Carnegie Museum of Natural History

About Carnegie Museum of Natural History

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as CMNH or CM) 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 extensive paleontological and entomological collections.

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Founded
1896
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