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 will be moving soon into a new and bigger home. 

The museum is currently located in a small building on the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus. At the end of the year, it will close its doors and begin the move to a new $79 million facility that was paid for in part with state funds. 

Don't worry: There will still be dioramas and taxidermy. There will also be something new: a planetarium.

, the museum's Scientific Director and Curator of Plants, about the Bell's future, including the new 

 and the best strategy for moving the museum's beloved dioramas.

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The Bell Museum of Natural History will soon move into a new and bigger home. George Weiblen, one of the museum's curators, shared details on the new facility.

The Bell Museum of Natural History will be moving soon - into a new and bigger home. MPR News host Tom Weber got an update on the museum, including its new biodiversity atlas and its strategy for moving those dioramas, from George Weiblen, the museum's executive director for a few more weeks. 8/22/16

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