The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Library consists of the main location (on the 1st floor and basement of the NMNH’s East Court) and 11 specialized collections throughout the NMNH building. These collections are in the NMNH Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology, Vertebrate Zoology, Mineral Sciences, and Paleobiology departments. The NMNH Main Library and its satellite locations all have strong collections of 19th- and 20th-century literature (thanks in part to the gifts of early Smithsonian curators). Pre-1840 titles are accessible in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, part of the Special Collections Department, SIL.
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