National Museum of Natural History
![View of the main facade from Madison Drive](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Smithsonian-Museum_of_Natural_History_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Opened in 1910, the museum on the National Mall was one of the first Smithsonian buildings constructed exclusively to hold the national collections and research facilities. The main building has an overall area of with of exhibition and public space and houses over 1,000 employees.
The museum's collections contain over 146 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts, the largest natural history collection in the world. It is also home to about 185 professional natural history scientists—the largest group of scientists dedicated to the study of natural and cultural history in the world. Provided by Wikipedia
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