Source: Sikh American Legal Defence & Education Fund (SALDEF)

http://www.saldef.org/default.aspx?zone=article.view&a=1233&z=4

On October 9, 2005 the Sikh American Legal Defence & Education Fund (SALDEF) reported, "In an effort to create better understanding, the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C, has developed an exhibit examining Sikh culture. The museum on the National Mall is visited each year by about 5 million visitors, making it the most visited natural-history museum in the world. Paul Taylor, the director of the museum's Asian cultural history program, began looking at the idea of putting together the exhibit in 2000 and saw it through to its completion in 2004. The gallery contains about 100 Sikh artifacts, beginning with items from the 17th century, including paintings, rare books, coins, armory and textiles. Themes include Guru periods (15th through 18th centuries), subsequent Sikh kingdoms, Sikh customs and traditions, religious ceremonies and folk songs."