100 Years of Wonder: The Story of the American Museum of Natural History (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1969 January 2 - 1969 December 31

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened January 2, 1969 and closed December 31, 1969. Located in Section 5, Floor 2 in the Corner Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. 100 Years of Wonder: The Story of the American Museum of Natural History consisted of antique engravings, historic black and white photographs, and the contents of the Museum's cornerstone, representing a journey through the Museum's 100-year history.

Summary

Part of the Museum's centennial celebrations, 100 Years of Wonder: The Story of the American Museum of Natural History consisted of antique engravings, historic black and white photographs, and the contents of the Museum's cornerstone, representing a journey through the Museum's 100-year history. The exhibition highlighted the different functions of the Museum—research, exhibition, and education—and the development of those functions over time (1, p. 1).

Highlights (1, p. 1-2):

*Historic print of the laying of the cornerstone of the Museum's first building

*Photographs of early expeditions

*Photograph of President Theodore Roosevelt on a camping trip in Yellowstone National Park

*Photograph of Carl Akeley with an African mountain gorilla

*Photograph of Margaret Mead with the people of Manus, New Guinea

*Photograph of Museum artists reproducing Kenyan panorama for backdrop of Klipspringer diorama

*Print of Albert S. Bickmore, one of the Museum's founders, giving a lecture

*Early photograph of the Children's Room, called the Louis Calder Natural Science Center in 1969

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

Sources

American Museum of Natural History. Press Release. "The American Museum of Natural History Reviews Its 100-Year History." January 1969. Departmental Records, DR 101. 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 1969 January 2 – 1969 December 31 (1, p. 1)

Related Resources

American Museum of Natural History. Annual Report. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1968-1969: 38.

American Museum of Natural History. Annual Report. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1969-1970: 39.

American Museum of Natural History photographic drawers
Repository: AMNH Special Collections [Black and white photo prints and contact sheets of exhibition on view]

American Museum of Natural History press releases, 1933-1990s.
"The American Museum of Natural History Reviews Its 100-Year History." January 1969.

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