Inside the largest natural history collection in the world — the 147 million specimens hidden in the Smithsonian

• The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has the largest natural history collection in the world.
• But less than 1% of it's on display. The rest is hidden behind the scenes and used for research.
• We went inside the collections to see how museum staff acquire, maintain, and protect these treasures.

 

 

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