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Virginia Museum of Natural History

About Virginia Museum of Natural History

The Virginia Museum of Natural History is the state's natural history museum located in Martinsville, Virginia founded in 1984. The museum has several different award-winning publications, is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution, and has more than 22 million items. This includes the first intact stromatolite head ever found in Virginia, which is one of the largest complete 'heads' in the world, at over 5 feet in diameter and weighing over 2 tons.

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Founded
1984

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  1. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville01MartinsvilleJames St. John · CC BY 2.0
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  3. Thrombolite-stromatolite (1.9 m diameter), Bedford County, Virginia03Thrombolite-stromatolite (1.9 m diameter), Bedford County, VirginiaJames St. John · CC BY 2.0
  4. Thrombolite-stromatolite (1.9 m diameter) VMNH04Thrombolite-stromatolite (1.9 m diameter) VMNHJames St. John · CC BY 2.0
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