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1. Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. <br> 5.8 million
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1. Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
5.8 million

The National Mall’s Museum of Natural History is “dedicated to understanding the natural world and our place in it.” In 2006, hordes of others shared that dedication: 5.8 million visitors came to gaze at the museum’s more than 125 million natural science specimens and cultural artifacts, from insects to dinosaurs to photographs of Canela Indian body adornment.

(source: News Desk)For more information: Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History

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