File:Annual report of the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History for the year (1918) (14595749039).jpg

Identifier: annualreportoft501918amer (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History for the year
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York : (American Museum of Natural History)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
ly is shown and the num-ber of species and subspecies given. Whether or not thesematters are really of interest to visitors remains to be seen. The completion of a habitat group of Timber Wolves, begunin the early summer, was prevented by Mr. Nichols beingcalled for camouflage work, and later by extremely difficultproblems in connection with the proper lighting of the group.The installation in the North American Hall is a case of put-ting new wine into old bottles; of putting habitat groups intoa hall planned for daylight exhibits, of placing them in a Pro-crustean bed of limited length, breadth and depth, and of utiliz-ing what was available rather than doing what one would like. A full-sized reproduction of the Killer Whale has been pre-pared by Mr. Block from data provided by Mr. Andrews, andthis is ready for hanging near the reproduction of the Sulphur-bottom Whale. Improvements in the exhibition collection of Mammals arebecoming more and more difficult, owing to the great conges-
Text Appearing After Image:
Special Exhibits 43 tion. It is not merely difficult to find a good place for speci-mens but very difficult to find any. Among Special Exhibits made during the year were: oneshowing the Art Work of the New York High Schools and oneby the Board of Water Supply, New York City,FPhVt °^ maPs> plans and models of the Catskill Aque- duct and the construction. This attracted muchattention, and the large relief map of the region occupied bythe Catskill reservoir and of the route of the Aqueduct hasbeen deposited in the Museum. An exhibit of the large series of ivory carvings secured bythe Congo expedition has been placed temporarily in the GemHall, and the food exhibit in the Hall of Forestry. Mr. Knight has added three panels to the series in theQuaternary Hall, including one of the Mastodon and RoyalBison; Mr. Taylor has completed the side panels for the NorthPacific Hall; Miss Margaret Henderson Elliot has presented abronze bust of her father, Dr. Daniel Giraud Elliot, and Mr.Stanley G

Note About Images