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National Museum of Natural History
natural history museum in Washington, D.C.
Details
- Instance of
- natural history museum
- Inception
- 17 March 1910, 1910, 1957
- Part of
- Smithsonian Institution
- Has parts
- National Anthropological Archives, Human Studies Film Archives, Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
- Location
- National Mall
- Located in
- Washington, D.C.
- Country
- United States
- Operator
- Smithsonian Institution
- architectural style
- Beaux-Arts
- category for the exterior of the item
- Category:Exterior of the National Museum of Natural History, United States
- category for the interior of the item
- Category:Interior of the National Museum of Natural History, United States
- child organization or unit
- National Museum of Natural History Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History - Paleobiology Department, National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Department, National Museum of Natural History - Mineral Sciences Department, National Museum of Natural History - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division, National Museum of Natural History - Education & Outreach, National Museum of Natural History - Vertebrate Zoology - Herpetology Division, National Museum of Natural History - Vertebrate Zoology - Birds Division, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Anthropology
- Commons Institution page
- National Museum of Natural History, United States
- date of official opening
- 17 March 1910
- described by source
- Open GLAM Survey, The National Museum of Natural History : 75 years in the Natural History Building
- director / manager
- Kirk R. Johnson, Richard S. Fiske
- entry in abbreviations table
- NMNH
- has characteristic
- tourist attraction
- heritage designation
- District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites
- native label
- National Museum of Natural History
- official name
- National Museum of Natural History
- parent organization or unit
- Smithsonian Institution
- postal code
- 20560
- replaces
- United States National Museum
- social media followers
- 248624, 241039, 13000, 253478, 255553, 20900, 23900, 26300, 29000
- street address
- 10th St & Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20560
- visitors per year
- 6900000
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