AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections

Digital Special Collections of the American Museum of Natural History’s Research Library provides access to our rich collections of digitized archival photographic images, art and memorabilia images and Rare Book Collection illustrations. Use the tabs above to view Collections and Exhibits, or choose Browse to see all the images digitized to date. Enter terms in the box above to search across all our images or choose the Advanced Search option.

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

Anthony W. Dimock and L.B.A. in canoe, clouds above, Chokoloskee Bay, Florida, 1908

Gemsbok Group, Akeley Hall of African Mammals, 1970

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

White heron, Cape Sable, Florida, 1907

Cicinnurus regius (king bird of paradise)

Tugboat towing Irene in gulf, Florida, 1906

Young boy selecting lantern slides, 1920

Artist Belmore Browne paints background for Mountain Goat diorama depicting Alaska, Hall of North American Mammals [1946]

Mon-Chonsia, a Kansas chief, White Plume (Kansa), portrait from Thomas Loraine McKenney's "History of the Indian tribes of North America"

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