The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), located on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, USA, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world. Located in park-like grounds, the Museum comprises 25 interconnected buildings that house 46 permanent exhibition halls, research laboratories, and its renowned library.

The collections contain over 32 million specimens, of which only a small fraction can be displayed at any given time. The Museum has a scientific staff of more than 200, and sponsors over 100 special field expeditions each year.^[1]

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• AMNH American Museum of Natural History main website
• American Museum of Natural History at About.com
• Seminars on Science Online graduate science courses for educators
• OLogy AMNH's site for kids devoted to the various kinds of studies.
• Early history of the AMNH
• AMNH Research department websites
• Museum shop with a wide variety of gifts categorized by kind and price range.
• Library collection is searchable online.
• Anthropology Division online databases.

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