here, theycoming don't just enjoy a modern campus, they get a very authentic look at the narrative -- tacoma, to, our staff recent travel to tacoma, washington, to learn more about its rich history. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. founded in 1846, the smithsonian institution was originally housed in a redstone building on the national mall known as the castle. up next, a behind the en

here, theycoming don't just enjoy a modern campus, they get a very authentic look at the narrative -- tacoma, to, our staff recent travel to tacoma, washington, to learn more about its rich history. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. founded in 1846, the smithsonian institution was originally housed in a redstone building on the national mall known as the castle. up next, a behind the scenes tour of castle spaces not open to the public with steve berry and curator richard stamm. much of mr. berry's latest work took place here. richard stamm is the author of "the castle." the illustrated history of the building. we met our tour guide in the crypt. this is about 40 minutes. >> i am steve berry. i am here with -- richard stamm: richard stamm. steve berry: he has a cool job, he looks after this stuff in the building. this is a really interesting place where it all started. the smithsonian was started by a man named james smithson. he was just a guy who had an interest in science at the time. but he died and he had $500,000 when he died and he left