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The Smithsonian also owns about 10,000 patent models.
All of its museums are funded by taxpayer dollars, and entrance is provided free on that basis.
All of its museums are funded by taxpayer dollars, and entrance is provided free on that basis.
The Smithsonian Institution claims a [[copyright]] on its materials, thereby limiting their reuse. This seems contrary to the [[federal]] law prohibiting a copyright in works of the [[federal]] government, but the Smithsonian Institution claims to have an existence separate from the [[government]] and this claim of copyright has not been tested in court.<ref>http://www.si.edu/copyright/</ref>
The Smithsonian Institution claims a [[copyright]] on its materials, thereby limiting their reuse. This seems contrary to the [[federal]] law prohibiting a copyright in works of the [[federal]] government, but the Smithsonian Institution claims to have an existence separate from the [[government]] and this claim of copyright has not been tested in court.<ref>http://www.si.edu/copyright/</ref> The Smithsonian also owns about 10,000 [[patent]] models.
==History==
==History==