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The Natural History Museum (Czech: Přírodovědecké muzeum) is a museum in Prague in the Czech Republic. It is one of the five components of the National Museum and currently consists of eight departments: the Mineralogical and Petrological, Paleontological, Mycological, Botanical, Entomological, Zoological, Anthropological, and the Ringing ...
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The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year.
- 1910; 113 years ago
- at Federal Triangle
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The National Museum houses nearly 14 million items from the areas of natural history, history, arts, music and librarianship, which are located in dozens of museum buildings. The main building of the National Museum was renovated from 2011–2019, and permanent exhibitions began to be opened from Spring 2020.
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- April 15, 1818
The City of Prague aldermen’s committee approved the rules of the permanent committee of the Municipal Museum of Prague on 3 October 1881. In the spring of 1883, the museum opened its collections to the public in a small pavilion near the demolished Poříčí Gate.
In 1992 the historical core of the city covering 866 hectares was listed in the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Register. Prague was one of the nine cities awarded by the European Community the title of European City of Culture for the year 2000.
Apr 16, 2022 · Aimed largely at collecting and displaying a broadly conceived cultural history, the museum produced images of Prague that testified to its historical heritage as an age-old capital city and an intrinsically creative milieu, and thus helped solidify the idea of Prague as central to European culture and history.
Mar 31, 2024 · National Museum of Natural History, American museum of natural history, part of the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Among the highlights of the collection are exhibits on African elephants, dinosaur fossils, and gemstones, featuring the Hope Diamond.
