Colorful Congo Uranium (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1950 December 4 - 1950 December 31

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened December 4, 1950 and closed December 31, 1950. Located in the Grand Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. "Colorful Congo Uranium" featured a collection of uranium ore from the Belgian Congo.

Summary

"Colorful Congo Uranium" featured a collection of uranium ore from the Belgian Congo. Central to the exhibition were the rich uranium ores from the world's richest mine, Shinkolobwe, in the Belgian Congo. They were part of a large collection of Belgian Congo minerals presented to Frederick H. Pough, Museum Curator of Physical Geology and Mineralogy, by the Union Miniere du Haut Katanga. The exhibition was on view in the Seventy-Seventh Street Foyer of the American Museum of Natural History from December 4 through December 31, 1950.

Individuals and institutions involved in the creation of the exhibition: Union Miniere du Haut Katanga; Frederick H. Pough, AMNH Curator of Physical Geology and Minerology.

Sources

American Museum of Natural History Press Release, December 3, 1950. 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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