Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1882. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1884, p. 142-143. Under the supervision of Professor Charles Valentine Riley, the national ...
WASHINGTON – As visitors walk into the rotunda of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, they’re greeted by an 11-ton taxidermized African Bush elephant, affectionately nicknamed Henry.
The capital of the U.S. is filled with museums -- many of them free to visit as they're part of the Smithsonian. It's no wonder these places are so popular.