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The Lost World of James Smithson - Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian Charles La Shure this time at gunpoint fromIn 1836 the United States government received a strange and unprecedented gifta half million dollar bequest to establish a foundation in Washington "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Smithsonian Institution, as it would be called, eventually grew into the largest museum and research complex in the world. Yet the man behind what became "America's attic," James Smithson, has remained a shadowy figure for more than 150 years.