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American Museum of Natural History. Mammals of the Polar Regions (Hall)

Exist Dates
1911 - 1911
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Open approximately 1911. Located on Floor 2, Section 5. The Mammals of the Polar Regions (Hall) exhibited groups of boreal mammals including fur seals from the Pribilof Islands, Grant's caribou from the Alaskan Peninsula, mountain sheep, polar bears, Roosevelt elk, and Peary musk ox. The polar bear and musk ox specimens were secured by Robert Peary during the Peary Expedition (1, 1911, p. 49-51). By 1913, the space was being used for the preparation of the new Elephant Group and other African mammals, and the polar mammals were moved to the Allen Hall of North American Mammals (2, 1913, p. 55).

American Museum of Natural History. Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples.

Exist Dates
1971 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened May 19, 1971. Located on Floor 3, Section 8. The Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples at the American Museum of Natural History explores the diverse cultures of the South Pacific. Two exhibit cases of indigenous Hawaiian cultural objects displayed in the Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples were covered on January 27, 2024 while the Museum assesses the impact of new federal regulations regarding the display of such cultural artifacts.

American Museum of Natural History. Marine Reptiles (Hall)

Exist Dates
1902 - 1952
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1902 and closed approximately 1950-1952. Located on Floor 4, Section EC from 1902 to approximately 1910, Floor 4, Section WC from approximately 1911 to 1913, Floor 4, Section EC from 1914 to approximately 1924-1925, and Floor 4, Section 12a from approximately 1939 to approximately 1949-1952 (1, 1903; 2, 1911, p. 74; GG 1914 p. 97; 2, 1939 p. 42). The Marine Reptiles (Hall) exhibited fossil marine reptiles such a Mosasaurs, Ichthyosaurs, and Plesiosaurs and was located in different corridor sections of the fourth floor. The exhibit ceases to be mentioned in the General Guides beginning in 1928. The 1931 General Guide states that the Hall of Mongolian Vertebrate will later be focused on marine reptiles, but they are instead installed in another fourth floor corridor in 1939 (2, 1931 p. 111; 1939 p. 42). The exhibit is not mentioned in the Museum General Guides after 1949.

American Museum of Natural History. Maya Sculptures Mexican Textiles (Exhibit)

Exist Dates
1919 - 1925
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1919 and closed approximately 1924-1925. Located on Floor 2, South Corridor. Maya Sculptures Mexican Textiles (Exhibit) at the American Museum of Natural History appears in the General Guides for General Guides for 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923. It exhibited casts of examples of Mayan art and a series of Mexican textiles (1, 1919-1923, p. 41). An illustration titled “Mask Panel Over Doorway at Xkchmook, Yucatan” appeared in the 1919-1923 General Guides. (1, 1919-1923, p. 41).

American Museum of Natural History. Meteorites (Exhibit)

Exist Dates
1931 - 1934
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximate 1931 and closed approximately 1933-1934. Located on Floor 1, Section NC. The Meteorites Exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History presented the general collection of meteorites and shared a corridor with the Eskimo collections and the Building Stones Exhibit. Meteorites exhibited here included individual masses of a stone shower near Holbrook, Arizona in 1912, Ysleta, an iron meteorite; a stone meteorite that fell near Richardton, North Dakota in 1918; stone meteorites that fell near Cumberland Falls, Kentucky in 1919; and a series of polished and large etched slices of iron meteorites, including an entire section of the Mt. Edith, Australia mass (1, 1931, p. 37-38). The larger meteorites, including Willamette and Ahnighito, were exhibited in the Grand Gallery (1, 1931, p. 17). By 1936, the collection of meteorites moved to the Hayden Planetarium (1, 1936, p. 41).

American Museum of Natural History. Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Orientation Center.

Exist Dates
1996 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened June 1996. Located on Floor 4, Section 2. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Orientation Center at the American Museum of Natural History introduces visitors to the key concepts presented in the Museum’s fourth-floor fossil halls, in which more than 600 specimens, of which 85 percent are fossils, are arranged as a giant “family tree” defined by evolutionary relationships. The “trunk” is denoted by a thick black line on the floor, which starts in this hall and continues through the Hall of Vertebrate Origins, the David H. Koch Dinosaur Wing, and the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives. This main line is punctuated by branching points, which represent the evolution of new physical characteristics and direct visitors to alcoves with fossils of closely related animals. This method of grouping organisms, called cladistics, was pioneered with the help of Museum scientists (1). The scientific team of paleontology curators, supervisors, and preparators for the hall installation included Mark Norell, Lowell Dingus, Eugene S. Gaffney, Michael J. Novacek (2, 1995), Jeanne Kelly, Phil Fraley, and Steven Warsavage (3, 1995, p. 6-10).

American Museum of Natural History. Mollusks of New York State (Exhibit)

Exist Dates
1972 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened Fall 1972. Located on Floor 1, Section WC. The Mollusks of New York State at the American Museum of Natural History was planned by William K. Emerson, William E. Old, and Harold S. Feinberg of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology (2, 1971/72, p. 27), and showcases common mollusks of the region (1, 1972, p. 78). It shares a corridor with the Evelyn Miles Keller Memorial Exhibit, which also exhibits mollusks.

American Museum of Natural History. Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems.

Exist Dates
1976 May 21 - 2017 October 26
Abstract
Permanent exhibition Opened May 21, 1976 and closed October 26, 2017. Located in Section 8, Floor 1. The Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems at the American Museum of Natural History exhibited specimens from the Museum's collection of more than 100,000 gems and minerals and along with its companion hall, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Minerals. It opened as part of a three-part exhibition with the Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites and the Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems on May 21, 1976. The new gem and mineral halls directly replaced the old Morgan Memorial Hall of Minerals and Gems.

American Museum of Natural History. Morgan Memorial Hall of Minerals and Gems.

Exist Dates
1890, approximately - 1974, approximately
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1890 and closed approximately 1974. Located Floor 4, Section 2 (mineral collection, Hall No. 404) and Floor 4, Section WC (gem collection, Hall No. 403) from approximately 1901-1911, located on Floor 4, Section 4 (mineral and gem collections) from 1911-1974 (1, 1890, p. 9; 1, 1910, p. 17; 2, 1911, p. 73; 2, 1920, p. 99: 2, 1928, p. 90; 9). The Morgan Memorial Hall of Minerals and Gems at the American Museum of Natural History exhibited the Museum’s collections of minerals and gems.

American Museum of Natural History. New York State Exhibits.

Exist Dates
1936 - 1971
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened 1936 and closed 1971. Located in Sections 12 and 12a, Floor 1 in the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall of the New York State Roosevelt Memorial. The New York State Exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History featured exhibits of New York area birds, minerals, invertebrates, butterflies, moths, and insects, amphibians and reptiles, and mammals.

American Museum of Natural History. North Asiatic Mammals (Hall)

Exist Dates
1939 - approximately 1968-1971
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened 1939 and closed approximately 1968-1971. Located Floor 2, Section 5. North Asiatic Mammals (Hall) at the American Museum of Natural History was created to cover mammals found north of the Himalayas, including Tibet, Afghanistan, Mongolia and Siberia (1, 1939, p. 105) and was a companion hall to the South Asiatic Mammal Hall, now the Hall of Asian Mammals. The hall was on exhibit from 1939, but never completed, and in 1946 it shared a space with the Corner Gallery, which showcased temporary exhibits. The Third (Rainey) Asiatic Expedition (1918-1919), the Morden-Clark Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926) and the Morden-Graves Asiatic Expedition (1929-1930) collected material for the hall. Expedition members included William J. Morden, George Coe Graves, Roy Chapman Andrews, George Goodwin, and James L. Clark, who designed the hall (2, 1924, p. 11; 2, 1926, p. 25; 2, 1929, p. 71; 2, 1931, p. 9-10).

American Museum of Natural History. Northwest Coast Hall.

Exist Dates
1896 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened November 30, 1896. Located on Floor 1, Section 1. The Northwest Coast Hall at the American Museum of Natural History highlights the traditional cultures of Native American and First Nation cultures from present-day Washington State, British Columbia, and Alaska, including the Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka’wakw), Haida, and Tlingit. Curators included Franz Boas, Pliny Goddard, Stanley A. Freed, and Bella Weitzner. Expeditions that contributed to the hall included the Boas Expedition to the Northwest Territories (1894-1895), the Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), financed by Museum President Morris K. Jesup, and the Goddard Expedition to British Columbia and Alaska (1922). Expedition members included George Emmons, Livingston Farrand, Pliny Goddard, George Hunt, D.C.F. Newcombe, Harlan I. Smith, John R. Swanton, Will S. Taylor, and James Teit (1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6, 1896, p. 19-20; 6, 1922 p. 10; 6, 1960/61, p. 25; 1, 1911, p. 23; 7).

American Museum of Natural History. Osprey Group (Exhibit)

Exist Dates
1904 - 1904
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Open approximately 1904. Located on Floor 2, Section EC. The Osprey Group (Exhibit) at the American Museum of Natural History contained birds, nests, and other material obtained from Gardiner's Island, New York, which was home to the largest known colony of ospreys within 100 miles of New York City (1, 1904, p. 21).

American Museum of Natural History. Paul and Irma Milstein Hall of Advanced Mammals.

Exist Dates
1994 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened June 1994. Located on Floor 4, Section 5. The Paul and Irma Milstein Hall of Advanced Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History is one of two halls in the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives, which together tell of the great diversification and sudden extinctions of this group of animals. The roots of the mammalian line reach back almost 300 million years, but the mammals featured in this hall, including both primitive and advanced species, arose after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. (1) Curators who supervised the installation of the new fossil halls include Mark Norell, Lowell Dingus, Eugene S. Gaffney, and Michael J. Novacek. (2, 1995) Supervising preparators include Jeanne Kelly and Phil Fraley. Steven Warsavage supervised the installation. (3, 1995, p. 6-10)

American Museum of Natural History. Pro-Astronomic Hall.

Exist Dates
1925 - 1935
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened 1925 and closed 1934. Located on Floor 1, West Corridor. The Pro-Astronomic Hall at the American Museum of Natural History was a smaller exhibit hall created for astronomy before the completion of a grander, more comprehensive Astronomy Hall, which became the Hayden Planetarium. The Pro-Astronomic Hall exhibited plans for the Planetarium (1, 1925, p. 24) as well as paintings and illustrations of astronomy subjects (1, 1926, p. 39).

American Museum of Natural History. Recent Fishes (Hall)

Exist Dates
1908 - 1925
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1908 and closed approximately 1924-1925. Located Floor 4, Section CCP. Recent Fishes (Hall) at the American Museum of Natural History exhibited specimens and models of living marine and fresh water fishes (1; 2, 1911-1926), many of which were made possible by the Dodge Fund (3, 1912, p. 55-56).

American Museum of Natural History. Sanford Memorial Hall of the Biology of Birds

Exist Dates
1939 - approximately 1993-1997
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened June 6, 1939 and closed approximately 1993-1997. Located on Floor 1, Section 19. The Sanford Memorial Hall of the Biology of Birds at the American Museum of Natural History was part of three ornithological halls in the Whitney Wing along with the Bird Art Gallery and the Whitney Memorial Hall of Oceanic Birds (1, 1939, p. 8-9). In contrast to the more aesthetically striking bird halls with habitat dioramas, the Biology of Birds Hall was intended to be more instructive and explanatory (2, 1953, p. 117). After its official opening, work on the hall continued steadily with W.P.A. assistance (1, 1941, p. 18). The hall was frequently updated throughout its existence.

American Museum of Natural History. Shell Hall

Exist Dates
approximately 1901 - approximately 1924-1925
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1901 and closed approximately 1924-1925. Located on Floor 5, Section 2 from approximately 1901 to approximately 1911, and on Floor 3, Section 8 from approximately 1911 to approximately 1925. The Shell Hall at the American Museum of Natural History was arranged to exhibit mollusks according to Lamarckian classification and curated by Louis Gratacap (1, 1901, p. 30; 2, 1904, p. 5; 2, 1911, p. 7; 1, 1917, p. 61).

American Museum of Natural History. Siberian Hall

Exist Dates
1903 - 1907
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened September 1903 and closed approximately 1907. Located on Floor 1, Section 6. The Siberian Hall at the American Museum of Natural History exhibited materials collected during the Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) by Waldemar Jochelson and Waldemar Bogoras (1, 1903, p.21; 2).

American Museum of Natural History. South Sea Island Hall.

Exist Dates
1910 - approximately 1959-1961
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Located on Floor 4, Section 6. Opened 1910 and closed approximately 1959-1961. The South Sea Islands Hall at the American Museum of Natural History covered the ethnology of the South Pacific including Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. The hall was largely revised in 1914 (1, 1914, p. 74). The Drummond Collection, a gift of Katharine Wyman Drummond Herbert, featuring objects of carved jade and other Asian art, opened in the tower on April 6, 1934. Curators Robert Lowie and Margaret Mead and Museum artists Albert Operti and Sigurd Neandross made contributions to the hall (1, 1912, p. 71; 1, 1932, p. 65; 1, 1934, p. 8).
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