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Museum of Natural History’s new science and nature centre to open to New York public this spring

Dramatic extension to the 140-year-old building is inspired by the “Manhattanhenge” illusion

Edwin Heathcote
16 February 2023
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Construction of the four-storey high Exploration Atrium, which looks as if it has been hewn from rock. Photo: Timothy Schenck; © American Museum of Natural History