American Museum of Natural History. Jesup Collection of Building Stones.

Exist Dates

1904 - 1904

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Permanent exhibition. Open approximately 1904. Located on Floor 1, Section EC (East Corridor). The Jesup Collection of Building Stones at the American Museum of Natural History exhibited building stones specimens of granite and other crystalline rock, sandstones, limestone, and marble (1, 1904, p. 39). The Museum received the collection in 1886 (1, 1886, p. 12-13), however the Building Stones collection does not reappear as an exhibit until 1913, and was then referred to simply as Building Stones.

Sources

(1) American Museum of Natural History. Annual Reports. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1886.

(2) American Museum of Natural History. General Guide to the Exhibition Halls of the American Museum of Natural History. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1904.

Information for the hall appears in the following Museum publications:

American Museum of Natural History General Guides for year 1904 (page 39)

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

Building Stones (Exhibit)
Jesup Collection of Building Stones were later exhibited as Building Stones (Exhibit)

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