Q:The Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History also known affectionately by locals as the whale museum is one of the earliest museums in the state of California. Founded from the Laura Hecox collection in 1905 the museum's collections grew extensively throughout the years acquiring many Native American and archaeological artifacts as well as natural history specimens of the past. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Building