American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Catalogue of birds in exhibition collection

Collection

Identifier: Archives Orn17

Scope and Contents

Catalogue of birds in the exhibition collection at the American Museum of Natural History. Entries for each bird include museum number, original number, name, sex and age, date, locality, name of collector, name of donor, dimensions, and remarks. The catalogue spans two volumes and was originally begun by Edgar A. Mearns during the period 1883-1884. Information in the volumes spans 1812-1994.

Dates: 1883-1994

Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / Catalogue of birds in exhibition collection

Department of Ornithology exhibits collection

Collection

Identifier: Archives Orn6

Scope and Contents

Files on temporary exhibits, bird halls, bird department specimens in other halls, budgets, documents pertaining to construction and display, meeting notes, and photographs.

Dates: 1940s-1980s, undated

Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / Department of Ornithology exhibits collection

Preparation Molds for Exhibits

Collection

Identifier: Mem 306

Scope and Contents Molds for exhibits were created and used to prepare the models that compose the exhibits of the American Museum of Natural history, approximately from 1889 to the 1990s, first by the science departments and then by the Department of Exhibition and its different iterations. Models were meant to reproduce existing and extinct animal specimens, humans and cultural artifacts, insects and plant life. The types of mold that can be found in this grouping provide insight on the methods employed to...

Dates: Usage: circa 1889-1990s

Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Preparation Molds for Exhibits

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Subject: Birds -- Exhibitions X

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Catalogue of birds in exhibition collection

Department of Ornithology exhibits collection

Preparation Molds for Exhibits

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