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Norris Geyser Basin Museum

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Boardwalk leading into Norris Geyser Basin outside the Museum.

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This trail-side museum in Yellowstone National Park was built in 1930 and is a national Historic Landmark. The museum houses exhibits presenting information about the geothermal features in the Porcelain Basin and Back Basin and is staffed by Yellowstone naturalists. It is also the trailhead of the two trail systems serving the basins.

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Longitude: -110.703700000
Latitude: 44.726500000
Elevation: 7573 FT (2308 M)
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