American Museum of Natural History: Pop, Art, Stunning Shots

#newyorktrip The American Museum of Natural History, or the American Museum of Natural History, located in Manhattan, is the most famous museum in New York, it is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. The foundation of the museum in 1869 was facilitated by the dream of the famous naturalist Dr. Albert S. Bickmore. With the tireless support of Louis Agassiz, a zoology student at Harvard University, and approved by strong sponsors, among whom was Sir Theodore Roosevelt, the father of the 26th American President, the project to create the American Museum of Natural History was signed by the Governor of New York, John Thompson Hoffman, on April 6, 1869. The museum was originally located in the old Arsenal building in Central Park. The American Museum of Natural History found itself in its present place in 1877. At that time, his collection of exhibits was entirely occupied by a small building designed by Calvert Vox. Since then, the building has acquired numerous wings and buildings attached to it, and today the entire museum complex occupies four blocks between 77th and 81st Streets. The undoubted jewel of the museum is the library, founded in 1880, which contains the most complete collection of exhibits on the subject of natural science. The number of copies of books stored in the library today exceeds 450 thousand volumes. The collection also contains numerous illustrations, films, photographs, memorabilia and rare book collections. The collection of fossils is extremely large, but it is far from being fully exposed to the general public. The specimens available to visitors are located in the "Hall of Fossils" on the fourth floor of the museum, and also make up a permanent exhibition in the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, near the main entrance. The most popular among visitors are the renovated "Halls of Fossils". Most of the exhibits presented in them were collected during the so-called "golden era of expeditions" of the museum between 1930 and 1950. Today, the American Museum of Natural History also organizes and carries out international scientific expeditions, although on a smaller scale. However, their effectiveness is still great: thanks to the expeditions, many expositions have been expanded and significantly supplemented. The American Museum of Natural History occupies an important place not only in science, but also in US culture: it is enough to recall only some mentions of it in American literature (J. D. Selinger "The Catcher in the Rye", the fantastic novels of Caitlin R. Kiernan) and cinema (films "Night at the Museum", "The Day After Tomorrow", "We're back!", the TV series "Friends").