| SMITHSONIAN | ___ Institution: series of museums and research centres established in Washington D.C. in 1846 (11) |
| ALBERT | Prince Consort of Queen Victoria and organiser with Henry Cole of the 1851 Great Exhibition, after whom an area of museums and cultural sites in London is nicknamed (6) |
| ALDERSHOT | A town in Hampshire, site of a military training centre established in 1854 |
| WICHITA | One bill established in Washington and another US city (7) |
| MOMA | New York City cultural center established in 1929: Abbr. |
| WILKESBOOTH | John --- ---, actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. in 1865 (6,5) |
| ROSWELL | New Mexico location of the International UFO Museum and Research Center |
| MUTATE | Transform third of museum and gallery (6) |
| TREES | Some large plants are in the centre, established there (5) |
| JOHNWILKESBOOTH | Supporter of slavery who assassinated Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., in 1865 (4,6,5) |
| AUGUST | "every american will receive an all-expense trip to washington, d.c. in ___. attendance is mandatory" (mo rocca, on what president obama will do to |
| SCIENCEPARK | Town's area for technology-based industries and research (7,4) |
| ANGLIA | University of East ___, institution founded in 1963 and based in Norwich (6) |
| ECOLABEL | Green flag slippery customer's locked in business and research centre (3-5) |
| AMATI | Family of violin makers from Cremona whose instruments are now mainly in museums and private collections (5) |
| SRC | Sys, and Research Centre |
| ACADEMIA | Collective term for the scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research (8) |
| ETON | Academic site of the Tony Little Centre for Innovation and Research in Learning |
| ORRCA | Organization involved in the rescue and research of cetaceans, monitoring whale populations.(abbvr.) (5) |
| MCLEAN | Suburb of D.C. in Virginia |
