Editing Smithsonian Institution (section)

==Research Centers==
The Smithsonian has eight research centers, located in Washington, D.C.; [[Front Royal, Virginia]]; [[Edgewater, Maryland]]; [[Suitland, Maryland]]; [[Fort Pierce, Florida]]; [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]; and [[Panama]].<ref name="Fact" /><ref name="SMS">{{cite web|title=Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce|url=https://www.si.edu/unit/smithsonian-marine-station|access-date=December 24, 2022|website= Smithsonian Institution |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130080904/https://www.si.edu/unit/smithsonian-marine-station |archive-date=November 30, 2022 }}</ref><ref name="SERC">{{cite web|title=Smithsonian Environmental Research Center| url=https://serc.si.edu/ | website= Smithsonian Environmental Research Center |publisher= Smithsonian Institution |access-date=December 24, 2022}}</ref><ref name="MCI">{{cite web|title=Museum Conservation Institute: About|url=https://mci.si.edu/about|access-date=December 24, 2022}}</ref><ref name="SCBI">{{cite web|title=Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute|url=https://nationalzoo.si.edu/conservation|access-date=December 24, 2022 | website= nationalzoo.si.edu |publisher= Smithsonian Institution |date=March 15, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="SAO">{{cite web|title=Smithsonian Astophysical Observatory History|url=https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/about/about-smithsonian-astrophysical-observatory/smithsonian-astrophysical-observatory-history|access-date=December 24, 2022|website= cfa.harvard.edu}}</ref><ref name="STRI">{{cite web|title=Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: About Us|url=https://stri.si.edu/about-us|access-date=December 24, 2022 |website=stri.si.edu |publisher= Smithsonian Institution |date=December 19, 2016 }}</ref> Formerly two separate entities, the Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Archives merged into one research center in 2020.<ref name="SLA">{{cite web|title=Smithsonian Libraries and Archives|url=https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/factsheets/smithsonian-libraries-and-archives| website= Smithsonian Environmental Research Center |publisher= Smithsonian Institution |access-date=December 24, 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Research center<ref name="Fact" />
!scope="col" class=unsortable| Area of focus
!scope="col" style="width: 15%"| Location<ref name="STRI" /><ref name="SERC" /><ref name="SMS" /><ref name="SCBI" />
!scope="col"| Opened
!scope="col" class=unsortable|{{ref heading}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Archives of American Art]]
| History of the [[visual arts]] in the United States
| Washington, D.C. <br> New York City 
| | {{sort|1970|1954<br/>1970{{NoteTag|name=Affiliated| Year center became affiliated with the Smithsonian}}}}
| <ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.aaa.si.edu/about| title= About the Archives of American Art| website= Smithsonian Environmental Research Center |publisher= Smithsonian Institution |date= December 24, 2022}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory]]
| [[Astrophysics]]
| [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
| 1890
| <ref name="SAO" />
|-
!scope="row"| [[Museum Conservation Institute]]
| [[Conservation and restoration of cultural property|Conservation]]
| [[Suitland, Maryland]]
| 1965
|<ref name="MCI" />
|-
!scope="row"| [[Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute]] (affiliated with the [[National Zoological Park (United States)|National Zoo]])
| [[Veterinary medicine]], [[Reproductive endocrinology and infertility|reproductive physiology]] and [[conservation biology]]
| [[Front Royal, Virginia]]
| 1974
| <ref name="SCBI" />
|-
!scope="row"| [[Smithsonian Environmental Research Center]]
| Coastal [[ecosystem]]s
| [[Edgewater, Maryland]]
| 1965
| <ref name="SERC" />
|-
!scope="row"| [[Smithsonian Libraries and Archives]]
| Science, art, history and culture, and [[museology]] information and reference
| Washington, D.C.
| 1968{{NoteTag|name=Libraries| Year the Smithsonian Institution Libraries came into existence}}<br/>2020{{NoteTag|name=SLA| Year the Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Archives merged}}
| <ref name="SLA" />
|-
!scope="row"| Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce (affiliated with the [[National Museum of Natural History]])
| Floridian marine ecosystems and lifeforms
| [[Fort Pierce, Florida]]
| {{sort|1981|1981<br/>1999{{NoteTag|name=MovedSMS| Year the research center moved to its current location}}}}
| <ref name="Oceans">{{cite web|title=A Timeline of the History of Women in Ocean Science|url=https://ocean.si.edu/human-connections/history-cultures/irrepressible-wave| website= Smithsonian Ocean |publisher= Smithsonian Institution |access-date=December 24, 2022}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute]]
| [[Tropical ecology]] and its interactions with human [[Well-being|welfare]]
| [[Panama]]
| {{sort|1966|1923{{NoteTag|name=BCI| Year Barro Colorado Island was declared a biological reserve}}<br/>1946{{NoteTag|name=BCIAffiliated| Year Barro Colorado Island became affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution}}<br/>1966{{NoteTag|name=Founded| Year the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute was founded}}}}
| <ref name="STRI" />
|}