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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, in Cooperstown, New York, allows visitors the
opportunity to appreciate baseball's history and its significant impact on American culture, and to honor
those who have made important contributions to the sport. Exhibits range from a display of the museum's
collection of 135,000 baseball cards, to tributes to the roles of women and African Americans throughout
the history of baseball, to examinations of ballparks of the past and present.
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