The Camera at the Museum (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1955 January 5 - 1955 February 8

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened January 5, 1955 and closed February 8, 1955. Located in Section 5, Floor 2 in the Corner Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. The Camera at the Museum featured almost one hundred photographs from the Museum's Photographic Division.

Summary

The Camera at the Museum featured almost one hundred photographs from the Museum's Photographic Division chosen from more than 200,000 negatives in the Division's files.

The photographs featured a range of subjects, from specimens in exhibition halls and behind-the-scenes Museum activities, including (1, p. 1-2; 2):

*Artists and craftsmen preparing habitat groups

*Museum research laboratories

*Reconstruction of a giant moa

*Model of a masked dancer from New Guinea

*Blown-glass model of a microscopic marine organism

*Ant colony in the Animal Behavior laboratory

*Studies of baby ostriches, penguins, and hagfish

*Museum preparators cleaning an elephant skin

*Model of a common housefly

*Glasswing butterfly from South America

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

Sources

(1) American Museum of Natural History. Press Release. "Museum's Photo Division Gives First Show of Its Work." January 5, 1955. Departmental Records, DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Library.

(2) Temporary Exhibition, The Camera at the Museum, 1955. Vertical Files. American Museum of Natural History Library.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

American Museum of Natural History. Corner Gallery.
Location of exhibition 1955 January 5 – 1955 February 8 (1, p. 1)

American Museum of Natural History. Division of Photography
Related department (1, p. 1)

Related Resources

American Museum of Natural History press releases, 1933-1990s.
"Museum's Photo Division Gives First Show of Its Work." January 5, 1955.

American Museum of Natural History vertical files
Repository: AMNH Special Collections [Black and white photo prints of exhibition with captions]

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