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Company Overview of Smithsonian Institution
Company Overview
Smithsonian Institution owns and operates museums and research facilities. The institute offers object, artwork, and specimens display and exhibition and event management services. Additionally, it provides research services. Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Colombia.
SI Building
Room 153
MRC 010
Washington, DC 20013-7012
United States
Founded in 1846
Key Executives for Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution Key Developments
AAR Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David P. Storch has been appointed to serve on the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum Board. The board is comprised of distinguished supporters of the aerospace community who provide leadership, advice and support to the museum's director.
Smithsonian Institution will join with the Digital Public Library of America to provide links to a wealth of the Institution's cultural and scientific content. The DPLA pilot project, which combines and centralizes links to the collections of participating cultural institutions, launches April 18, 2013 in Boston. The Smithsonian will serve as a digital content hub within the DPLA network. Through the DPLA, the Smithsonian Institution will collaborate with renowned libraries, universities, archives and museums to reach a wide national audience.
Gale and the Smithsonian Institution announced a licensing agreement to distribute Smithsonian assets into the library and academic space. Under the agreement, Cengage Learning will have access to the complete archives of Smithsonian Magazine and Air and Space magazine, as well as collections covering American history, science, world cultures and more. As part of this partnership, Cengage Learning will have rights to develop Smithsonian branded products created for the library and academic markets utilizing Smithsonian assets. Immediate plans in the library space include the creation of a digital archive of the complete back files of both Air and Space magazine and Smithsonian Magazine, and will incorporate new issues on an ongoing basis. The product will take advantage of Gale's application for digital primary sources, with tools to support new forms of discovery and use of Smithsonian content.
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