AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections

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Featured Collection | Historic Halls

The Historic Halls Collection highlights the American Museum of Natural History’s iconic permanent exhibition halls throughout its history.

Featured Exhibit | Opulent Oceans

An exhibit based on the book Natural Histories: Opulent Oceans: Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library.

Featured Images From The Collections

Roy Chapman Andrews, alongside a camel, scans the desert with binoculars for trails to the east, Mongolia, 1928

Osphranter rufus from Gould's The mammals of Australia

Man's embroidered vest and cap, Thompson River Indians of Canada

Roy Chapman Andrews feeding two pet eagles in camp at Turtyn Albo, Mongolia, 1928

Pair of leather gloves, Yukaghir

Hill wrapping badlands at Urtyn Obo, Roy Chapman Andrews at right and Dr. Jose A. Perez at center, Mongolia, 1928

Micrommata Marmorata, painting by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz

Plants, botanical illustration with colors noted, for use in Ostrich Group, Akeley Hall of African Mammals

Cranberry, moss illustration, including notes concerning the abundant growth of cranberry bushes in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Proposed design, Florida Black Bear Group, painting