Museum architecture -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Architecture for Dinosaurs lecture slides
Collection
Identifier: PSC 48
Scope and Contents
Slides for Nina J. Root's lecture titled "Architecture for Dinosaurs" 1992. Covers the American Museum of Natural History's first home in the Central Park Arsenal through the various reconstruction and restorations of the building and exhibit halls.
Dates:
1992
Andrew Dolkart publication proofs for book Breaking new ground : the architecture of the American Museum of Natural History
Collection — Box 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Mss .D64
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of several versions of the 48-page unpublished work, in 9 portfolios and folders. The work titled, Breaking new ground : the architecture of the American Museum of Natural History (assigned ISBN 0-913424-26-9). Pages include ms. corrections. Collection also includes 4 zip discs and 1 CD-ROM.Folder list: folder 1. Master, art included (48[12] leaves) -- folder 2. Master, art not included (leaves [1]-34, 47-48[12] leaves) -- folder 3. [Correspondence with book...
Dates:
2000-2001
Series 2: Childs Frick, Trustee correspondence, 1925 - 1959
Series
Scope and Contents
This correspondence was created during Child Frick's tenure as the Trustee of the Museum.It includes discussions on budgets and personnel. There is also correspondence regarding the proposed plans to alter the museum facade facing the 77th Street in 1942. The museum invited a prominent architect Eliel Saarinen to act as a consultant in colaboration with Aymar Embury II, who was an architect for the Parks Department. The discussions mention participation of Robert...
Dates:
1925 - 1959
