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Museum exhibits -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

A Naturalist and His Artists: Daniel Giraud Elliot exhibition photographic slides, 1973

 Series
Identifier: PSC 103C
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition A Naturalist and His Artists: Daniel Giraud Elliot, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1973-1974. Includes museum vistors looking at displays and reading wall text.

Dates: 1973

Africa: Exploration and Expedition exhibition photographic slides, 1998

 Series
Identifier: PSC 613F
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition, Africa: Exploration and Expedition, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1998, Library Gallery. Includes rare books, artifacts, portraits, and maps as well as items from the Chapin Lang Congo Expedition 1909-1915. Curated by Roscoe Thompson, then Assistant Director of Library Services.

Dates: 1998

African Peoples Hall photographic slide collection, undated

 Series
Identifier: PSC 9
Scope and Contents

American Museum of Natural History Hall of African Peoples.

Dates: undated

African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire exhibition photographic slides, 1990

 Series
Identifier: PSC 103G
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1990-1991. Includes artifacts in display cases and wall graphics.

Dates: 1990

Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals photographic slides, 1949 - 1974

 Series
Identifier: PSC 25
Scope and Contents

Primarily images from the dioramas in the the AMNH Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals with some interior views of the hall. Includes some images of preparator refurbishing Cheetah Group inside the diorama, 1974. Also includes 5 duplicate slides of black and white photographs depicting Carl Akeley in the field, a group photograph and an illustration of the African Mammal Hall.

Dates: 1949 - 1974

Amazon Portrait: Indios e Caboclos exhibition photographic slides, 1993-04-29

 Series
Identifier: PSC 157B
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Amazon Portrait: Indios e Caboclos, held at the American Museum of Natural History. The exhibition displayed 50 photographs capturing the centuries-old lifestyle of the Amazon's Tapirapé Indians, highlighting the work of Charles Wagley.

Dates: 1993-04-29

Amazon Portrait: Indios e Caboclos exhibition photographic slides, 1993

 Series
Identifier: PSC 102G
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Amazon Portrait: Indios e Caboclos, held at the American Museum of Natural History. The exhibition displayed 50 photographs capturing the centuries-old lifestyle of the Amazon's Tapirapé Indians, highlighting the work of Charles Wagley.

Dates: 1993

Amber: Window to the Past photographic slides of exhibition, 1996 - 1997

 Series
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

American Museum of Natural History 50th Anniversary of the Whitney building photographic slides, 1986

 Series
Identifier: PSC 85D
Abstract

Views of the temporary exhibition held for the American Museum of Natural History's 50th anniversary of the Whitney Building. Includes displays with wall texts and exhibit preparation.

Dates: 1986

American Museum of Natural History Bird Halls photographic slides, 1949

 Series
Identifier: PSC 14
Abstract

Slides of the American Museum of Natural History Bird halls including Whitney Hall Birds of Pacific and Conservation Group from the Roosevelt Hall. Images from dioramas. Captions describe bird names and AMNH hall location.

Dates: 1949