Smithsonian Institution
- Composed of sixteen museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad.
- http://www.si.edu/
Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies - The Institute organizes seminars, workshops, briefings, and conferences featuring prominent scholars and policymakers from America, Russia, and other successor states to the Soviet Union. - http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1424
Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) - Hosts hundreds of previously inaccessible documents dealing with the Cold War. - http://wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.home
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - 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. - http://www.wilsoncenter.org
Global Volcanism Program - 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. - http://www.volcano.si.edu/
Conservation and Research Center - Advances conservation of biological diversity by increasing knowledge through investigations of threatened species, habitats, and communities, and disseminates knowledge through advanced studies, professional training, and public outreach. - http://www.si.edu/crc/
Center for Education and Museum Studies - Outreach office of the Smithsonian focusing on museum studies, training, information and professional service. - http://museumstudies.si.edu/
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage - Focuses on contemporary grassroots cultures. Festival information, recordings, events, and resources. - http://www.folklife.si.edu/
Arctic Studies Center - Dedicated to the study of northern peoples, their history and environment. Links, pictures and information. - http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/
Albert Einstein Planetarium - Features programs, events, and information on the Zeiss Model VIa planetarium instrument, dual digital projection system and six-channel digital surround sound system. Part of the National Air and Space Museum. - http://www.nasm.si.edu/nasm/planetarium/Einstein.html
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute - Supports research on basic biological processes in tropical marine and terrestrial plants and animals. Republic of Panama. - http://www.stri.org/
Center for Tropical Forest Science - Promotes and coordinates long-term biological and socio-economic research within tropical forests and forest-dependent communities. Forest management, conservation, and natural resource policies. - http://www.ctfs.si.edu/
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (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. - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/sao-home.html
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Collaboration between the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). Features research, events, press releases, and a review of the facilities. - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System - 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. - http://www.siris.si.edu/