page_title: List of natural history museums in the United States
hierarchical_section_title: List of natural history museums in the United States
caption_attribution_description: English: Academy of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
context_page_description: There are natural history museums in all 50 of the United States and the District of Columbia. The oldest such museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1812.
context_section_description: There are natural history museums in all 50 of the United States and the District of Columbia. The oldest such museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1812.
caption: Academy of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's first natural history museum
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