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American Museum of Natural History. Bashford Dean Hall of Fossil Fishes.

Exist Dates
1929 - 1952
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened June 10, 1929 and closed approximately 1950-1952. Located on Floor 4, Section 5. The Bashford Dean Hall of Fossil Fishes at the American Museum of Natural History was located in the tower room adjoining the Hall of Fossil Reptiles. Curators included Bashford Dean and William K. Gregory (1, 1929, p. 20; 1, 1936 p. 11-12).

American Museum of Natural History. Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals.

Exist Dates
1942 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened April 8, 1942. Located on Floor 1, Section 13. The Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History features habitat dioramas of mammal species with each diorama depicting a particular time of year and day in specific North American locations (1, 1967). The hall was completed in 1954, 12 years following its opening in 1942. Additional dioramas of smaller species of North American Mammals can be found in the adjacent Hall of Small Mammals. The hall underwent one refurbishment in the 1980s (2, 1981/82, p. 48; 2, 1984/85, p. 52) and a major restoration in 2012 along with the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall (3). More than 25 Museum expeditions contributed to the hall, including the James Perry Wilson Expedition to Wyoming (1938) (4, 2001, p. 26). The original curator for the hall was Harold Anthony; artists for the dioramas included George Adams, Belmore Browne, James L. Clark, Albert E. Butler, James Carmel, Gardell Christensen, Raymond deLucia, Joseph Guerry, George Frederick Mason, George Petersen, Robert Rockwell, Carl Rungius, Charles Tornell, James Perry Wilson, and Paul M. Wright. Major donors and expedition financiers included Harold Clark, Harry P. Davison, Wilton Lloyd Smith, Robert McConnell, Richard K. Mellon, Harvey S. Mudd, and Beverly R. Robinson (6; 7, 2006, p. 167-168) .

American Museum of Natural History. Bird Art Gallery.

Exist Dates
1939 - 1953
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened June 6, 1939 and closed approximately 1949-1953. Located on Floor 4, Section 19. The Bird Art Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History exhibited paintings of birds. It was part of three halls in the Whitney Wing, which formally opened to the public on June 6, 1939 and included the Sanford Memorial Hall of the Biology of Birds and the Whitney Memorial Hall of Oceanic Birds (1, 1939, p. 8).

American Museum of Natural History. Building 1.

Exist Dates
1870 - present
Abstract
Building 1 of the American Museum of the Natural History was built from 1874-1877. (1, p. 19) The cornerstone for the Museum's first building at 77th Street is laid by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. Opened with U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes presiding at a public ceremony on December 22, 1877.

American Museum of Natural History. Building Stones (Exhibit)

Exist Dates
1913 - 1937
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1913 and closed 1937. Located on Floor 1, Section NC (North Corridor). The Building Stones (Exhibit) at the American Museum of Natural History exhibited building stones of marble, sandstone, limestone, dolomite, quartzite, slate, granite, diabase, soapstone. Other exhibits illustrated the products derived from coal; minerals and ores from Broken Hill, Australia; a collection of gypsum; typical American and Manhattan Island rocks, local peat; and a varied assortment of marbles from Italy, Alaska, Canada, and the United States with large representations from New York and Vermont. The hall also included a large number of specimens representing various phases of general geology (1, 1935, p. 40-41). The Museum received the collection of building stones in 1886 (2, 1886, p. 12-13), which was previously displayed as the Jesup Collection of Building Stones in the east corridor of the first floor circa 1904 (GG 1904 p. 39). Sharing space with the Eskimo collection and meteorites on the first floor, the collection of building stones became part of the Hall of Petrology in 1937 (2, 1937, p.12).

American Museum of Natural History. Chinese and Siberian Collections (Hall)

Exist Dates
1911 - 1963
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1911 and closed approximately 1962-1963. Located on Floor 3, Section 6. The first documentation of the Chinese and Siberian Collections at the American Museum of Natural History is in the 1911 General Guide (1, 1911, p. 69) and the last is in the 1962 or 1963 General Guide (1, 1962, p. 10, 13, 32). The hall, originally curated by Berthold Laufer with financial support from Jacob H. Schiff and other members of the East Asiatic Committee, (2, 1913, p. 67) featured Asian ethnology collections and was arranged geographically. The hall was regularly updated and went through rearrangements in 1917 and in the late 1930’s (2, 1917, p. 46; 2, 1937, p. 18). The Drummond Collection of Jade, related in theme to the Chinese and Siberian Collections, was exhibited in the tower off the South Sea Island Hall (1, 1943, p. 162).

American Museum of Natural History. Collections from the Philippine Islands.

Exist Dates
1909 - 1961
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened 1909 and closed between 1958-1961. Located on Floor 4, Section 8. The Collections from the Philippine Islands at the American Museum of Natural History was an ethnology hall installed in the newly built West Wing in 1909-1910. (1, 1910, p. 16) It was mainly devoted to the Philippines, but also housed collections from Malaysia and Java (2, 1911, p. 93; 2, 1920, p. 122). The collection was reinstalled in 1918 by A.L. Kroeber, L.R. Sullivan, and William A. Sabine (1, 1918, p. 86). The last documentation of this hall is in the 1958 General Guide (5, 1958, p. 199).

American Museum of Natural History. Corner Gallery.

Exist Dates
1946 - 1976
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened 1946-1947 and closed approximately 1976. Located on Floor 2, Section 5 from 1946 to 1973-1974 and on Floor 4 from 1973-1974 to approximately 1976. The Corner Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History was a space for temporary exhibits. It originally shared a space with the North Asiatic Mammal Hall on the second floor, where space was available in an unused section (1, 1947, p. 113). The Corner Gallery was remodeled in 1971 as a slide projection theater, then relocated to the fourth floor in 1973-1974 (2, 1971-1972, p. 37-37; 1973-1974, p. 32). The latest documentation of the Corner Gallery is a Museum press release from May 1976 (3, 1976).

American Museum of Natural History. Darwin Hall.

Exist Dates
1904 - 1952
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1904 and closed approximately 1950-1952. Located on Floor 1, Section 5. The Darwin Hall at the American Museum of Natural History was primarily devoted to invertebrate zoology, relationships between various groups of animals, and the evolution of life. On February 12, 1909, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of the Species, the hall was rededicated by the Trustees as the Darwin Hall of Invertebrate Zoology (1, 1906, p. 26). Curators and artists for the Darwin Hall included Roy W. Miner, Henry Edward Crampton, George H. Childs, B.E. Dahlgren, Show Shimotori, Chris E. Olson, Herman O. Mueller, Ignaz Matausuch, Worthington H. Southwick, L.W. Williams, and Janet Smedley (1, 1906, p. 22; 1, 1913, p. 63; 1, 1917, p. 70; 1, 1920, p. 75; 1, 1929, p. 60; 1, 1936, p. 9).

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Astrophysics

Exist Dates
1999 -
Abstract
The Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History was established in 1999 and took the place of the Department of Astronomy. Along with the Department of Earth and Planetary Science, it makes up the Division of Physical Sciences. This record pertains to the current Department of Astrophysics beginning in 1999.

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Herpetology

Exist Dates
1909- - present
Abstract
The early history of the Department of Herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History can be traced back to 1870, with the museum’s acquisition of Alexander Philipp Maximilian’s vertebrate collection. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, care of the herpetological collection was shifted between various zoological departments, until in 1909 a Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology was formalized. Herpetology was first established as a separate department in 1920, but in the years since has been combined in certain periods with experimental biology (as the Department of Herpetology and Experimental Biology from 1928 to 1934), with fossil reptiles (as the Department of Amphibians and Reptiles from 1942 to 1944), and again with ichthyology (as the Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology from 1987 to 1997).

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ichthyology

Exist Dates
1909 - present
Abstract
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries at the American Museum of Natural History, the limited ichthyology collections were shifted between various broad zoological departments. It was not until 1909 that a Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology was formalized, and a further 11 years until an independent Department of Ichthyology was established in 1920. In the years since, Ichthyology has been combined in certain periods with other zoological disciplines and adopted different departmental names, including the Department of Living and Extinct Fishes (1930-1942), the Department of Fishes (1942-1944), the Department of Fishes and Aquatic Biology (1944-1960) and again the Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology (1987-1997).

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Library Services.

Exist Dates
1869 - present
Abstract
The Library of the American Museum of Natural History was established in 1869 with the founding of the museum. Since that time, it has grown into one of the largest natural history libraries in the world, with topics spanning the full range of all the natural sciences except botany. It also includes the Perkin Astronomy Collection, which was transferred from the Hayden Planetarium in 1997. The Library's mission is to foster intellectual growth and support the research, teaching, and educational activities of the Museum. The Library fulfills its mission by acquiring, organizing, preserving and making available collections of scholarly materials in all formats to Museum staff, students, the wider scientific community and the general public. The Library's holdings are comprised of a research collection, special collections and digital collections. (source: American Museum of Natural History Jesup Society newsletter, Spring 2014, Volume 9 Issue 3 and AMNH website, accessed October 11, 2017)

American Museum of Natural History. Eskimo Hall.

Exist Dates
1896 - 1999
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened 1896 and closed 1999. Located on Floor 1, Section NC as the north corridor of the Hall of Northwest Coast Indians from 1896-1916 and on Floor 1, Section 7a from 1916 to 1999 (1, 1998; 1, 1999). The Eskimo Hall at the American Museum of Natural History highlighted traditional Eskimo (Inuit) cultures in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Alaska, Canada, and Greenland and their ability to survive and thrive in the harshest environments (2, 1972, p. 137; 3, 1984, p. 42). When the Eskimo Hall was exhibited at the rear of the Hall of Northwest Coast Indians, it featured murals by Frank Wilbert Stokes which were financially supported by Arthur Curtiss James (4, 1906, p. 19). Material for the hall was contributed by the Stefansson-Anderson and Crocker Land Expeditions (4, 1919, p. 99). Expedition members of the Crocker Land Expedition included Robert Peary, George Comer, and Donald MacMillan (5, 1919 p. 15). As part of the Museum's ten-year exhibition expansion program, the hall was redeveloped by curator Stanley Freed and reopened on March 5, 1965 (2, 1964-1965, p. 28-29).

American Museum of Natural History. Evelyn Miles Keller Memorial Exhibit.

Exist Dates
1964 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened March 24, 1964. Located on Floor 1, Section WC. The Evelyn Miles Keller Memorial Exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History was a gift of Dr. Franklin J. Keller and consists of 200 shells collected by his wife, Evelyn Miles Keller (1, 1976). The shell exhibition shares the same corridor as Mollusks of New York State. Exhibition preparation was supervised by William K. Emerson and William E. Old, Jr of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology (2, 1963-1964, p. 39).

American Museum of Natural History. Felix M. Warburg Memorial Hall of New York State Environment.

Exist Dates
1951 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened 1951. Located on the First Floor, Section 3. Planning and construction began in 1948 along with the Hall of North American Forests and a planned but never completed Botany Hall (1, 1948-1949, p. 10). The Felix M. Warburg Memorial Hall of New York State Environment at the American Museum of Natural History covers humans’ relationship to nature, using nearby Dutchess County as a study. The hall was dedicated in memory of Trustee Frederick “Felix” Warburg (1, 1949-1950, p. 5). Farida A. Wiley of the Department of Public Instruction was consulted on the hall’s development (1, 1955-1956, p. 27).

American Museum of Natural History. Fishes (Exhibit)

Exist Dates
1926 - 1926
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Open approximately 1926. Located on Floor 1, Section CCP (Corridor of Central Pavilion). Fishes (Exhibit) at the American Museum of Natural History contained exhibits on or of paddlefish, sharks, ocean sunfish, and luminous fishes of the sea (1, 1926, p. 37).

American Museum of Natural History. Fossil Fish Hall.

Exist Dates
approximately 1909 - approximately 1928
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1909 and closed approximately 1928. Located Floor 4, Section 5. The Fossil Fish Hall at the American Museum of Natural History was located in the tower room adjoining the Hall of Fossil Reptiles. The curator for the hall was Bashford Dean (1, 1928, p. 46).

American Museum of Natural History. Gallery 1.

Exist Dates
1983 - 1989
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened April 1983 and closed approximately 1988-1989. Located on Floor 1, Section 4. Gallery 1 at the American Museum of Natural History was a space for temporary exhibits. It closed to accommodate the expansion of the Hall of Human Biology and Evolution (1, 1983-1984, p. [0]; 1, 1988-1989, p. 45).

American Museum of Natural History. Gallery 3.

Exist Dates
1978 May - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened May 1978. Located on Floor 3, Section 3. Gallery 3 at the American Museum of Natural History is a gallery space for temporary exhibits and was the largest temporary exhibition space until the opening of the LeFrak Family Gallery in 1999 (1, 1977-1978, p. [0], 20; 1978-1979, p. 49; 2000, p. 27).
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