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Article: Diorama diversity.(Museums Today)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the museum has advanced its global mission to explore and interpret human cultures and the natural world through a wide-reaching program of scientific research, education, and exhibitions. The institution houses 46 permanent exhibition halls, state-of-the-art research laboratories, one of the Western Hemisphere's largest natural history libraries, and a permanent collection of more than 30,000,000 specimens and cultural artifacts. With a scientific staff of more than 200, the museum supports research divisions in ...