I believe there was a time when the one and only Smithsonian Institution building was referred to as "The U.S. National Museum". In the days when things were simpler. Claudia South Dakota In article <[log in to unmask]>, Hank Burchard <[log in to unmask]> says: > > > I'm embarrassed to have to ask this, but the references I have at >hand, including the WWWeb, have failed me: > In a biography of naturalist Georg Steller, who sailed with Vitus >Bering, there is a reference to the United States National Museum. That >sounds familiar to me, but I can't place it and haven't been able to >trace it. > So (blush), can somebody tell me where 'tis? > > Hank Burchard * <[log in to unmask]> * Washington DC