Hi there, welcome to the Barry boys. This is Greg Young, presenting a replay of an

Oldie Bugguri, our history of the American Museum of Natural History. Now we are representing

this show, which we first recorded back in 2010 because the museum is one of several cultural

institutions reopening their doors this month after a long period closed due to the pandemic lockdown.

And over the next few months, we'll be presenting the stories of other cultural institutions,

but you can now visit again. Now for more information on the American Museum of Natural History,

on opening hours and health and safety guidelines, please visit their website

amnh.org. Now because we did record this show so long ago, some of the information is outdated.

For instance, the museum now has 45 exhibition halls and over 34 million specimens

in counting. So we re-edited the show a little bit and stayed tuned until the end,

where I'll have some brand new information to share. Hey, it's the Barry boys.

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Hello and welcome to the Bowery boys. I'm Tom Myers.

And I'm Greg Young. This week's episode, we're going to talk about one of New York's most

treasured public institutions, the American Museum of Natural History that's located on the Upper

West Side right off of Central Park between 77th and 81st Street. But New York Natural History Museum

is one of the world's most renowned has actually been at the heart of all the natural sciences

since its inception in the 1860s. And I would dare to say that in telling the history of the museum,

it's more than just talking about how the structure was built or how the people got together to

pass a charter. But it's also about telling the story of how different collections were even

collected and acquired in the first place. It's a story of exploration and story of science.

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