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Science museum · Philadelphia, Philadelphia County

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

The arched stone entrance of the Academy of Natural Sciences on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia
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America's oldest natural science research institution, founded in 1812, with dinosaur skeletons, dioramas and a live butterfly room.

The Academy of Natural Sciences building behind spring trees on Logan Square, Philadelphia
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