AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections | Child viewing the Cape York meteorite, Ahnighito, Memorial Hall (Grand Gallery), February 26, 1920

Child viewing the Cape York meteorite, Ahnighito, Memorial Hall (Grand Gallery), February 26, 1920

Identifier

37966

Title

Child viewing the Cape York meteorite, Ahnighito, Memorial Hall (Grand Gallery), February 26, 1920

Date

1920-02-26

Creator

Lenskjold, Kay C. (photographer)

Medium

Glass negatives

Dimensions

8 x 10

Description

The Ahnighito meteorite is currently on exhibit in the Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites (2019). It was collected on the Peary Expedition to Greenland (1897)

Geographic Location

New York, New York state, United States

Subject

Children

Meteorites

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Grand Gallery

Ahnighito (Meteorite)

Relation

AMNH Library authority record: American Museum of Natural History. Grand Gallery.

Publisher

American Museum of Natural History Library

Rights

Information on rights available at the repository.

Repository

American Museum of Natural History

Collection

Historic Halls of the American Museum of Natural History

Citation

Lenskjold, Kay C. (photographer), “Child viewing the Cape York meteorite, Ahnighito, Memorial Hall (Grand Gallery), February 26, 1920,” AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections, accessed January 14, 2025, https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/items/show/47856.