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America's 25 Most Visited Museums '09

1. Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
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1. Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

7 million *(tie)

The National Mall’s Museum of Natural History is “dedicated to understanding the natural world and our place in it.” In 2008, 7 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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