Video Of The Week - Smithsonian's National Museum Of Natural History Turns 100!
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On March 17th, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History turned 100 years old. Built with an initial budget of a paltry $3.5mm USD, the 4-acre museum was visited by 1,600 people on opening day.
In 2009, it attracted over 7.4 million visitors, surpassing the Air And Space Museum as the most popular museum in the country and the second most-visited museum in the world (after the Louvre in Paris).
To celebrate its centennial year, the museum unveiled a brand new permanent exhibit called Hall of Human Origins, which is dedicated to the discovery and understanding of human origins. The 15,000 sq.ft. hall, houses many interesting exhibits, which include 75 replica skulls and an interactive human family tree that follows 6 million years of evolution!
The video below shows a brief history of the museum through the years.
sources:washingtonpost.com, examiner.com
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35 Comments
- Meover 12 yearsI wish the museum happy birthday
- JJ24over 13 yearsThis is interesting about the muesum turned 100 years old.
- D.Jover 13 yearsbse, this is not boring, it is actually interesting
- Jayover 13 yearsI liked the video and the dinosaur bones.
- personalmost 14 yearsI have been there before , I have a coin from there~not worth money~
- jake$$$$$$$over 14 yearsive been there its pretty cool
- garry modalmost 15 yearsI like the cool dinosaur skull.
- Danalmost 15 yearsCool! I'm intereted in legos!!!^o^~
- sandy about 15 yearsi would like to go there.i like it
- bseabout 15 yearsboring