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  2. Yorkshire Museum - Wikipedia

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    The biology collection contains 200,000 specimens, including both fauna and flora, with the majority of the collection made up of insects. There are two specimens of the extinct great auk, [18] an almost complete skeleton of an extinct moa, passenger pigeons, [19] and a large collection of Quaternary (c.125,000 years ago) specimens from the Yorkshire region including the remains of elephants ...

  3. List of exhibitions at York Art Gallery - Wikipedia

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    "Truth and Memory: British Art of the First World War" (25 March 2016 – 4 September 2016). An exhibition in collaboration with the Imperial War Museum creating the largest exhibit of First World War art for in a century. "Flesh: Skin and Surface" (23 September 2016 – 19 March 2017). An exhibition on the representation of flesh. [9]

  4. York Museum Gardens - Wikipedia

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    The York Museum Gardens are botanic gardens in the centre of York, England, beside the River Ouse.They cover an area of 10 acres (4.0 ha) of the former grounds of St Mary's Abbey, and were created in the 1830s by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society along with the Yorkshire Museum which they contain.

  5. Museum Street (York) - Wikipedia

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    In 1830, the Yorkshire Museum was opened to the north of the former hospital, and the grounds became the Museum Gardens, with the main access from Back Lendal. In 1846, it was widened with the demolition of the terrace erected in 1782, and around this time, the Museum Chambers concert hall was constructed.

  6. History of York - Wikipedia

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    The Yorkshire Museum was opened in 1830, and the British Association for the Advancement of Science held its first meeting here in 1831. [38] Largely thanks to the efforts of "Railway King" George Hudson, York became a major centre for the railways during the 19th century, a status it maintained well into the 20th century.

  7. List of Friends meeting houses - Wikipedia

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    Salem Friends Meeting House, Salem, Essex County, (relocated to grounds of Peabody Essex Museum) Uxbridge Friends Meeting House, Uxbridge, Worcester County; Michigan Raisin Valley Friends Meetinghouse, Adrian Charter, Lenawee County; New Hampshire Dover Friends Meetinghouse, Dover, Strafford County [9]: 240 New Jersey

  8. National Coal Mining Museum for England - Wikipedia

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    The museum is situated on the A642, in Overton near Middlestown between Wakefield and Huddersfield. It is signposted from the M1 motorway. It can be reached by car or public transport. [11] The museum features regularly on television programmes, especially those with a focus on genealogy and mining culture. [citation needed]

  9. List of museums in Michigan - Wikipedia

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    Southeast Michigan: Museum ship: 180-foot (55 m) seagoing buoy tender USCGC Acacia: Manistee: Manistee: Northern Michigan: Museum ship: USCG seagoing buoy tender: USS LST 393 Veterans Museum: Muskegon: Muskegon: West Michigan: Museum ship: LST-1-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II: USS Silversides ...