Metropolitan Sewage Commission (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1911 May 15 - 1911 June 16

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened on May 15, 1911 and closed on June 16, 1911. Location within American Museum of Natural History, exact gallery unknown. The exhibition of the Metropolitan Sewage Commission was a joint exhibition with the Metropolitan Sewage Commission and the Museum's Department of Public Health. The exhibition, curated by C-E.A. Winslow, illustrated the problems connected with the pollution of New York Harbor and practical methods for the disposal of city wastes.

Summary

The exhibition of the Metropolitan Sewage Commission was a joint exhibition with the Metropolitan Sewage Commission and the Museum's Department of Public Health. The exhibition, curated by C-E. A. Winslow, illustrated the problems connected with the pollution of New York Harbor and practical methods for the disposal of city wastes (1, p. 63).

The exhibition included models, charts, diagrams, pictures, and equipment used by the Metropolitan Sewage Commission to illustrate the problems connected with the pollution of New York Harbor and practical methods for the disposal of city wastes. President of the Museum, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Dr. G.A. Soper of the Metropolitan Sewage Commission, Dock Commissioner Tompkins, Dr. H.W. Wiley of the United States Bureau of Chemistry, and C-E. A. Winslow made opening addresses on May 15. Special lectures were given to 1,200 New York city high school students on June 16 (1, p. 63; 2, p. 151).

This is a condensed summary of the exhibition. For additional information, see Sources and/or Related Resources.

Sources

(1) American Museum of Natural History. Annual Reports. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1911.

(2) American Museum of Natural History. "Museum News Notes," American Museum Journal, May 1911.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Public Health.
The Department of Public Health and its curator, C-E. A. Winslow collaborated on the exhibit with the Metropolitan Sewage Commission (1, 1911, p. 63).

American Museum of Natural History. Hall of Public Health.
Parts of the exhibit may have been used in the Hall of Public Health, which opened in 1913.

New York (N.Y.). Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
The Department of Public Health and its curator, C-E. A. Winslow collaborated on the exhibit with the Metropolitan Sewage Commission (1, 1911, p. 63).

Winslow, C.-E. A. (Charles-Edward Amory), 1877-1957
Curator of the Department of Public Health, which collaborated on the exhibit with the Metropolitan Sewage Commission (1, 1911, p. 63).

Related Resources

American Museum of Natural History. Annual Report. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1911.
Page 63

American Museum of Natural History Special Collections vertical files
Repository: AMNH Special Collections [American Museum Journal article; photocopy of page from AMNH 1911 Annual Report; opening address "The American Museum and the Public Health" by Henry Fairfield Osborn]

The American Museum journal.
"Museum News Notes," May 1911, p. 151

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