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Eugene S. Gaffney Papers
Collection
Identifier: VPA 133
Dates:
1893-2024
Found in:
Vertebrate Paleontology Archives
American Museum of Natural History Hall of North American Forests notebook
Collection
Identifier: DR 094
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents used in the planning, preparation and construction of exhibits for the Hall of North American Forests. The material relates largely to the financial aspects of exhibit construction. The contents of the box are organized into 30 folders, which were originally separate tabs in a ring-binder. The first folder relates to the hall in general, and includes an index of exhibits, a list of funds from the Department of Conservation and General Ecology, progress...
Dates:
1954-1956; Majority of material found within 1955-1956
Hayden Planetarium Memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: Mem 100
Scope and Contents
These materials are loosely grouped and described based on their nature and use. Their description may be fully refined as more is learned about them. The Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History opened on October 3, 1935. Since its inception, the Planetarium has served as an educational and exhibition platform and as the face of the Department of Astronomy, known as the Department of Astronomy and American Museum-Hayden Planetarium after 1953. The Hayden...
Dates:
Usage: circa 1935-1997
Interactive Gem Application Image Collection, Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals, 2021
Collection
Identifier: MA.2021.013
Content Description
Digital photographs of collection specimens taken for the redesign of the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals. The Hall reopened in June 2021. These images are used in the interactive exhibit features and website https://www.amnh.org/interactive/gem-labels. This application was developed by the National Center for Science Literacy, Education, and Technology (NCSLET), within the Department of Education. Each specimen is photographed both from the front and side; all...
Dates:
Event: Permanent Hall opened in 2021.; 2019-2021
Francis Lee Jaques field diaries and sketchbooks
Collection
Identifier: Mss .J37
Summary
Francis Lee Jaques (28 September 1887-24 July 1969), also known as Lee Jaques, is celebrated for his diorama paintings at the American Museum of Natural History, executed during the early and mid-twentieth century. A frequent collaborator with Museum curator and ornithologist Frank M. Chapman (1864-1945), the artist is especially associated with the Whitney Memorial Hall of Pacific Bird Life (that was co-designed with Robert Cushman Murphy, Museum curator and ornithologist). This collection...
Dates:
1925-1935
Materials from "Plates from Audubon Birds of America" exhibition
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn195
Scope and Contents
B/W photographs, copies of copperplate bird images, paper rolls with drawings, "Plates from Audubon birds of America" exhibition display poster.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
William Diller Matthew papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .M338
Dates:
1922-1926; Majority of material found within ( 1925-1926)
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
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Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
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