Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. Organizations (hierarchy name)
4. organizations (groups)
5. institutions (organizations)
6. [institutions by activity]
7. museums (institutions)

Anotations

Scope note:

Museums containing collections dealing with the properties of natural objects, plants, or animals, such as preserved specimens of birds, mammals, insects, and plants; rocks, minerals, and fossils. These museums have their origins in the cabinets of curiosities built up by prominent individuals in Europe during the Renaissance and Enlightenment.