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The Smithsonian's Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland. The Museum Support Center (MSC) is the principal off-site conservation and collections storage facility for the National Museum of Natural History’s irreplaceable national collections. Pods 1, 2 and part of 4 contain more than 15,000 storage cabinets. A portion of Pod 4, referred to as "high bay," houses oversize specimens such as boats, totem poles, fossils and meteorites. (Credit: Smithsonian Newsdesk)
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