American Museum of Natural History. Gallery 3.

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1978 May - present

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Permanent exhibition. Opened May 1978. Located on Floor 3, Section 3. Gallery 3 at the American Museum of Natural History is a gallery space for temporary exhibits and was the largest temporary exhibition space until the opening of the LeFrak Family Gallery in 1999 (1, 1977-1978, p. [0], 20; 1978-1979, p. 49; 2000, p. 27).

Sources

    (1) American Museum of Natural History. Annual Reports. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1977/78-2000.
    Information for the hall appears in the following Museum publications:
    Annual Reports 1977 (page 0, 20), 1978 (page 7, 37, 49, 53), 1979 (page 3, 52-53), 1980 (page 47, 49, 53), 1981 (page 48, 51), 1982 (page 51, 55), 1983 (page 56), 1984 (page 1), 1985 (page 0-1, 4, 53, 62), 1986 (page 0, 53, 65), 1987 (page 0, 5, 9, 71), 1988 (page 0, 45), 1989 (page 49, 59, 61), 1990 (page 45-46, 58-60), 1991 (page 71), 1992 (page 69, 73, 75), 1993 (page 9, 72-73, 77), 1998 (page 31), 2000 (page 43), 2001 (page 27, 30), 2006 (page 20, 24), 2007 (page 42, 45, 51), 2009 (page 31), 2010 (page 31)
    American Museum of Natural History Official Guide for years 1993 (page 50), 2001 (page 62)
    American Museum of Natural History Floor Plan, 2015.

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AMNH: Floor 3, Section 3.

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