American Museum of Natural History Library 'Picturing the Museum'

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Education - Natural science education, using the collections and exhibits as a resource has been part of the mission of the Museum since it began.

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Mr. Albert with Loan Collections for school use 22847 Unknown	Evander Childs High School students attending Muse... 219524 Jun 1916	Young boy selecting lantern slides for project at ... 239767 Jun 1920	Young boy selecting lantern slides 239768 Jun 1920	Sign showing objective and logistics of The School... 242277 Feb 1921

Children viewing Flower Show, P. S. 15, Manhattan 242278 Feb 1921	Children in Nature Room, P. S. 15, Manhattan 242279 Feb 1921	Children in Nature Room, P. S. 15, Manhattan 242280 Feb 1921	Children in Nature Room, P. S. 15, Manhattan 242281 Feb 1921	Children in Nature Room, P. S. 15, Manhattan 242282 Feb 1921

Children in Nature Room, P. S. 15, Manhattan 242283 Feb 1921	School children arriving at the Museum to view fil... 260219 Feb 10, 1927	Girl creating label for nature trail, Bear Mountain 271179 Jul 16, 1929	Nature trail marker showing forest floor, Trailsid... 271278 Aug 11, 1929	Beaver house model 272787 Aug 30, 1930

Man and elk 272793 Jun 24, 1930	Blue jay on Museum sign, Trailside Museum 272843 Jul 24, 1930	Boy and blue jay, Six Birds exhibit, Trailside Museum 272844 Jul 24, 1930	Mr. Saunders and Mr. Barton viewing Turtle Pen, Ka... 274809 Aug 15, 1931	Sister and Sammy Keith collecting tadpoles for Tra... 274855 Jul 08, 1931

Two boys collecting turtles, Trailside Museum 274856 Jun 20, 1931	Regional Museum Directors meeting, Trailside Museum 274864 Jul 01, 1931	Teachers from Nature Course departing for trip to ... 277262 May 21, 1932	Teachers from Nature Course departing for trip to ... 277263 May 21, 1932	Boys viewing Nature Study Exhibit, Public School 6... 280055 Jun 1933

Boy viewing Nature Study Exhibit, Public School 64... 280057 Jun 1933	Boys' class entering Roosevelt Memorial 286254 Oct 1936	Boys' class in Roosevelt Memorial 286256 Oct 1936	Girls' class in Roosevelt Memorial 286257 Oct 1936	Boys examining Bathysphere, Hall of Ocean Life 286873 Mar 1937

Class studying at Museum 286913 Apr 1937	Children learning about Chinese culture at Exhibit... 287913 Dec 1937	Children learning about baby animals at Exhibition... 287919 Nov 24, 1937	Jack Orth instructing Exhibition Hall Class of pub... 287925 Dec 1937	Public school children on guided tour, Mexican Hall 287928 Dec 1937

Children viewing diorama 287930 Nov 1937	Museum's course for teachers in crafts and techniques 287934 Dec 02, 1937	New York City teachers in Finger Painting Class 287935 Dec 1937	Slide Room, Department of Education 287939 Dec 1937	Henry Pinter preparing slides in Slide Room for pu... 287940 Dec 1937

Loading Nature Study Collections into Museum's Dep... 288220 Dec 1937	Loading Nature Study Collections into Museum's Dep... 288221 Dec 1937	Students on guided tour, Natural History of Man Hall 288224 Dec 1937	Children's Science Fair, May, 1938 289546 May 1938	Dr. Barnum Brown showing Dinosaur Tracks to students 289652 Jun 1938

Children doing Native American Indian dances, Plai... 291994 Jul 1939	Children learning about Native american culture, P... 291995 Jul 1939	Naturalist teaches campers about handling snakes, ... 292752 Jul 1940	New trucks, Department of Education 296242 Sep 1941	Miss Beneker and Dr. Russell showing Pueblo Indian... 296426 1941

Miss Beneker and Miss Wiley working on School Muse... 296632 Feb 1942	George Hawkins (left) and Julius Kagan loading tru... 296635 Feb 1942	Dr. Murphy lecturing at display on Geography of th... 296639 Feb 1942	Museum staff loading Loan Collection onto Museum t... 296720 Mar 1942	Display panel, The Museum Goes to the Schools, 1942 296794 May 1942

Display panel, The Museum Goes to the Schools, 1922 296795 May 1942	Display panel, The Museum Goes to the Schools, 1903 296796 May 1942	Display panel, The Museum Goes to the Schools, 1880 296797A May 1942	Children viewing performance of Madame La Meri, Ea... 297726 Jul 1943	Children viewing performance of Madame La Meri, Ea... 297727 Jul 1943

Children viewing performance of Madame La Meri, Ea... 297728 Jul 1943	Child with Waste Paper Salvage Exhibit, 77th Stree... 297874 May 1944	Children with Waste Paper Salvage Exhibit, 77th St... 297876 May 1944	Katherine Barry reading to children, The Story Hours 297878 1943	John Saunders instructing children, Planetarium 298035 Nov 1943

Katherine Barry reading to children, Story Hour 298163 Jun 1944	Children watching tortilla-making demonstration, M... 298298 Mar 1944	Children watching weaving demonstration, Mexican W... 298301 Mar 1944	Rita Ross reading to pre-school children for Story... 2A829 Jan 1950	Public school class on guided tour, North American... 2A1154 May 1947

Lunch hour, Children's Book Fair 2A2227 Nov 1950	Lunch hour, Children's Book Fair, Akeley African Hall 2A2228 Nov 1950	Children during lunch hour, Children's Book Fair 2A2231 Nov 1950	Dr. Newell instructing class in Paleontology 2A3143 1954	Children at reptile demonstration, Natural Science... 2A5088 1956

Art students at work, Akeley Hall 2A5136 1956	Dr. Colbert with class from Columbia University, S... 2A6100 1957	Boys with young Screech Owls, Natural Science Center 2A7078 1962	Young children studying masks, Natural Science Center 2A8906 1962	Students viewing Relief Globe, Earth History Hall 2A9847 1969

Film storage, editing room, School Service 2A9910 1968	Blind class studying Eskimo objects 19969 1916	Medal of the School Nature League 105624 Nov 1921	Jamboree exhibit, Kanawake Lake, New York 116481 1924	Mr. Carr in front of Trailside Museum, Bear Mounta... 116492 Jul 25, 1930
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Trailside Museum interior, Bear Mountain 116504 Aug 22, 1930	Display case, "The Rattle of a Rattle Snake" 117728 May 1934	Display panel, "How a Snake Walks" 117729 May 1934	Boxed Mineral Collection with class schedule, Muse... 120506 Oct 1937	Boxed Animal Theater, Gorilla Group, Museum Book Shop 120507 Oct 1937
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Girl holding bull frog, Natural Science Center 125310 1958	Reading room of Library, west transept of main bui... 350 1900	Public school children attending lecture given by ... 31484 Mar 25, 1904	Men with Museum automobile for delivery of School ... 31940 Jun 02, 1908	Class with Museum Instructor studying California I... 32132 1908

School children studying Siberian Tribes with Muse... 32134 Dec 1908	School children studying display of Indians of the... 32136 Dec 1908	Crowd waiting in line at entrance to International... 32185 Dec 06, 1908	Children and instructors, The Children's Room 32772 Mar 1910	Children seated and receiving instruction, The Chi... 32800 Apr 16, 1910

Specimens arranged on table, Exhibition for the Blind 33559 Aug 1911	School children viewing mammal display with museum... 33594 Oct 1911	School children viewing Indian canoe exhibit 33596 Oct 1911	Young women studying flowers, Forestry Hall 33603 Oct 1911	Boy studying meteorite display 33604 Oct 1911

Children viewing dinosaur fossils, Dinosaur Hall 33605 Oct 1911	People using Public Reading Room 34020 Feb 1913	Models illustrating sanitation in Public Health Ex... 34076 Apr 1913	Models illustrating sanitation in Public Health Ex... 34078 Apr 1913	House Fly educational card from Public Health Foli... 34180 Jul 1913

House Fly educational card from Public Health Foli... 34181 Jul 1913	Entrance to Visitors' Room 34208 Nov 1913	Blind children using relief globe, American Museum... 34328 Apr 1914	Blind children studying the hippopotamus 34337 May 1914	Blind children from P.S. 17 studying birds 34611 Apr 06, 1915

Class of boys from P. S. 87 drawing and modeling, ... 34817 Jun 1916	Schoolgirls from Public School 94 drawing items on... 34818 May 1916	Blind visitors and companions examining birds on d... 34819 May 26, 1916	Blind visitors entering Museum to attend Gorst lec... 34820 May 26, 1916	Exhibit of Circulating Nature Study Collection and... 34991 Jul 1916

Blind children studying transportation 36466 Mar 1917	Blind children studying transportation 36467 Mar 1917	Blind children studying transportation with instru... 36468 1917	Dr. Fisher teaching blind children about the Solar... 36470 Mar 1917	Blind children studying a loon 36471 Mar 1917

Public Health Charts for use in public schools 36712 Jul 1917	Teachers selecting lantern slides for use in schoo... 37244 Mar 1919	Circulating Library Collection on display for the ... 37792 Nov 1919	Disabled children studying Willamette meterorite, 38108 Jun 03, 1920	Children atteding Fall Flower Show at Public Schoo... 38707 Feb 1921

Class studying displays in Public Health Hall 38716 Feb 1921	Children in Nature Room, Public School 62 38976 Jun 1921	School children from P.S. 62 examining plants and ... 38977 Jun 1921	Children in Nature Room, Public School 62 38978 Jun 1921	Class of Disabled Children at Auditorium Door, 38982 Jun 07, 1921

Disabled children leaving Museum by school bus 38984 Jun 07, 1921	Children studying Penguin Group, 39574 Apr 1922	Slides packed and ready for delivery to New York C... 310915 Apr 1925	Preparing slide orders for delivery to New York Ci... 310916 Apr 20, 1925	Boy Scouts in clay modeling class 310918 Apr 1925

Children in Sight Conservation Class receiving les... 311632 Nov 1926	Public school children attending lecture, Auditorium 311762 Dec 1926	Lecture Hall, second floor, School Service Building 311772 Dec 1926	Sorting boxes of lantern slides for delivery to pu... 311773 Dec 1926	Department of Education delivery trucks ready for ... 311774 Jan 1927

Department of Education delivery trucks ready for ... 311775 Jan 1927	Children in Sight Conservation Class receiving les... 311809 Jan 1927	Woodcraft League attending weaving class 311879 Mar 1927	Woodcraft League attending weaving class 311880 Mar 1927	Students in Exhibition Hall Instruction Class on T... 311922 May 1927

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