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American Artifacts: U.S. Exploration Expedition

Washington, DC
Saturday, July 9, 2011

Part two of a two-part look at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum's objects collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842. Some forty tons of specimens were the basis for the institution, founded in 1846.

Updated: Monday, July 11, 2011 at 1:26pm (ET)

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