Woodrow Wilson Center Established | Smithsonian Institution

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Subject: Wilson, Woodrow 1856-1924; Johnson, Lyndon B (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973; Nixon, Richard M (Richard Milhous) 1913-; Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.); Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; United States Congress; United States President

Category: Chronology of Smithsonian History
: Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1969. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1969, p. 29, 483.; Field, Cynthia R., Richard E. Stamm, and Heather P. Ewing. The Castle: An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993, p. xv.
Summary: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is established by the United States Congress (P.L. 90-637) to honor the memory of President Woodrow Wilson, and is placed at the Smithsonian Institution under a Board of Trustees appointed by former President Lyndon Baines Johnson and President Richard M. Nixon. In 1970, it will be installed in the newly created floors occupying the former upper main hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building.
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

October 24, 1968

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic: Buildings; Legislation; Major Events in Smithsonian History; New Programs; Buildings--Repair and reconstruction; Memorials