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Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences closes before its 200th birthday
Original: Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down https://www.npr.org/2026/10/03/nx-s1-5989
The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, one of America's oldest natural history museums, is shutting down just short of its 200th anniversary. The closure of the landmark institution, founded in 1812 and long a center for research and public exhibitions, is drawing attention to the financial and institutional pressures facing historic museums.
Why now: The sudden closure of a nearly 200-year-old scientific landmark raises concerns about museum funding and the fate of its collections.
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- Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down https://www.npr.org/2026/10/03/nx-s1-5989716/philadelphia-academy-natural-sciences-museum-closure # Museums # History # Science · npr_culture@robot.villas · 3
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