Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as CMNH) is a natural history museum in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1896. Housing some 22 million specimens, the museum features one of the finest paleontological and entomological collections in the world.
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Established | 1895 |
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Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates | 40°26′37″N 79°57′00″W |
Type | Natural History |
Visitors | 300,000 |
Director | Gretchen Baker |
Public transit access | 54, 58, 61A, 61B, 61C, 61D, 67, 69 |
Nearest parking | On site and street |
Website | carnegiemnh |
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