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The
Smithsonian
National
Museum
of
Natural
History,
located
on
the
National
Mall,
was
opened
in
1910
exclusively
to
house
the
national
collections
and
research
facilities.
Today,
the
Museum
main
building
is
1.5
million
square
feet,
houses
over
1000
employees,
and
has
collections
facilities
and
research
stations
world
wide.
With
a
growing
number
of
interactive
websites,
the
Museum
is
evolving
into
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Although
the
term
"museum"
usually
evokes
a
vision
of
long
halls
lined
with
exhibits,
the
University
of
California
Museum
of
Paleontology
is
more
like
a
library
representing
more
than
a
billion
years
of
life
on
Earth.
It
is
an
active
center
of
research,
housing
one
of
the
nation's
largest
fossil
collections
as
well
as
state-of-the-art
facilities
for
the
study
of
these
fossils.
Research
focuses
on
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