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Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down

Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down
NPR News Saturday 03 October 2026, 11:00 UTC By Andrew Stelzer 1 min read
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Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it.(Image credit: Andrew Stelzer for NPR)

Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it.

(Image credit: Andrew Stelzer for NPR)

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