Philadelphia’s 200-Year-Old Dinosaur Hall to Close
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The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, founded in 1828 and famed for its Dinosaur Hall and T. rex specimen, affiliated with Drexel University, is closing due to falling attendance and rising costs, marking the potential end of a nearly 200-year-old science-museum legacy.
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