American Museum of Natural History

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Date	1869 - present
Areas Of Involvement	science
Related People	Franz Boas • Margaret Mead • Eugenie Clark • Neil deGrasse Tyson • Roy Chapman Andrews • Carl E. Akeley • Frederic Ward Putnam

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