AMNH Expeditions
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use to tag AMNH-specific expeditions or field work. Do not use as subject heading for resources or archival material.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Department of Vertebrate Paleontology field work collection
Collection
Identifier: VPA 101
Scope and Contents
The Department of Vertebrate Paleontology began sending staff into the field as early as the first year of its founding, 1891. Since then the department has organized and supported decades of seminal field work as it continues to do so today.
Dates:
1880-2000
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
American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192