Smithsonian Institution Published July 2, 2015 at 3000 × 1144 in 2015 Smithsonian Staff Picnic Staff lined up to spell out Smithsonian with a half-sunburst pattern at the 2015 picnic, June 30. (Composite panoramic photograph by Dane Penland) Staff lined up to spell out Smithsonian with a half-sunburst pattern at the 2015 picnic, June 30. (Composite panoramic photograph by Dane Penland)