Jan
07

What did Alexander Graham Bell know about the dead body in the Castle?

In 1903, Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone and a former Smithsonian board member, brought James Smithson’s remains from Italy to Washington, D.C. Today, Smithson, who never set foot in the United States while he was alive, is entombed in a marble crypt in the Smithsonian Castle.

Tales from the crypt 

The Smithsonian asks and answers questions about science, art, history and culture, exciting the learning in everyone, every day. Seriously Amazing.

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Posted: 7 January 2013
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.