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American Museum of Natural History

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Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Jumbo: The World-Famous Elephant exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 157I
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Jumbo: The World-Famous Elephant, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1993. Images of the elephant skeleton displayed in the gallery. Also includes visitors viewing media exhibits.

Dates: 1993 August

Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives photographic slides, circa 1990.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 32
Abstract

Images of fossils and exhibits in the AMNH Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives.

Dates: circa 1990

Materials from "Plates from Audubon Birds of America" exhibition

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn195
Scope and Contents

B/W photographs, copies of copperplate bird images, paper rolls with drawings, "Plates from Audubon birds of America" exhibition display poster.

Dates: undated

William Diller Matthew papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .M338
Dates: 1922-1926; Majority of material found within ( 1925-1926)

Nature of Diamonds exhibition photographic slides, 1997.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 549
Abstract

Views of the temporary exhibition Nature of Diamonds, held at the American Museum of Natural History, held November 1, 1997-April 26, 1998. Images include exhibits, views of diamond in kimberlite, diamonds in matrix, diamond jewelry, diamonds from royalty, and other diamond artifacts and specimens. Also includes Diamondback turtle, rattler, and moth.

Dates: 1997

Palms and Pomegranates: Traditional dress of Saudi Arabia exhibition photographic slides, 1994.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 85C
Abstract

Views of the temporary exhibition Palms and Pomegranates: Traditional dress of Saudi Arabia, held at the American Museum of Natural History, July 28-October 29, 1989. Images of Saudi Arabian clothing ensembles for both men and women displayed against architectural elements and decorative arts objects.

Dates: 1994

Papua New Guinea: Then and Now exhibition photographic slides, circa 1978.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 157H
Abstract

Views of the temporary exhibition Papua New Guinea: Then and Now, held at the American Museum of Natural History. Includes displays and exhibits shown in the gallery.

Dates: circa 1978

Papua New Guinea: Then and Now photographic slides, 1978.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 82F
Abstract

Slides of performances put on for the temporary exhibition Papua New Guinea: Then and Now, held at the American Museum of Natural History. Includes rehearsals, portraits of dancers in traditional village dress and images of wood carvings. Performing groups: the Raun Raun Theatre Company, the Mekeo Dancers and the Asoro Mudmen.

Dates: 1978

Pterosaur exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 103D
Scope and Contents

Views of the Pterosaur model, 51 feet wide by 30 feet long, temporarily exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda, 1975. Includes a teacher with class viewing the model.

Dates: 1975