Natural history museums -- Educational aspects
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Department of Education booklets and pamphlets, 1918-1968
Collection
Identifier: DR 050
Scope and content
Public outreach programs and popular lectures.
Dates:
1918 - 1968
Department of Education photographic album, 1961-1963
Collection
Identifier: DR 053
Scope and content
Color photographs in three-ring binder documenting Hospital and Special Schools Program visits. Includes 35mm slides in sleeves.
Dates:
1961 - 1963
Education Service Materials
Collection
Identifier: Mem 310
Scope and Contents
The Department of Education at the American Museum of Natural History takes Museum research and scientific data and makes it accessible to teachers and students. In 1903, the Museum partnered with schools to create a system of circulating natural history collections, developed and designed by the Museum to provide teachers with teaching materials, specimens, and artifacts to support specially designed educational readings and lesson plans on a variety of subjects in the natural sciences....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1903-circa 1970; 1895-circa1970
Malcolm Arth collection, 1939-1965
Collection
Identifier: DR 051
Scope and content
Flyers, programs for Museum public programs and lectures, education publications. Children's thank-you notes and drawings.
Dates:
1939 - 1965
National Center for Science Literacy, Education and Technology (NCSLET) retired Curriculum Collections
Collection
Identifier: MA2022-004
Scope and Contents
This collection contains curriculum material that has been retired from the AMNH website. The curricula were designed for educators, students and families and includes activities, readings, and other content related to varied science subjects. They are arranged in their original subject groupings as curriculum sets.
Dates:
Existence: 1998-2015
Department of Public Instruction correspondence
Collection
Identifier: DR 047
Scope and Contents
The archive is arranged in two boxes of 42 consecutively numbered folders, covering the years 1903-1908 (with one exception: a letter dated 1909 in folder 39). It comprises correspondence, administrative paperwork, and other documents regarding the following: (1) planning, scheduling, and ticketing for school and public lectures and for the development and delivery of circulating collections for classroom use; (2) correspondence and orders from the Department to...
Dates:
1903-1909; Majority of material found within 1904-1909
