Carnegie Museum of Natural History
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as CMNH) is a natural history museum in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1896. Housing some 22 million specimens, the museum features one of the finest paleontological collections in the world.
One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh | |
Location of Carnegie Museum in Pennsylvania Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pennsylvania) Carnegie Museum of Natural History (the United States) | |
| Established | 1895 |
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| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°26′37″N 79°57′00″W |
| Type | Natural History |
| Visitors | 300,000 |
| Director | Gretchen Baker |
| Public transit access | 54, 58, 61A, 61B, 61C, 61D, 67, 69 |
| Nearest parking | On site and street |
| Website | carnegiemnh |
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