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1795 |
Columbian Museum (first) opens. |
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1798 |
Columbian Museum hosts an unusual exhibit. |
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02/28/1804 |
P.H. Woods opens a museum on North Street (then Ann Street). |
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11/27/1806 |
Columbian Museum (second) opens. |
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06/02/1807 |
Columbian Museum (third) opens. |
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1842 |
Boston Museum exhibits “the extraordinary model of the city of Dublin.” |
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1845 |
Great Chinese Museum is established. |
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1862 |
P.T. Barnum’s Museum exhibits a “mammoth hippopotamus” and a “great living roaring” sea lion. |
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06/01/1864 |
Museum of Science, Boston (first) opens. |
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02/04/1870 |
Museum of Fine Arts is incorporated. |
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