National Museum of Natural History
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The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. With 4.4 million visitors in 2023, it was the third most-visited museum in the United States.
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Museum of Natural History; NMNH; National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian's NMNH; Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History; U.S. Museum of Natural History; USNM
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Location: 38.8913, -77.0259, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
- List of fishes collected at Panama by Captain John M. Dow, now in the United States National Museum - scientific article published in 1882
- Catalogue of the primary types of Cerylonidae, Endomychidae and Latridiidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, with additional notes and clarification of the status of several types - scientific article published on 11 September 2009, Q1860
- Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 6: Anguilliformes, Saccopharyngiformes, and Notacanthiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) - scientific article published in 1994, Q1860
- Catalogue of the type specimens of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C - scientific article published in 2000, Q1860
- A catalogue of the type-specimens of Recent cephalopods in the National Museum of Natural History - scientific article published in 1978, Q1860
- Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 1: Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) - scientific article, Q1860, 1991
- A Catalogue of the Primary Types of Carabidae (Incl. Cicindelinae) in the Collections of the United States National Museum of Natural History (USNM) (Coleoptera) - , Q1860, 1978
- Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 7: Chaenopsidae, Clinidae, Dactyloscopidae, Labrisomidae, and Tripterygiidae - scientific article published in 1996, Q1860
- The type material of Mantodea (praying mantises) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA - scientific article published on August 13, 2014, Q1860, online
- Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 2: Blenniidae - scientific article published in 1991, Q1860
- Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC - scientific article published in 2004, Q1860, online
- Catalogue of the type specimens of Yponomeutoidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the United States National Museum of Natural History - scientific article published on 6 December 2012, Q1860, online
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| commons | image | Smithsonian-Museum of Natural History (cropped) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Tyrannosaurus rex in the Deep Time exhibit, depicted preying on a Triceratops | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Diplodocus skeleton on display at the Deep Time exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Eremotherium skeleton at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Acrophoca longirostris skeleton at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Megalodon snacking at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Leptodactylus ocellatus skeleton | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Physical Anthropologists with 17 and a half Foot Long Beard | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Henry Draper | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The holotype (USNM PAL 386435) skeleton of Corvus viriosus. | Commons | ||









