U.S.’ Oldest Natural History Museum Set to Close This Weekend

By Associated Press

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The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University—the nation’s oldest natural history museum—will close its doors to the public this weekend. For nearly two centuries, the institution has been a beloved Philadelphia landmark that helped spark generations’ interest in natural science with displays of dinosaur skeletal mounts and plant specimens dating to the Lewis and Clark expedition. (AP Video: Tassanee Vejpongsa) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

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