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Nature 446, 605-606 (5 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/446605a; Published online 4 April 2007
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Abstract
Philadelphia's venerable natural history museum is teetering on the brink of financial disaster. A new president recently took the helm, but can he save one of America's great institutions? Rex Dalton reports.
The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia is best known for its vast natural history collections from some of America's founding pioneers: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. But a visitor today might meet some decidedly less august figures coming through the door: express packages full of snails and slugs, sent to the museum regularly from pest inspectors at US borders.
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