The
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, located in the
Oakland neighborhood of
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, USA, was founded by the
Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1896. It maintains an international reputation continuing research and is ranked among the top five
natural history museums in the United States and features 20 exhibit halls.
From the discovery of
Diplodocus carnegii to the
skull of
Samson, the most complete
Tyrannosaurus rex skull known to date, and the brand new, yet to be named, species of
oviraptorosaur the Carnegie Museum of Natural History has the third largest, and one of the finest,
dinosaur collections in the world. Other exhibits include the
Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems, the
Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians,
Polar World: Wyckoff Hall of Arctic Life, the
Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt, the
Benedum Hall of Geology and the
Powdermill Nature Reserve, established by the museum in 1956 to serve as a field station for long-term studies of natural populations. The museum also recently discovered the
Fruitafossor windscheffeli.
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