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NMNH's Ocean Planet Exhibit

April 22, 1995

The Ocean Planet exhibition opens at the National Museum of Natural History. The exhibition celebrates the spectacular biological diversity of the oceans and examines the human impact on them. The exhibition will travel nationally through the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service through 1999.

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