American Museum of Natural History - New York City, NY
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The American Museum of Natural History was established in 1889.
Waymark Code: WMR5PM
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2016
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Wikipedia (
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"The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH), located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, is one of the largest museums in the world. Located in park-like grounds across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 27 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. The museum collections contain over 32 million specimens of plants, humans, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, and human cultural artifacts, of which only a small fraction can be displayed at any given time, and occupies 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m2). The museum has a full-time scientific staff of 225, sponsors over 120 special field expeditions each year, and averages about five million visits annually."
As for the book, Good Reads (
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"Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History
by Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
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Dinosaurs in the Attic is a chronicle of the expeditions, discoveries, and scientists behind the greatest natural history collection every assembled. Written by former Natural History columnist Douglas Preston, who worked at the American Museum of Natural History for seven years, this is a celebration of the best-known and best-loved museum in the United States.
Paperback, 256 pages
Published November 15th 1993 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published 1986)
Original TitleDinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History
ISBN 0312104561 (ISBN13: 9780312104566)
Edition LanguageEnglish"