Exhibition. Opened October 31, 1986 and closed October 26, 1987. Located on Floor 4 in the Library Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. Ladies in the Field: The Museum's Unsung Explorers featured photographs, diaries, published monographs, and mementos of women who traveled on and contributed to expedition work, including Delia Akeley, Mary Jobe Akeley, Dina Brodsky, Grace Murphy, Sally Clark, and Osa Johnson.
Exhibition. Opened May 16, 1974 and closed August 1974. Located on Floor 2 in the Akeley Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. Lerner Marine Laboratory: Window to the Sea recreated the Museum's research station on the island of Bimini in the Bahamas.
Exhibition. Opened in January 15, 1934 and closed in 1955. Located in Section 10, Floor 1 in the Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History. The Lindbergh Plane featured Tingmissartoq, the Wright-powered Lockheed Sirius seaplane flown by Charles and Anne Lindbergh as well as equipment, items, and maps used on their journeys.
Exhibition. Opened May 10, 1960 and closed January 31, 1961. Located in Section 5, Floor 2 in the Corner Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. Lute, Flute and Drum: Musical Instruments Around the World featured more than 200 instruments from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the South Pacific and was curated by Colin M. Turnball, Assistant Curator of African Ethnology at the Museum with musicologist Theodore Grame.
Exhibition. Opened September 30, 1988 and closed January 1, 1989. Located in Section 3, Floor 3 in Gallery 3 at the American Museum of Natural History. Magnificent Voyagers: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, organized by the Smithsonian Institution and curated at the American Museum of Natural History by Stanley A. Freed of the Department of Anthropology, presented the scientific and maritime accomplishments of the U.S. Exploring Expedition.
Exhibition. Opened on May 15, 1911 and closed on June 16, 1911. Location within American Museum of Natural History, exact gallery unknown. The exhibition of the Metropolitan Sewage Commission was a joint exhibition with the Metropolitan Sewage Commission and the Museum's Department of Public Health. The exhibition, curated by C-E.A. Winslow, illustrated the problems connected with the pollution of New York Harbor and practical methods for the disposal of city wastes.
The Morden-Clark Expedition, funded and planned by William James Morden
and assisted by James L. Clark and a team of local guides, ventured into Central
Asia in search of specimens for the Asian Hall of Mammals. The Expeditoin
resulted in specimens of Ovis Poli sheep, Ibex, and Roe Deer, as well as film
and photographs of the journey and the animals in their natural habitats. The
Expedition set out in early 1926 and returned home in February 1927.
Exhibition. Open in May 1907. Located in the East Mammal Hall at the American Museum of Natural History. Museum Art and Methods featured drawings, paintings, and models created by the Museum scientific staff for public exhibitions and illustrations for the Museum's scientific publications.
Exhibition. Opened July 3, 1959 and closed September 8, 1959, then reinstalled October 1959 and closed May 1960. Located in Section 5, Floor 2 in the Corner Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History from July 3, 1959 to September 8, 1959 and possibly located in Section 13a, Floor 1 at the American Museum of Natural History for the reinstallation. Museum Treasure Hunt consisted of 37 black-and-white photographs with captions, which were chosen to add meaning to a Museum visit by calling attention to exhibits or aspects of exhibits that might have been otherwise overlooked.
Exhibition. Opened July 13, 1965 and closed September 1966. Located in Section 5, Floor 2 in the Corner Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. Natural History Illustrated featured 60 rare books, engravings, paintings, and field notebooks selected from the Museum's collections. It was curated by George Goodwin, the Museum Librarian.
Exhibition. Opened December 12, 1986 and closed August 2, 1987. Located in Section 4, Floor 1 in Gallery 1 at the American Museum of Natural History. On Tap: New York's Water Supply, curated by Sidney Horenstein of the Museum's Department of Invertebrates, examined the past, present, and future of New York's water supply as well as the geological, biological, historical, and engineering aspects of the City's water system.
Exhibition. Opened September 20, 1978 and closed October 15, 1978. Located in Section 1A, Floor 1 in Gallery 77 at the American Museum of Natural History. Papua New Guinea – Then and Now was created to introduce Americans to the culture of Papua New Guinea; accompanying performances from Papua New Guinea groups took place in the Museum Auditorium during the exhibition’s run.
Exhibition. Opened September 30, 1949 and closed October 17, 1949. Located in Section 12, Floor 1 in the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall at the American Museum of Natural History. The Paracas Mummy featured the famous pre-Inca Paracas Mummy as well as clothing and other materials discovered during its unwrapping.
Exhibition. Opened June 19, 1963 and closed January 1964. Located Section 5, Floor 2 in the Corner Gallery of the American Museum of Natural History. Partners in Discovery highlighted 75 years of collaboration between the American Museum of Natural History and the National Geographic Society.
Exhibition. Open in Winter 1923. Located in Section 3, Floor 1 in the Jesup Hall of North American Woods at the American Museum of Natural History. The Louis Pasteur Centenary, curated by George F. Kunz and in cooperation with the New York Mineralogical Club, the New York Academy of Medicine, the New York State Board of Health, and the United States Department of Agriculture, featured photographs, paintings, statues, letters, autographs, and memorabilia, and recreated some of Pasteur's most famous experiments.
Exhibition. Opened October 31, 1980 and closed May 1, 1980. Located in Section 1A, Floor 1 in Gallery 77 at the American Museum of Natural History. Profiles of the Past: Geology of Three Southwest Canyons explored the geologic history of Bryce, Zion, and Grand Canyons, and was curated by Sidney Horenstein, scientific assistant in the Museum's Department of Invertebrates.
The Rainey Asiatic Expedition began in July of 1918 and lasted until the
end of World War I in 1919. It traversed Siberia to the Ural Mountains by
railway. Nominally sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, the
expedition was entirely funded by philanthropist, hunter, explorer and
photographer Paul J. Rainey. Rainey acted as leader and requested Edmund Heller
to join him as scientist and naturalist. (1)
Exhibition. Opened June 6, 1973 and closed December 1973. Located on Floor 1 in Education Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. Roots of Puerto Rico, funded by the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, traced the origins of Puerto Rican culture. It was curated by Program Coordinator Maria Uyehara and Assistant Coordinator Lucille Rios of the Caribbean Studies Program of the Museum's Department of Education and designed by the Department of Exhibition.
Exhibition. Opened July 1, 1993 and closed approximately March 6, 1994. Located in the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Star Trek & Exhibition: A Retrospective of the 60s was a retrospective exhibition on the Star Trek television show, curated by the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution.
Exhibition. Opened January 5, 1955 and closed February 8, 1955. Located in Section 5, Floor 2 in the Corner Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. The Camera at the Museum featured almost one hundred photographs from the Museum's Photographic Division.