Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down

SO YOU KNOW HOW EVERYONE WAS SAYING THE OLD INSTITUTIONS SURVIVE FOREVER LIKE ANCIENT BEASTS IN THE WILD BUT PHILADELPHIA'S STORIED ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES JUST SHUT ITS DOORS THIS VERY WEEK WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SHORT OF REACHING ITS TWO HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY AND THE THING IS EVERYONE BELOVED IT FOR ITS DINOSAURS AND NOW THE CREATURES ARE IN THE DARK AND LOCAL RESIDENTS ALONG WITH POLITICIANS AND ACTUAL SCIENTISTS WERE FIGHTING INTENSELY TO SAVE IT FROM EXTINCTION AND THE REPORT DOES NOT EVEN EXPLAIN WHAT BROUGHT IT DOWN IN THE FIRST PLACE WHICH MEANS THIS MASSIVE PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY JUST VANISHED FROM THE ECOSYSTEM DESPITE EVERYONE TRYING TO RESCUE IT. ANYWAY, ABSOLUTE SCENES.

SO BASICALLY IN PHILADELPHIA THIS ABSOLUTE BEHEMOTH OF A HABITAT CALLED THE STORIED ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES JUST CLOSED DOWN THIS VERY WEEK AND THE THING IS IT MATTERS BECAUSE IT WAS BELOVED FOR ITS DINOSAURS AND IT WAS LITERALLY JUST SHORT OF ITS TWO HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY LIKE AN ANCIENT FOSSIL STOPPING RIGHT BEFORE THE FINISH LINE AND OBSERVE THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND THE SCIENTISTS AND EVEN POLITICIANS PUTTING UP THIS INTENSE DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO SAVE IT WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT STOP IT FROM GOING EXTINCT AND THE ARTICLE DOES NOT EVEN SAY WHY IT HAD TO SHUT ITS DOORS SO NOW THIS ENTIRE LANDMARK IS JUST GONE FROM THE WILDSCAPE. ANYWAY THAT IS THE SHORT VERSION, ASK ME LATER.

Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences has closed down just short of its 200th birthday, despite efforts by residents, politicians, and scientists to save it.

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