etc. The incredible document, "almost certainly the only one in private hands" says bookseller Nathan Raab of the Raab Collection, was recently deaccessioned from a New Jersey institution and is now for sale for $75,000. Prior ...

April 5, 2021 Share  The Smithsonian Institution is marking its 175th anniversary this year, and it expects to celebrate later this year with a futuristic exhibition that includes a robot to help prevent loneliness and a sail for deep space travel. The Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum complex, consisting of 19 museums, nine research centers, and the National Zoo. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1846, the Smithsonian was the brainchild of James Smithson, a wealthy English chemist who left his estate to the United States for the establishment of an institution in the nat...

Don't show me this message again✕ The Smithsonian is an American treasure with its museums, the National Zoo, the tropical research station in Panama, astrophysical observatory and many other cultural, scientific and historical resources. But did you know that the thanks for the massive institution go to a British man who never visited the United States? James Smithson was a wealthy British scientist who was especially interested in chemistry and minerals. Three years before he died in 1829, he wrote in his will that his closest relative, a nephew, would inherit his estate, which was worth ...