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The
mission
of
the
Natural
History
Museum
of
Los
Angeles
is
to
inspire
wonder,
discovery,
and
responsibility
for
our
natural
and
cultural
worlds.
The
Museum
has
three
floors
of
exhibits,
featuring
the
world?s
largest
collection
of
natural
gold
in
the
Hall
of
Gems
and
Minerals,
a
dueling
T.
rex
and
Triceratops
in
the
Dinosaur
Hall,
an
insect
zoo,
Discovery
Center
hands-on
activity
world,
as
well
as
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The
Riverside
Metropolitan
Museum
is
a
center
for
learning
and
a
community
museum
that
collects,
exhibits
and
interprets
cultural
and
natural
history.
The
Museum
collects,
preserves
and
interprets
specimens
that
document
the
natural
setting
of
Riverside
and
the
region
around
it,
and
includes
exhibits
and
education
on
plants,
animals,
people
and
the
geological
setting
for
their
activities.
Nature
Lab
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Working
through
public
education,
research,
and
by
serving
as
a
repository
for
fossils
and
other
natural
history
items,
the
Buena
Vista
Museum
promotes
the
scientific
and
educational
aspects
of
earth
history,
particularly
paleontology,
biology,
geology
and
anthropology.
The
Museum
offers
visitors
exhibits
reflecting
the
extensive
Museum
collections,
including
a
nearly
complete
articulated
skeleton
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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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Located
on
the
campus
of
The
Webb
Schools,
the
Raymond
M.
Alf
Museum
is
the
only
paleontology
museum
in
the
nation
located
on
a
high
school
campus.
The
Museum?s
mission
is
to
serve
Southern
California
as
an
educational
resource,
to
act
as
a
center
of
paleontological
research
for
the
international
scientific
community,
and
to
provide
a
unique
curricular
ingredient
for
The
Webb
Schools.
Home
to
the
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The
San
Bernardino
County
Museum
is
a
regional
museum
with
exhibits
and
collections
in
cultural
and
natural
history.
Special
exhibits,
the
Exploration
Station
live
animal
discovery
center,
extensive
research
collections,
and
public
programs
for
adults,
families,
students,
and
children
are
all
part
of
the
museum
experience.
The
Museum
is
surrounded
by
citrus
groves,
and
orange
blossoms
perfume
the
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The
San
Diego
Natural
History
Museum
traces
its
roots
to
a
group
of
amateur
naturalists,
who
formed
the
San
Diego
Society
of
Natural
History
in
1874.
Today
the
Museum
strives
to
help
visitors
interpret
the
natural
world
through
research,
education
and
exhibits.
Active
research
in
scientific
field
work
and
systematics
has
been
ongoing
since
the
Societies
inception,
and
current
fields
of
interest
include
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The
Denver
Museum
of
Nature
&
Science
is
the
Rocky
Mountain
region?s
leading
resource
for
informal
science
education,
and
has
a
variety
of
exhibitions,
programs,
and
activities
to
help
Museum
visitors
experience
the
natural
wonders
of
Colorado,
Earth,
and
the
universe.
Exhibits
include
Gems
and
Minerals,
Hall
of
Life,
Space
Odyssey,
Prehistoric
Journey,
and
various
wildlife
exhibits.
There
are
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The
Yale
Peabody
Museum
houses
more
than
11
million
specimens
and
objects
in
anthropology,
botany,
zoology,
paleontology,
entomology,
ornithology,
and
historical
scientific
instruments
in
its
collections.
It
is
also
home
to
Rudolph
F.
Zallinger?s
murals
The
Age
of
Reptiles
and
The
Age
of
Mammals.
Permanent
exhibitions
include
the
Hall
of
Minerals,
Earth
and
Space,
the
Peabody
Dioramas,
and
the
Great
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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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