The museum was chartered as the state's official natural history museum by the Florida Legislature in 1917. The museum's collections were first used for teaching at Florida Agriculture College in Lake City in the 1800s, and were relocated to the campus of the University of Florida in 1906.
The museum does not charge for admission to most exhibits the exceptions are the Butterfly Rainforest and certain traveling exhibits. Powell Hall's permanent public exhibits focus on the flora, fauna, fossils, and historic peoples of the state of Florida. 100 Places as the Florida Museum of Natural History / Formerly Florida Museum of Natural Sciences. On April 18, 2012, the American Institute of Architects's Florida chapter placed Dickinson Hall on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. The main research facility and former public exhibits building, Dickinson Hall, is located on the east side of campus at the corner of Museum Road and Newell Drive. The main public exhibit facility, Powell Hall and the attached McGuire Center, is located in the Cultural Plaza, which it shares with the Samuel P. Its main facilities are located at 3215 Hull Road on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville. The Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) is Florida's official state-sponsored and chartered natural-history museum.
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