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American Museum of Natural History. Hall of South American Peoples.

Exist Dates
approximately 1904 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1904. Located on Floor 3, Section 4 from approximately 1904 to approximately 1930, and Floor 2, Section 8 from 1931 to present. Floor plans in the General Guides indicate that the hall did not move to Floor 2, Section 8 until 1934, however, an updated South American hall opened in 1931, and it is possible the floor plans may not have been updated in the guides. The Hall of South American Peoples at the American Museum of Natural History features exhibits of the pre-Columbian cultures of the Inca, Moche, Chavin, and Chancay as well as the traditional cultures of modern Amazonia (1) The hall was remodeled twice with new openings in 1931 and 1989. Curators for the hall have included Ronald Olson, W.C. Bennett, Junius Bird, Robert Carneiro, and Craig Morris (2, 1970/71 p. 20; 2, 1984/85, p. 4).

American Museum of Natural History. Hall of Vertebrate Origins.

Exist Dates
1996 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened June 1996. Located on Floor 4, Section 1. The Hall of Vertebrate Origins at the American Museum of Natural History presents the 500-million-year evolution of vertebrate animals, those with backbones. Explored here are groups within the vertebrate family that exhibit crucial physical developments, including animals with jaws (gnathostomes), limbs (tetrapods), openings in the palate (sauropsids), openings in front of the eye on the muzzle (archosaurs), and watertight eggs (amniotes) (1). The scientific team of paleontology curators, supervisors, and preparators for the hall installation included Mark Norell, Lowell Dingus, Eugene S. Gaffney, Michael J. Novacek (2, 1995), John G. Maisey, Jeanne Kelly, Phil Fraley, and Steven Warsavage (3, 1995, p. 6-10).

American Museum of Natural History. Hall of the Age of Man.

Exist Dates
1911 - approximately 1965-1966
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened 1911 and closed approximately 1965-1966. Located on Floor 4, Section 2. The Hall of the Age of Man at the American Museum of Natural History exhibited ice age mammals contemporary with early man as well as fossil hominids. The hall featured mural paintings by Charles R. Knight (1, 1918, p. 43). Curators for the hall included William K. Gregory, George Pinkley, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Walter Granger, J. Howard McGregor; and Christine D. Matthew served as research assistant (1, 1938, p. 15; 1, 1918, p. 83).

American Museum of Natural History. Hall of the Natural History of Man.

Exist Dates
approximately 1932-1934 - approximately 1959-1960
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1932-1934 and closed approximately 1959-1960. Located on Floor 3, Section 4. The Hall of the Natural History of Man at the American Museum of Natural History was created under the supervision of the Departments of Comparative Anatomy and Anthropology and covered topics related to physical anthropology. The curators for the hall were Harry L. Shapiro and William K. Gregory. George E. Brewer and Harry C. Raven created exhibits for the hall (1, 1931, p. 46-47; 1, 1932, p. 12).

American Museum of Natural History. Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Minerals.

Exist Dates
1976 May 21 - 2017 October 26
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened May 21, 1976 and closed October 26, 2017. Located on Floor 1, Section 8. The Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Minerals at the American Museum of Natural History exhibited specimens from the Museum's collection of more than 100,000 gems and minerals with its companion hall, the Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems. It opened as part of a three-part exhibition with the Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites and the Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems on May 21, 1976; The new gem and mineral halls directly replaced the old Morgan Memorial Hall of Minerals and Gems. The Guggenheim hall, along with the Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems, emphasize the necessity for people to scale their desire for and use of minerals and other resources to the world's finite supply.

American Museum of Natural History. Horse Under Domestication (Hall)

Exist Dates
1922 - 1952
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1922-1923 and closed approximately 1950-1952. Located on Floor 4, Section 2a. Horse Under Domestication (Hall) at the American Museum of Natural History explored the evolutionary modifications and adaptations of horses due to domestication by man (1, 1922, p. 119). The curator was S.H. Chubb of the Department of Comparative Anatomy, who also mounted many of the skeletons (2, 1925, p. 67).

American Museum of Natural History. Insect Hall.

Exist Dates
1904 - 1971
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1904 and closed approximately 1968-1971. Located on Floor 3, Section 5. The Insect Hall at the American Museum of Natural History, referred to as a “text-book of Entomology” (1, 1939, p. 66), aimed to “convey the truth that insects are not only by far the largest group of animals but that they really live an exceedingly active life” (2, 1929, p. 62). The hall highlighted insects’ relationship to man, with attention paid to damage caused by insects as well as civilization’s reliance on insects’ activities.

American Museum of Natural History. Irma and Paul Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life.

Exist Dates
1933 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened May 2, 1933. Located on Floor 1, Section 10. The Irma and Paul Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History highlights the undersea world and its diverse and complex web of life in an immersive marine-like environment (1, 1933, p. 16; 2). The hall has undergone two major renovations. The first renovation, 1962-1969, completely overhauled the look and feel of the hall, introduced the Museum's world-famous blue whale model, and reopened on February 26, 1969 (1, 1968/69, p. 3). The second renovation, 2002-2003, refurbished the whale and other exhibits, brought them up-to-date with current scientific research, and added audiovisual enhancements, and reopened on May 17, 2003 (1, 2001/03 p. 7). Expeditions that contributed to the hall included the Bahamian Coral Reef Expedition (1923), Phipps Bahamian Expedition (1926), Stoll-McCracken Expedition to the Siberian-Arctic Expedition (1928), Miner-Olsen Expedition to the West Indies (1933), and Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933-1934) (1, 1926, p. 9; 3, 1939, p. 111; 1, 1935, p. 15). The hall's original curators included Roy Chapman Andrews, Roy W. Miner, Bashford Dean, Harold Anthony, Hubert Lyman Clark, Charles Breder, and Dorothy Bliss (1, 1921, p. 29; 1, 1940, p. 11; 1, 1958/59, p. 22; 1, 1927, p. 17). Curators Richard Van Gelder and Charles Breder led the first renovation in 1962-1969 (4, 2000, p. 28-29). The 2002-2003 renovation was conducted by an interdisciplinary team of curators led by Melanie Stiassny, and included Mark Siddall, Paula M. Mikkelsen, Neil H. Landman, and Robert S. Voss. The hall reopened on May 17, 2003 as the Irma and Paul Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life in honor of the renovation's major donors (5, 2001, p. 50; 1, 2001/03 p. 7, 25-26). Original artists included Roy W. Miner, Chris E. Olsen, Bruce C. Brunner, W.H. Southwick, George H. Childs, Hermann O. Mueller, Francis Lee Jaques, and Joseph Guerry (1, 1935, p. 10; 1, 1940, p. 11). Artists and members of the Exhibition Department who worked on the 1962-1969 renovation were Raymond de Lucia, Matthew Kalmenoff, Lyle Barton, and Gordon Reekie (1, 1966/67 p. 72; 6, 2006, p. 169). Artists, project managers, and members of the Exhibition Department who contributed to the 2002-2003 renovation included David Harvey, Melissa Posen, Stephen C. Quinn, Dina Langis, Harriet Urgang, Sean Murtha, Alan Walker, Jack Cesareo, Joyce Cloughy, Tory Ferraro, Nicholas Frankfurt, Aimee Keefer, Karl Matsuda, David Melton, Vivian Stillwell, Mike Tomeo, Laura Friedman, Timothy Nissen, Cleo Villet, Perry Gargano, David Kaplan, Tom Doncourt, David McConack, Richard Weber, Lindsay Foehrenbach, Sarah Chen, Judith Levinson, and Felicity Campbell (6, 2006, p. 29, 169). Major donors have included Arthus Curtiss James, Junius S. Morgan, George S. Bowdoin, and Irma and Paul Milstein (1, 1911, p. 20; 1, 1920, p. 30).

American Museum of Natural History. Jesup Collection of Building Stones.

Exist Dates
1904 - 1904
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Open approximately 1904. Located on Floor 1, Section EC (East Corridor). The Jesup Collection of Building Stones at the American Museum of Natural History exhibited building stones specimens of granite and other crystalline rock, sandstones, limestone, and marble (1, 1904, p. 39). The Museum received the collection in 1886 (1, 1886, p. 12-13), however the Building Stones collection does not reappear as an exhibit until 1913, and was then referred to simply as Building Stones.

American Museum of Natural History. Jesup Hall of North American Woods.

Exist Dates
1882 - 1952
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened 1882 and closed approximately 1950-1952. Located on Floor 1, Section 3. Shortly after Morris K. Jesup became Museum president in 1881, The Jesup Hall of North American Woods was created as a collection, consisting of nearly 500 specimens, as part of the Economic Botany Department. In 1908, the hall became part of a new Department of Forestry. After Jesup's death, Mary Cynthia Dickerson took over the Forestry Department, and in 1909 the collection was rearranged to "bring out more clearly the classification of trees, their relationship and their economic uses" (1, 2012). Robert Marston was curator after Dickerson's retirement in 1919. By the mid-1940s, plans began for new forestry, botany, and landscape halls. The forestry and landscape halls became the Hall of North American Forests and the Felix M. Warburg Hall of New York State Environment (2, 2011; 1, 2012).

American Museum of Natural History. John Burroughs Corridor (Exhibit)

Exist Dates
approximately 1928 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1928. Located on Floor 2 in 1936 and Floor 1, Section WC. The John Burroughs Corridor (Exhibit) at the American Museum of Natural History showcases memorabilia from the life of nature writer John Burroughs, including paintings, photographs, and mementos from his residences of Slabsides, Woodcuck Lodge, and Riverby (1, 1969/70, p. 39; 2). Before 1936, the Burroughs Room exhibited local birds on the west landing of the second floor. Though the John Burroughs exhibit is mentioned in the 1928 and 1936 Annual Reports, exactly where the hall was located is unclear, until it was redesigned and subsequently reopened on April 3, 1970 in its current location (1, 1928 p. 6; 1, 1936, p.14; 1, 1969/70 p. 39).

American Museum of Natural History. John Lindsley Hall of Earth History.

Exist Dates
1969 - 1991
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened January 16, 1969 and closed approximately 1991. Located on Floor 4, Section 2. The John Lindsley Hall of Earth History at the American Museum of Natural History was developed by the Department of Invertebrate Paleontology in collaboration with the departments of Mineralogy, Micropaleontology, and Exhibition to demonstrate the myriad scientific concepts in invertebrate paleontology as fundamentally connected to physical and biological events in Earth’s history. It was one of several halls to open or be updated as part of the centennial program (1, 1972, p. 52; 1, 1963/64, p. 34). Curators included Norman Newell and Roger L. Batten (1, 1967/68, p. 31-32).

American Museum of Natural History. LeFrak Family Gallery.

Exist Dates
1999 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened November 20, 1999. Located on Floor 4, Section 20. The LeFrak Family Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History, the largest space for temporary exhibits in the Museum boasting 6,500- square feet of gallery space. Also referred to as Gallery 4, The LeFrak Family Gallery is part of the C.V. Starr Natural Science Building (1, 2000, p. 27).

American Museum of Natural History. LeFrak Theater Corridor.

Exist Dates
2002 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened May 2002. Located on Floor 1, Section ?. The LeFrak Theater Corridor is first mentioned in the 2001 Annual Report (1, 2001/03, p. 6), although it does not mention an adjoining space for exhibition. The hall is documented on the Museum’s webpages for Past Exhibitions as being host to exhibitions such as Opulent Oceans in 2015 and Natural Histories: 400 Years of Scientific Illustration from the Museum’s Library in 2013, and possibly Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large in 2012, exhibited in the IMAX Corridor, First Floor (2).

American Museum of Natural History. LeFrak Theater.

Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Originally opened to the public as the Museum's Lecture Hall in 1889 and contained 1002 seats (1, 1889-1890, p. 10-11). With the growing popularity of the Museum's public instruction in New York City schools, the Museum established the Department of Public Instruction in 1884 (1, 1884, p. 8) led by Albert S. Bickmore. The development of a lecture hall on site widened its audience to the working classes (1, 1884, p. 9). Over the years it has become a venue for scientific conferences and IMAX films on nature and culture.

American Museum of Natural History. Leonard C. Sanford Hall of North American Birds.

Exist Dates
1902 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened 1902. Located on Floor 3, Section 1. The Leonard C. Sanford Hall of North American Birds at the American Museum of Natural History features dioramas of North American birds in different habitats from the Florida Everglades to Alaskan riverbeds, with forests, prairies, marshes, and deserts among the ecosystems represented (1). Preparation for the hall began in 1899 and was conceived and directed by ornithology curator Frank M. Chapman, who collected most of the specimens and made nearly all of the field studies (2, 1962, p. 31). Other dioramas were added between this time and a major renovation, under the direction of curator Dean Amadon (3, 1973/74, p.21), after which the hall reopened on June 9, 1964 (3, 1963/64, p. 49). Artists for the dioramas included W.B. Cox, Raymond deLucia, H.C. Denslow, Walter Esherich, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Charles J. Hittell, Bruce Horsfall, Francis Lee Jaques, Matthew Kalmenoff, Herbert Lang, J. Hobart Nichols, George Petersen, Stephen C. Quinn, Christopher Ray, Jeness Richardson, Carl Rungius, Fred Scherer, David J. Schwendeman, and Ernest W. Smith (4, 2006, p. 166-167; 2, 1911, p. 57; 2, 1931, p. 89). Museum Trustee Robert D. Sterling and his wife were major donors to the hall (3, 1970/71 p. 3).

American Museum of Natural History. Lincoln Ellsworth (Exhibit)

Exist Dates
1933 - present
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1933/1934. Located on Floor 1, Section EC (East Corridor). The Lincoln Ellsworth (Exhibit) included photographs and objects from the Ellsworth-Amundsen expeditions of 1925 and 1926 and his Arctic and Antarctic explorations; it also included the sledges that Peary and Admundsen used to reach the North and South Poles from 1906 and 1911 respectively (1, 1934, p. 18). Ellsworth funded a recasing and rearrangement of the corridor which had previously displayed Polar maps (2, 1933, p. 6). The exhibit was reinstalled in 1972 featuring a mural by Matthew Kalmenoff (2, 1972/73, p. 31). Currently, the exhibit showcases objects, photographs, and newspapers associated with Lincoln Ellsworth's expeditions to the Arctic with Amundsen in 1925-1926 and Antarctic in 1933-1939 (3).

American Museum of Natural History. Local Birds.

Exist Dates
1894 - 1936
Abstract
Permanent exhibition. Opened 1894 and closed 1936. Located in Section WC, Floor 3 from approximately 1904-1911 and Section WC, Floor 2 approximately 1913-1936. Local Birds exhibited New York City area birds.

American Museum of Natural History. Lower Hall.

Exist Dates
1877 -
Abstract
Historic hall.

American Museum of Natural History. Main Hall.

Exist Dates
1877 -
Abstract
Historic hall.
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