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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

environmental research and educational facility operated by the Smithsonian Institution
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Summary

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center is a museum[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Anne Arundel County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: research institute[5], school[6]
  • Location: Edgewater[7]
  • Part of: Smithsonian Institution[8]
  • Inception: 1964[9]
  • Parent organization or unit: Smithsonian Institution[10]
  • Official website: https://serc.si.edu/[11]
  • Director / manager: Anson H. Hines[12]
  • Replaces: Smithsonian Radiation Biology Lab[13]
  • Official name: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names[15]
  • Street address: 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028[16]
  • Social media followers: 9959[17], 10,968[18], 11,224[19]

Related Entities

research institute Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Radiation Biology Lab United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . si.edu. si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . serc.si.edu. serc.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . serc.si.edu. Retrieved . serc.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 3h ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United States
    Street address → {'lang': 'en', 'text': '647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, M
    Openalex id → I52218309
    Open funder registry funder id → 100009199
    + 66 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ On focus list of wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791918931218"
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