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One of the largest natural history museums in the world, the American Museum of Natural History occupies a sprawling complex of around 25 connected buildings on the western edge of Central Park. It was chartered in 1869 and first opened to the public in 1871 inside an existing building in the park, before moving to its permanent site; the cornerstone of the current home was laid by President Grant in 1874 and the first section opened in 1877. Generations of additions since have produced a warren...