Picture Tour of the Smithsonian Book

The 13 museums of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Zoological Park encompass an unparalleled range of America's cultural, social, scientific, and artistic heritage. The Smithsonian is the Hope Diamond; Charles Lindbergh's plane, the Spirit of St. Louis ; Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, pandas from the People's Republic of China. It is George Washington's uniform; the largest cockroach in Texas; the inaugural gowns of the First Ladies; Georgia O'Keeffe's painting Yellow Calla ; Henry Moore's sculpture Family Group ; and a Koro Ach headdress from Nigeria. The scope of the Smithsonian's collections is so wide and so eclectic the Institution has sometimes been playfully dubbed "the nations attic."

In A Picture Tour of the Smithsonian , we invite you to relive a recent visit or make plans for a future one. Whether recalling a favorite museum or viewing the bounty of the Smithsonian for the first time, armchair tourist will delight in this visual tribute to the most visited museum complex in the world.