In a message dated Mon, 27 Mar 2000  6:20:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, "P. van Mensch" <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> I am very interested to learn about other examples of museologists
> (founders, directors, curators) buried in "their own" museum!
>
> Thank you in advance for any information.

James Smithson's crypt is in the Castle of the Smithsonian right as you come in the door. He bequeathed his fortune to the US government to create an "institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge."  This institution became The Smithsonian.

Deb

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