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Exhibition Tools and Materials
Collection
Identifier: Mem 308
Scope and Contents
Since its inception in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History had exhibitions related to the natural world, human cultures, and the universe. The habitat dioramas are predominantly featured in the Museum, with the first appearing in the late 1800s. A combination of distinct methods and tools was used to create the background, foreground, and taxidermy specimens that compose these exhibits, which improved with the advancement of technology and new knowledge.The exhibition...
Dates:
Usage: circa 1887-1990s
Field and Expedition Equipment
Collection
Identifier: Mem 305
Scope and Contents
Since 1887, the American Museum of Natural History has been conducting field expeditions in every continent. This is one of the main resources for the Museum’s scientific research and collection development activities throughout all its disciplines. This grouping holds the equipment that were used during expeditions from around 1877 to 1996. Most of these expeditions required direct interaction with the natural habitat of the subject of study, which usually involves being out in the...
Dates:
Usage: circa 1877-1990s
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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- Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 2
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 2
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 2
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 2
- Department of Anthropology 2
- Hayden Planetarium 2
- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Preparation and Installation 1
- Archbold, Richard 1
- Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals 1
- Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982 1
- Brown, Barnum 1
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 1
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 1
- Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 1
- Department of Herpetology 1
- Department of Ichthyology 1
- Hall of Reptiles and Amphibians 1
- McKenna, Malcolm C. 1
- Mission Zoologique franco-anglo-américaine à Madagascar (1929-1931) 1
- Morden African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1947) 1
- Morden African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1953) 1
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 1
- New York State Roosevelt Memorial 1
- Patagonian Expedition (1899-1900) 1
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 1
- Skinner, Morris F. 1
- Van Gelder, Richard George, 1928-1994 1
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