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Amherst College Museum of Natural History
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Amherst, MA 01002
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Attraction type: Natural history museum
Address: On campus Amherst, MA 01002
Tel: 413-542-2165

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“Small but great museum with world's largest collection of dino footprints”
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4 of 5 stars
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Boston, MA
12 Apr 2008
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Wonderful museum in picturesque Amherst MA. Free admission. "The museum contains three floors of exhibits and over 1700 individual specimens on display. Highlights include: The first (entrance floor) features a variety of displays on vertebrate evolution and extinction, including free standing fossil skeletons of a mammoth, mastodon, dire wolf, saber-toothed cat, Irish Elk and cave bear. Fossils from Amherst College... more

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Amherst College Museum of Natural History Address

On campus, Amherst, MA 01002
Tel: 413-542-2165