The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, is the world’s largest museum and research complex, but what many people don’t know is that it was founded by an Englishman who never set foot in the United States. This week, his descendants toured the museum for the first time. Mikaela Lefrak has the story from Washington.
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