Memorial Hall, American Museum of Natural History
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The NY State Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt may look like something from 1900, but was only completed by John Russell Pope in 1936, as an overscaled Beaux-Arts monument inspired by a Roman basilica hall.
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American order columns
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The monumental murals glorify president Roosevelt in a very colorful way.
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The dinosaurs are in
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