American Museum of Natural History. Siberian Hall

Exist Dates

1903 - 1907

Biographical or Historical Note

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Permanent exhibition. Opened September 1903 and closed approximately 1907. Located on Floor 1, Section 6. The Siberian Hall at the American Museum of Natural History exhibited materials collected during the Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) by Waldemar Jochelson and Waldemar Bogoras (1, 1903, p.21; 2).

The cultures represented in this hall included the Chuckchee (Chukchi), Koryak, Kamchadal (Itelmen), Yukaghir, Tungus (Evenki), and Yakut (Sakha). Exhibits depicting the Ainu and the tribes of the Amur River were displayed in the Eskimo Hall (3, 1904, 49-54). Siberian exhibits were subsequently exhibited in the Chinese and Siberian Collections Hall, and as of 2017, these cultures are represented in the Gardner D. Stout Hall of Asian Peoples.

The hall was often used for temporary exhibits. Starting in November 1905, the hall was used for the American Tuberculosis Exhibition (1, 1905, p.30). During Convocation Week in December 1906, the Siberian Hall, along with the west Indian Hall, were set aside for an exhibition by the New York Academy of Sciences (1, 1906, p. 28). In 1907, the last year that the hall is mentioned in the Annual Reports, the Siberian Hall hosted an exposition of the American Institute of Social Service on devices for preventing accidents and saving lives, and held an exhibition by the International Kindergarten Union (1, 1907, p. 28).

Sources

(1) American Museum of Natural History. Annual Reports. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1903-1907.

(2) American Museum of Natural History Research Library. "Jesup North Pacific Expedition, accessed April 13, 2017, http://library.amnh.org/finding_aids_Jesup/.

(3) 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 Annual Reports for years 1902 (page 19); 1905 (page 30); 1906 (page 28); 1907 (page 28)

American Museum of Natural History General Guide, 1904 (Table of Contents, page 50).

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

Bogoras, Sofia
Member of Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), which collected material for the hall (1, 1903, p.21; 2).

Bogoras, Waldemar 1865-1936
Member of Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), which collected material for the hall (1, 1903, p.21; 2).

Chinese and Siberian Collections (Hall)
associated dates: 1911-1963
Siberian collections later exhibited in Chinese and Siberian Collections

Gardner D. Stout Hall of Asian Peoples
associated dates: 1980-
Siberian collections later exhibited in Hall of Asian Peoples

Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902)
Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), which collected material for the hall (1, 1903, p.21; 2).

Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum) 1830-1908
Funded Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), which collected material for the hall (1, 1903, p.21; 2).

Jochelson, Waldemar 1855-1937
Member of Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), which collected material for the hall (1, 1903, p.21; 2).

Jochelson-Brodsky, Dina
Member of Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), which collected material for the hall (1, 1903, p.21; 2).

Related Resources

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Historic Halls of the American Museum of Natural History
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