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Natural History Museums collect, research, exhibit and educate the public about the natural world (animals, plants, geology, paleontology), and sometimes other cultures.


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Frank H. McClung Museum - Homepage for the Frank H. McClung Museum, located on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Chicago Academy of Sciences, The - Founded in 1857, this museum specializes in the ecology and natural history of the Midwest. It is located in the Lincoln Park community.
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National Museum of Natural History - Features exhibits on geology, biology, and natural history, as well as an IMAX theater.
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University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - Museum collections and web resources related to systematics and evolutionary biology, insects, fishes, mollusks, mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians.
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Peabody Museum of Natural History - Information on collections, publications, events, programs, education, and history.
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American Museum of Natural History - Scientific research and education institution, with collections of more than 32 million specimens and artifacts.
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Natural History Museum - Includes details of the permanent exhibitions, special events and education programmes, along with visitors information and online interactive exhibitions.
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Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle - France's National Museum of Natural History, in Paris. Web site is mainly in French, but some information is also in English. (Be sure to click on the giraffe on the home page)
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Harvard Museum of Natural History - The public museum of three institutions at Harvard University: the Botanical Museum, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum.
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (DesertUSA) - Natural history museum near Tucson, Arizona.
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Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville - Zoology and vertebrate paleontology.
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - The third largest natural science and cultural history museum in the country. Located in Exposition Park.
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Oregon Museum of Science and Industry - The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is located in Portland, Oregon.
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Illinois State Museum: Exhibits - Take an Online Tour of our physical exhibits at ISM - Springfield .
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San Diego Natural History Museum - Explores the biodiversity and evolutionary history of Southern California and Baja California with research, education, exhibits, and community involvement.
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The Vermont Whale - University of Vermont exhibit of the bones of a marine whale in the fields of rural Vermont.
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Oakland Museum of California - Presenting the natural science, history and art of the Golden State.
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Pioneer Trails Regional Museum - Specializes in paleontology, Native American history, and prairie history. The PTRM conducts field tours where you can dig for dinosaurs and other fossils in the badlands with the museum's paleontologists.
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Youth Science Institute - Three nature centers in California's Santa Clara County (Silicon Valley) are dedicated to educating in science through experiential learning with classes for schools groups and individuals and exhibits featuring native animals, geology, dinosaurs, birds, insects, and a variety of natural science topics.
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The Manchester Museum - International collection of natural history artifacts. Newly opened aquarium and vivarium. Site of first international Mummy Tissue Bank.
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences - Natural history museum features live animals, dinosaurs, whales, walk-through dioramas, science education and research. Online tour and activities.
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Cable Natural History Museum - Cable, Wisconsin. Natural History of the North Woods region. Museum information, seasonal observation form, Forest Lab Intern Program.
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Swedish Museum of Natural History - Situated in Stockholm, the museum offers public exhibitions, a research department covering biological and geological sciences, extensive collections, and an Omnimax theater and planetarium.
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Canadian Museum of Nature - National natural history collections, scientific research in biodiversity, rare elements, and paleobiology, exhibits and educational activities.
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Dallas Museum of Natural History - Collections-based, research-driven public museum. Membership information, exhibits, merchandise, schedules, educational programs, and volunteer opportunities.
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science - Natural and cultural history exhibits and collections. Also houses an IMAX theatre and the Gates Planetarium. Formerly the Denver Museum of Natural History.
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Natural History Museum of Maastricht - One of Belgium's largest natural history museums, with extensive collections in the geology, palaeontology and flora and fauna of southern Limburg and contiguous areas.
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Tucson. The zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden offers displays of living animals and plants native to the Sonoran Desert. Virtual zoo tour includes animal photos, descriptions, and desert information. Site also has general information, park history, education program summary, conservation information, and an online gift shop.
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Luonnontieteellinen keskusmuseo - Kasvi-, eläin- ja geologian museo Helsingissä.
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Worldwide Museum of Natural History - Online gallery of fossils, butterflies, plant life, gems and minerals, meteorites. Gift shop sells educational materials (books, charts, slides) and museum-quality fossil reproductions.
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Gintaro Galerija Muziejus - Museum of Baltic amber featuring exhibits of jewelry and art. [English and Lithuanian]
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Sternberg Museum of Natural History - Fort Hays University museum.
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Voyage of the Endeavour - Natural history exhibit at the Natural History Museum in London.
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The Anniston Museum Of Natural History - Nationally accredited museum with the purpose of enhancing public knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of living things and their environments. Information about exhibits and opportunities the museum provides.
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National Museum of Natural History, Leiden - Founded in 1820, the museum's collection spans almost two centuries and includes animal specimens, stones, minerals and fossils.
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Museum of Natural History - University of Oregon - Unfolding mysteries about the natural sciences and human cultures past and present. The Museum is the repository for all anthropological artifacts and specimens found on Oregon state lands.
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Mississippi Museum of Natural Science - Focuses on conserving wildlife resources, maintaining biological collections and scientific databases, and providing public exhibits and enjoyable educational experiences.
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Museu Dom Bosco - Collection and location information for the archaeological, mineralogical, and zoological remains of the Bororo, Xavante and Carajá tribes of Brazil. In Portuguese and English.
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The Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks - Offers upcoming events and information about the board and design team. Education, museum's history and membership with press releases.
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Cyprus Museum of Natural History - Museum collection includes the flora, fauna and geology of Cyprus with over 2500 exhibits.
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The Genomic Revolution - An overview of the genomics exhibition presented at the American Museum of Natural History.
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Folkestone Museum - Natural history museum with wide range of displays including archeological, geological and zoological material. Folkestone, Kent.
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Pearls - Exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History. Weaves science, art, literature, history, andjewelry into the story of pearl-forming mollusks.
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The Field Museum - An internationally acclaimed museum and center for education and research in the natural sciences. Founded in 1893, its collection has grown to more than 20 million specimens. Noted strengths include evolutionary biology, paleontology, archaeology and ethnography.
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History - Encourages people of all ages to discover and explore the natural world.
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North American Museum of Ancient Life - Museum in Lehi, Utah that specializes in dinosaurs and ancient life.
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George C. Page Museum - The George C. Page Museum is located at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits, one of the world's most famous fossil localities, recognized for having an unusually diverse assemblage of extinct Ice Age plants and animals. Visitors learn about Los Angeles as it was between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age, when animals such as Saber-Toothed cats and Mammoths roamed the Los Angeles Basin.
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Natural History Museum of Vienna - Includes large photo gallery of exhibits.
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Nature's Powerhouse Museum - Environmental Interpretive Centre located, in Cooktown Botanic Gardens, with displays of paintings by Vera Scarth-Johnson, wildlife exhibitions, Hyperreality Images and a cafe. Queensland, Australia.
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Musée d'histoire naturelle de Fribourg - Le musée présente ses activités, ses expositions, ses collections. Suisse.
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Features exhibits on insects, mammals, botany, dinosaurs and fossils, gems, minerals, geology and several areas of anthropology. Includes hours, admission fees and contact details. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History - Offers a variety of exhibitions, programs and special events all designed to encourage an increased awareness and appreciation of the natural world. Includes events and exhibits calendar, hours and admission rates, employment and volunteer opportunities, directions. Located in Jamestown, New York.
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University of Colorado Museum - Five exhibition halls feature collections representing the disciplines of anthropology, botany, entomology, geology and zoology. Includes special events, educational programs, guided tours, hours, free admission and directions. Located in Boulder.
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The Museum of 10,000 Wonderful Things - Collection features anthropology, botany, zoology and other areas of natural history. Includes details of exhibits and contact information. Located in London, England.
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Royal Ontario Museum - The ROM boasts state-of-the-art galleries and is renowned for loaning artifacts to other museums; aiding visiting scholars; hosting over a hundred thousand young students annually; aiding governmental and legal bodies and other institutions with expert opinion.
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Bedford Museum - Features geology, archaeology, natural and social history of the region. Includes virtual exhibitions, details of exhibitions and events, educational programs, hours, fees and directions. Located in the United Kingdom.
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Latvian Museum Of Natural History - Oldest multidisciplinary museum of natural sciences in the Baltic. Includes photo archives and directions. Located in Riga. [Latvian and English].
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Bishop Museum - Hawaii's museum of natural and cultural history located in Honolulu. Information on current exhibits, what's new, museum departments, and membership.
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Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History - Virtual tour. See and read about dinosaurs, early life, and fossil mammals.
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The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery - Exhibitions include Romans in Scotland during the first century AD, with emphasis on the Antonine Wall frontier.
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Museum für Naturkunde - Das Museum beschreibt seine Entstehung, Konzept, die Sammlungen sowie Forschungsaufgaben. Eine virtuelle Museumstour ermöglicht einen umfassenden Überblick über die Ausstellungen und hebt besonders Sehenswertes hervor.
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Natural History Museum in Santa Maria, California - Features displays of birds and animals from woodlands, the Pacific flyway, coastal sea life, bat barn and fossils. Includes membership details, events, photos, newsletter, teachers' corner, volunteer information, and hours.
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State Darwin Museum - Moscow, Russia natural history museum. Exhibits on zoogeography, development of scientific thought, evolution of species, Darwin history and biodiversity. Details on exhibits, panoramic movie of macro evolution exhibit. Russian/English
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Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum - Carleton University's natural sciences exhibits that emphasize areas currently being studied by students and research faculty.
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Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley - Research institute holding large research and teaching collection of terrestrial vertebrates, including tissue samples for molecular biology research and information about their ecology, evolution and geographic distribution. Research oriented website provides direct access to collections database.
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Museum of World Treasures - Established to foster education and understanding of the creativity, arts, religion and culture from the ancients to the present. Includes details of exhibits, gift shop, hours and admission fees, location and contact information.
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Natural History Museum of Montenegro - Features a history of the facility, details of collections, and projects. [English and Slavic]
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Irvin Goodon International Wildlife Museum - Features full size mounts in dioramas, as well as Turtle Mountain history, and offers educational programs. Includes hours, admission rate, and directions to location in Boissevain, Manitoba.
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