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Amber: Window to the Past photographic slides of exhibition

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 50-51

Scope and Contents

Slides of the temporary exhibit Amber: Window to the Past, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1996-1997. The exhibit displayed a re-creation of a 23 to 30 million-year-old Dominican amber forest. Gallery 3. PSC 50 contains images of the exhibit being constructed and installed. PSC 51 contains images from the finished exhibition.

Dates

  • 1996-1997

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Please contact Special Collections; materials are sometimes restricted.

Extent

1 Linear Foot (2 boxes )

circa 415 Photographic Slides

Language of Materials

English

Condition

condition reviewed 20110826 good

Related Archival Materials

Additional slides for this temporary exhibition can be found in PSC 527.

Creator

Title
Amber: Window to the Past photographic slides of exhibition, 1996-1997.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017). Minimal level collection record created with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Hidden Collections grant, 2010.

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

Contact:
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420