American Museum of Natural History
- Address: 200 Central Park West
- Vicinity: 77th St
- Neighborhood of Upper West Side in Manhattan NYC
- Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1869/00/00 | J P Morgan | Benefactor | American Museum of Natural History is established by Albert Smith Bickmore, one-time student of Harvard zoologist Louis Agassiz. | |||
| 1874/00/00 | Joseph Hodges Choate | Founder and Trustee | The cornerstone for the American Museum of Natural History's first building at 77th St (obscured by current buildings) is laid by US President Ulysses S Grant. | |||
| 1874/00/00 | Vaux and Mould | Architect | The cornerstone for the American Museum of Natural History's first building at 77th St (obscured by current buildings) is laid by US President Ulysses S Grant. | |||
| 1874/00/00 | Ulysses S Grant | Dignitary | The cornerstone for the American Museum of Natural History's first building at 77th St (obscured by current buildings) is laid by US President Ulysses S Grant. | |||
| 1877/00/00 | Rutherford B Hayes | Dignitary | American Museum of Natural History first building at 77th St opens | |||
| 1881/00/00 | Morris Ketchum Jesup | Vocation | Morris K Jesup becomes president of the American Museum of Natural History | |||
| 1897/00/00 | Cady, Berg and See | Architect | Southern redoubt Romanesque Revival facade on West 77th St is built, 1891-1897 | |||
| 1901/00/00 | Isabella Douglass Curtis | Family | Isabella Douglass Curtis' father, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, donates a collection of over 22,000 specimens to the American Museum of Natural History. | |||
| 1917/04/18 | McKinney, an American Standardbred horse, dies at Empire Stud, Cuba, New York. McKinney's skeleton is donated to the American Museum of Natural History as a representative of the breed. | |||||
| 1936/00/00 | John Russell Pope | Architect | Central Park West entrance is built |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| Rose Center for Earth and Space |
| Particulars for American Museum of Natural History: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Education |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Architectural Style | Late Gothic Revival |
| Museum Type | Museum |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
| Architectural Style | Roman Classical Revival |
| Architectural Style | Romanesque Revival |
| Area of Significance | Science |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the Town | Film | Stanley Donen | "On the Town" is set and was filmed at the American Museum of Natural History | |
| The Catcher in the Rye (book) | Book | J D Salinger | Holden checks graffiti made in the dust collecting on the artifacts. | |
| Wonderstruck | Book |
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Brian Selznick | Setting |
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