Wynne Parry, LiveScience Contributor
Date: 26 October 2012 Time: 09:38 AM ET
NEW YORK — The natural world was a
lifelong passion for U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. At age 8, Roosevelt
started his own collection of natural history specimens, and on his deathbed,
he was writing a book review about pheasants.
Some of the specimens he collected, as
well as other Roosevelt artifacts, remain at the American Museum of Natural
History, an institution with which he had a lifelong association.
The 26th president and his legacy are
memorialized in a number of places throughout the museum. That memory has
received a $40 million restoration, unveiled Thursday (Oct. 25) in a ceremony
featuring city and state officials.
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