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- 1Academy of Natural Sciences closes its doors amid tears and nostalgia●A final day at the Academy of Natural Sciences bring tears, nostalgia and disbelief
Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences has marked its final day of operations, with visitors reporting tears, nostalgia and disbelief as the institution shut down. The Academy, one of the oldest natural history museums in the United States, drew an emotional crowd for its closing day, with longtime patrons reflecting on decades of memories at the landmark science institution.