This Work Pays Your Community (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1940 May 24, approximately - 1940, approximately

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened approximately May 24, 1940 and closed approximately 1940. Located on Floor 1 in the Whitney Building at the American Museum of Natural History. This Work Pays Your Community highlighted contributions to the Museum by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Summary

This Work Pays Your Community highlighted contributions to the Museum by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Museum documentation on this exhibition is limited to a short press release dated May 24, 1940, which mentions the exhibition as:

"...showing the extremely worthwhile contributions to the American Museum, made by the professional and service personnel of the Works Progress Administration... (1)."

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. May 24, 1940. Departmental Records. DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Library.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

United States. Works Progress Administration.
Institutional partner (1)

Related Resources

American Museum of Natural History press releases, 1933-1990s.
May 24, 1940.

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