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American Museum of Natural History. Lincoln Ellsworth (Exhibit); Corridor of Geography; Polar Exhibit
birth: 1933
death: present
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1933/1934. Located on Floor 1, Section EC (East Corridor). The Lincoln Ellsworth (Exhibit) included photographs and objects from the Ellsworth-Amundsen expeditions of 1925 and 1926 and his Arctic and Antarctic explorations; it also included the sledges that Peary and Admundsen used to reach the North and South Poles from 1906 and 1911 respectively (1, 1934, p. 18). Ellsworth funded a recasing and rearrangement of the corridor which had previously displayed Polar maps (2, 1933, p. 6). The exhibit was reinstalled in 1972 featuring a mural by Matthew Kalmenoff (2, 1972/73, p. 31). Currently, the exhibit showcases objects, photographs, and newspapers associated with Lincoln Ellsworth's expeditions to the Arctic with Amundsen in 1925-1926 and Antarctic in 1933-1939 (3).
1933Lincoln Ellsworth funds a redesign of the Polar Maps exhibit, constructing a new exhibit to display his exploration to the Arctic and Antarctic.
1972Reconstruction of exhibit with mural painting by Matthew Kalmenoff.