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At the popular "Brontosaurus Hall" at the American Museum of Natural History, a young girl sits in preserved footprints of a dinosaur. Note: this image has been croppedS

The American Museum of Natural History became famous, and then eventually infamous, for its gallery design combining natural history and anthropology. Rooms and carefully crafted dioramas showed taxidermied animals in their native habitats; so too…

Publicity photo shows a child pointing at the skeleton of a brontosaurus. Visible in the background is a painted diorama to enhance the scene.