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Museum of Natural Science holds expansion dedication ceremony

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JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -

Leaders of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science showed off their latest expansion Monday.

Senator Thad Cochran joined the museum to dedicate and tour the Mississippi Center for Conservation and Biodiversity.

Before the expansion, many of the collections were near storage capacity.

The museum houses more than one million scientific specimens.

The 19,000 square foot addition will provide space for biologists to continue documenting and researching Mississippi's biological resources.

"This is why we're really here, is to study Mississippi and to find out what's going on in our natural world," said Libby Hartfield, Director of Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. "And then we share that with the world, with our visitors in our exhibits and education programs."

Researchers say the new facility, along with the museum's re-accreditation which was also announced Monday, reaffirms its reputation in the state and the country.

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