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Miami Science Museum

Location: Miami, Florida

Region: Southeast

Website: http://www.miamisci.org

Description: The Miami Science Museum, founded in 1949, hosts first-class exhibitions that educate and entertain people of all ages in topics ranging from the environment, sciences and cultural heritage. The Museum holds the distinct honor of housing South Florida's largest natural history collection comprising over 60,000 artifacts and specimens covering zoology, geology, paleontology and anthropology. Additionally, the Museum is in the process of creating a new 250,000 square-foot facility. The new facility will move beyond traditional museum models, combining the best elements of science centers, natural history and cultural heritage museums, nature centers and aquariums to create a unique environment for learning and entertainment.

Profile: The Miami Science Museum opens "Music/Musica," an exhibition which features video loops of the sounds of Latin American music from Smithsonian Folkways and Global Sound on October 22, 2008.

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