American Museum of Natural History Research Library
author: American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History. Lower Hall.; Lower Story
birth: 1877
Historic hall.
The Lower Hall, also known as the Lower Story, was one of the first exhibition halls in the American Museum of Natural History's first building. At the opening of the new building, the Lower Hall contained mammal cases, Economic Department cases, the Jay Collection of Shells, and a group mounted by Professor Ward, of Rochester, consisting of a camel from Armenia, a moose from Nova Scotia, and a wapiti from the Rocky Mountains. (1, p. 57-58)