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

7h ago•October 3, 2026

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.

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

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