American Museum of Natural History. Chinese and Siberian Collections (Hall)
Living Tribes of Asia
Chinese and Siberian Collections
Chinese Hall
Asiatic Hall
Hall of Asiatic Life
Arts and Industries of China
Hall of Asiatic Peoples
Asiatic Ethnology Hall
Collections from Asia
Hall for Asiatic Ethnology
Asiatic Natives
Asiatic Cultures
Peoples of Asia
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. Chinese and Siberian Collections (Hall)