In Popular Culture
- In Fallout 3, a derelict exhibit at the museum serves as the entrance to Underworld, a civilization established by ghouls.
- In the 2008 film Get Smart, the fictional spy organization CONTROL is located underneath the National Museum of Natural History.
- The giant squid from the National Museum of Natural History inspired the one that comes to life in 20th Century Fox's film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.
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