The brick and stone facade of the Academy of Natural Sciences on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, behind trees.

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

The Academy of Natural Sciences, founded in 1812 and part of Drexel University since 2011, is the oldest natural science research institution in the Americas. Its museum on Logan Square shows a dinosaur hall with a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, historic wildlife dioramas and a tropical butterfly house.

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