https://www.mallhistory.org/files/original/630f00843c3107769b7b8dd05f2d9cae.jpg a74e8415d7813ec4aabd5ee233ab6fed People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1816 Birthplace Washington, DC Death Date 1838 Occupation Museum administrator Biographical Text The Columbia Institute was a Washington, DC intellectual society. Founded by Dr. Edward Cutbush in 1816, the main goals of the institute were scientific discovery, historical research, and preservation. Members included many notable Washingtonians, such as senator and President of the United States John Quincy Adams, architects William Thornton, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/80">Benjamin Henry Latrobe</a> and <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/108">James Hoban</a>, and journalist Samuel Harrison Smith. Last Name for nav purposes Columbian Institute Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Columbian Institute Description An account of the resource The <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/385">Columbian Institute</a> was a Washington organization dedicated to the promotion of the arts and sciences for the benefit of the nation. In 1820, two years after their official charter was approved by Congress, the Institute was granted five acres of land on the Mall to create a botanic garden, just west of the Capitol grounds. The plans to follow the garden with a museum and library, described in this article, were never realized. The botanic garden was abandoned by the late 1830s as the organization slowly dissolved. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Medical Heritage Library via the Internet Archive. <a href="https://archive.org/details/2548036R.nlm.nih.gov">View original document</a>. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/28/1816 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-1829 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Columbian Institute museums work & play