Would the new Smithsonian museum name then not be 
confused with National Museum of Natural History 
(France)?  If the acronym for the National Museum 
of Natural History (U.S.) is changed to NMNH, it 
is still different that National Museum of 
Natural History (France) MNHN for Muséum national 
d'histoire naturelle.  Confusing at best...

Rich


At 04:57 PM 10/4/2014, you wrote:
>Other nitpickers among us,
>
>I take it, based on Internet propaganda, that 
>the United States National Museum should now be 
>referred to as the National Museum of Natural 
>History. This is "our" division of the 
>Smithsonian Institution in the nation's capital.
>
>For formal taxonomic purposes, does the 
>time-honored acronym, USNM, survive the 
>revisionists', or has it been "emended" to NMNH?
>
>Harry
>
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