School Loan Exhibition (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1941 August 16 - 1941 August 31

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened August 16, 1941 and closed August 31, 1941. Located in the Education Hall at the American Museum of Natural History. The School Loan Exhibition, arranged by Katharine Beneker of the Museum's Department of Education, intended for teachers, parents, and others interested in education, presented an exhibition of the various objects and collections which school teachers could borrow for use in the classroom.

Summary

The School Loan Exhibition, intended for teachers, parents, and others interested in education, presented an exhibition of the various objects and collections which school teachers could borrow for use in the classroom. Teachers and parents visiting the exhibition could also obtain information regarding the use of the school loan collections from Department of Education staff, including curator Charles Russell (1, p. 1).

Examples of the loan collection on view included all subjects covered by the Museum collections and included forty portable Anthropology dioramas in enclosed carrying cases that lit up when plugged in and had compartments that held supplementary material such as actual tools, implements, and craftwork. Geography was represented by articles made from natural resources of various countries and displayed from the raw material to the finished product, such as cotton, paper, rubber, silk, and wool (1, p. 2).

Other collections included specimens of (1, p. 2):

*Minerals

*Fossils

*Insects

*Plants

*Birds

*Reptiles

*Mammals

*Samples relating to the study of astronomy and meteorology

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. "City Teachers View School Loan Exhibit at American Museum." August 16, 1941. Departmental Records. DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Research Library.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Education.
Related Museum department (1)

American Museum of Natural History. Education Hall.
Location of exhibition 1941 August 16 – 1941 August 31 (1)

Beneker, Katherine
Curator of exhibition; supervised arrangement of the exhibition (1)

New York City Schools
Institutional partner (1)

Russell, Charles
Curator of the Museum's Department of Education, which operated the school loan program (1)

Related Resources

American Museum of Natural History press releases, 1933-1990s.
"City Teachers View School Loan Exhibit at American Museum." August 16, 1941.

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