Thanks to Frank and Holly Hunt

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National Museum of Natural History

Constitution Avenue at 10th Street

Washington, DC 20560

Architects: Hornblower and Marshall Completed in 1911 wings added in 1962 and 1965.

This museum contains one of the world's largest and most valuable scientific collections and is the largest research museum in the United States.  Its exhibits display human cultures, evolution, dinosaurs, fossils, mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles, sea life, insects, plants, meteorites, and rocks and minerals - including a priceless gem collection.