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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 most extensive paleontological and entomological collections ...
The museum was founded in 1953 with help from local businessman Hugh M. North. [1] It became independent from the college in 1992. In 2014, the museum underwent a renovation before reopening in 2015. [2] [3]
One of the earliest notable events in Pennsylvania paleontology was the October 5th, 1787 presentation by Caspar Wistar and Timothy Matlack of a probable dinosaur metatarsal discovered in Late Cretaceous rocks near Woodbury Creek in New Jersey as "'a large thigh bone'" to the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. [19]
This list of museums in Pennsylvania encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's first natural history museum There are natural history museums in all 50 of the United States and the District of Columbia . The oldest such museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , was founded in 1812.
Fossil (right) of the Early Jurassic dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Anomoepus †Anomoepus †Anomoepus gracillimus †Apatopus †Atreipus †Atreipus milfordensis †Batrachopus †Batrachopus gracilis †Belodon †Belodon priscus †Brachychirotherium †Brontozoum †Brontozoum sillimanium †Calamops – type locality for genus
Official name: Academy of Natural Sciences: Type: City: Designated: May 15, 2013: Location: 302 Market St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.: Marker Text: Founded nearby in 1812, it is the oldest natural science institution in the Americas and a leading resource for the study of life on Earth, with outstanding exhibits and scientific collections.
The Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art was founded by Dr. Isaiah Everhart, a Scranton-area philanthropist and ornithological enthusiast. When the museum opened its doors on May 30, 1908, there were only eight other public museums found in the Commonwealth, none of which were located in Northeastern Pennsylvania.