Exhibition. Opened September 1992 and closed 1994. Located in Gallery 77 at the American Museum of Natural History. "Work In Progress: Drawing Board to Dinosaur" provided a preview of the Museum's new fossil halls.
Exhibition. Opened August 5, 1951 and closed August 19, 1951. Located at the American Museum of Natural History. "Work Of Winners of Army Art Contest" was an exhibition of prize-winning entries in the First Annual Art Contest conducted by the First Army of the United States. Work was submitted and entries were judged in five categories: posters, cartoons, design, paintings, and drawings
Exhibition. Opened in November 21, 2016, and closed August 13, 2017. Located in Gallery 3 at the American Museum of Natural History. "¡Cuba!" was a bilingual exhibit which explored the island's rich biodiversity and culture.
Exhibition. Opened March 21, 2016, and closed January 2, 2017. Located in
Section 20, Floor 4, in the LeFrak Family Gallery at the American Museum of
Natural History. "Dinosaurs Among Us" was an exhibit which examined how
dinosaurs evolved into birds. The exhibit highlighted the unbroken line between
the dinosaurs and modern birds, a link that is marked by shared features
including feathers, wishbones, enlarged brains, and extremely efficient
respiratory systems.
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.
Exhibition. Opened June 8, 1990 and closed January 6, 1991. Located in Section 3, Floor 3 in Gallery 3 at the American Museum of Natural History. African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire, curated by Enid Schildkrout and Curtis A. Keim of the Museum's Department of Anthropology, focused on the art history of the region from the time of the first encounters with Europeans, through the colonial period to the present and drew primarily from material collected on the American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915).
Exhibition. Opened September 26, 1983 and closed October 28, 1983. Located on Floor 4 in the Library Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology featured original copperplates, prints, and volumes of Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology.
Exhibition. Open from 1942-1943. Located on the subway level of the American Museum of Natural History. Animals in War was referred to as an experimental exhibition and included dioramas and paintings.
Exhibition. Opened August 6, 1987 and closed December 13, 1987. Located on Floor 2 in the Akeley Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. Architecture for Dinosaurs: The Building of the American Museum of Natural History, an Arthur Ross Exhibit of the Month, featured hand-colored renderings of facades, photographs, and original architectural plans that documented the growth of the American Museum of Natural History.
Exhibition. Opened October 16, 1984 and closed March 17, 1985. Located in Section 3, Floor 3 in Gallery 3 at the American Museum of Natural History. Asante: Kingdom of Gold, curated by Enid Schildkrout and Malcolm McLeod, featured a collection of about 800 artifacts of the Asante people of Ghana from the British Museum's Museum of Mankind.
Exhibition. Opened March 19, 1947 and closed April 30, 1947. Located in Section 5, Floor 2 in the Corner Gallery at American Museum of Natural History. Atomic Energy featured panels that traced the discovery and development of the science of the atom.
Exhibition. Opened August 3, 1990 and closed April 30, 1991. Located in Section 1A, Floor 1 in Gallery 77 at the American Museum of Natural History. Behind the Scenes allowed visitors to see how exhibits in the Museum are created, preview new halls, and view demonstrations by staff and volunteers.
Exhibition. Opened December 1922 and closed January 1923. Located in Section 3, Floor 1 in the Jesup Hall of North American Woods at the American Museum of Natural History. The Camera Club of New York featured 192 photographs created using different types of printing processes.
Exhibition. Opened May 16, 1969 and closed May 16, 1971. Located in Section 12, Floor 2 in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda of the New York State Roosevelt Memorial at the American Museum of Natural History. Can Man Survive?, which was part of the Museum's centennial celebrations, was an immersive multi-media exhibition with films, slides, soundscapes, artifacts, and three-dimensional displays. It addressed the issue of humans' exploitation of their environment through accelerating technology, growing human population, and pollution. The exhibition was curated by Harry L. Shapiro, Chairman of the Museum's Department of Anthropology, coordinated by Gordon R. Reekie, Chairman of the Museum's Department of Exhibition and Graphic Arts, and produced by Dimensional Communcations, Inc. Music for the exhibition was written by Eric Salzmann.
Exhibition. Opened March 19, 1985 and closed June 16, 1985. Located in Section 4, Floor 1 in Gallery 1 at the American Museum of Natural History. Captured Motion: Skeletal Studies by S. Harmsted Chubb, curated by Marie Lawrence of the Museum's Department of Mammalogy, featured the major works from Chubb's four-decade career at the Museum.
Exhibition. Opened April 23, 1953 and closed May 18, 1953. Located in Section 2, Floor 1 in the Grand Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. Casts of Maya Heads featured two casts of Maya stucco heads that were subsequently installed in the Hall of Mexico and Central America.
Exhibition. Opened November 24, 1959 and closed January 31, 1960. Located in Section 5, Floor 2 in the Corner Gallery of the American Museum of Natural History. Charles Darwin: Evolution of an Evolutionist marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species and followed Darwin through his early life, his life as a naturalist aboard the H.M.S. Beagle, to his later family life and scholarship through photographs, drawings, memorabilia, and textual material. It was curated by Edwin Colbert.
Exhibition. Opened December 15, 1916 and closed January 15, 1917. Located in the West Assembly Hall at the American Museum of Natural History. Charles Robert Knight: Animal Models and Paintings featured Knight's models and paintings of modern animals (1, p. 547).
Exhibition. Opened October 18, 1991 and closed February 23, 1992. Located in Section 3, Floor 3 in Gallery 3 at the American Museum of Natural History. Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlach explored the artwork, rituals, and feast of potlatch ceremonies of the Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) people of the Northwest Coast of North America.
Exhibition. Opened June 16, 1971 and closed September 1971. Located on Floor 2 in the Akeley Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. Chinese Kites featured twenty paper and bamboo kites collected by Bertold Laufer, a member of the Museum's Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1898-1905), and was curated by Walter Fairservis of the Museum's Department of Anthropology.