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I love anything behind the scenes! That's why I was so
excited to see pictures of the storage areas in the Smithsonian Museum of
Natural History (NMNH) in Washington, D.C.
The NMNH opened its doors in 1910 with wings added in 1960
and a storage facility in Maryland opened in 1983. To see old pictures of the
museum click here.
 
There are over 126
million items in the growing collection ranging from ancient spear points
to the bones of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Taken together, the NMNH
collections form the largest, most comprehensive natural history collection
in the world. The scientists who work in the labyrinth of hallways, vast
storage rooms, and busy offices meticulously collects and studies the artifacts
looking for details on vital topics, such as evolutionary relationships of
organisms, biodiversity loss and global climate change.
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Re: Behind the Scenes at the Museum
