Front view of the National Museum (now the Museum of Natural History), Washington, D.C.

ID: 2711 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Date: c. 1910

This file appears in: National Museum of Natural History: Originally housing the U.S. National Museum, this building became focused exclusively on natural history in 1969.

This file appears in: National Museum of Natural History: Originally housing the U.S. National Museum, this building became focused exclusively on natural history in 1969.

National Museum of Natural History: Originally housing the U.S. National Museum, this building became focused exclusively on natural history in 1969.

By The DC Historic Sites team

The National Museum of Natural History, which opened in 1910 as the United States National Museum, is a large Neoclassical style building located on the National Mall, between Constitution Avenue NW,…