Rare Butterfly Exhibit (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1940 October 7 - unknown

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened October 7, 1940. Located in the Grand Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. "Rare Butterfly Exhibit" featured 300 specimens in a colleciton of Morpho butterflies.

Summary

"Rare Butterfly Exhibit" featured 300 specimens in a colleciton of Morpho butterflies. The complete collection contained more than 600 specimens and more than 100 named kinds, was given to the museum by .Frank Johnson, who collected the specimens over a period of 20 years. The collection was on view in the 77th St. lobby of the American Museum of Natural History for several weeks starting on October 7, 1940.

Individuals and institutions involved in the creation of the exhibition: Frank E. Lutz, AMNH Curator of Entomology.

Sources

American Museum of Natural History Press Release, October 7, 1940. Departmental Records,101; American Museum of Natural History Library Archives.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

American Museum of Natural History. Grand Gallery.
Location of exhibition.

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