The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum

Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down

The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum's dinosaur skeleton exhibits have been popular with generations of children, since they first were exhibited in 1868.

The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum’s dinosaur skeleton exhibits have been popular with generations of children, since they first were exhibited in 1868. Andrew Stelzer for NPR

Andrew Stelzer for NPR

PHILADELPHIA — Every weekend for the past month, the sidewalk in front of the Natural Academy of Sciences has simultaneously felt like a festival, a funeral, and a science fair.

On the Museum’s final Friday, there was a line of attendees waiting to get

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