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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Tlic Moose (iroiip, on ;i similar scale and with ((Hial detail and realisiii, illus- trates the life history of the larj^ost f^ame animal ol America, with its entirely dif- ferent habits and haunts. The elk, the Barren (Jround earil)ou of the Alaskan I'eninsnia. tiie musk o\ of Arctic Amer- ica, the wliite slice)) of the northern Kockies. tlie Atlantic walrus ami the Alaska fur seal, arc each placed hefore the \isitor in a way to illustrate im- ))rcssi\'ely their hahits and the condi- tions under which they li\('. All ()f the nuimmals characteristic of New ^ ork State, except the field mice, shrews and hats, are similarly illustrated, so that the children of Xew York City have thus the opportunity to see and become in a way familiar with the principal mammals of Xew York, many of which they would never see in life, and of none of which would they ever he able to obtain more than fleeting glimpses in a state of nature. The bird groups, with their j)ano- ramic backgrounds and elaborate treat- ment, now occupying the entire gallery of the north wing of the Museiun, jjossess an educ-ational \a.lue not easily over- estimated, illustrating as they do the principal types of North American bird life in a way to bring vividly before the visitor not only the habits and haunts of the species represented, but also the types of country they iidiabit. They arc thus highly educational from the standpoint of geograi)liy and climate, as well as eminently pleasing a'sthetically. The accompanying descriptive labels supply the necessary information to render the groujjs easily understood. The interest and \alue of this visual instruction to the children of the schools is best api)reciated by witnessing the avidity with which they scan these elaborately j)resented glimpses of bird aufl mammal life, these bits of nature transferred to the nmseuin where they may be studied in detail anfl at leisure. 249
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The MiiscHim proxidcs instructors to guide teachfrs and classes, explaining at request exhibits that correlatf with classroom work

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