Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. American Museum of Natural History

Description

1. 179 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 x 29 cm.

Summary

1. Profiles more than forty habitat dioramas from the American Museum of Natural History, describing each one's contents and creation and presenting full-color photos and archival images.

Subject

1. American Museum of Natural History
2. Habitat (Ecology) > New York
3. Diorama > New York

Contents

1. The Habitat Diorama: Art in the Service of Science 8 -- The Dioramas 25 -- Mountain Gorilla 26 -- African Elephant Group 30 -- Klipspringer 34 -- African Buffalo 38 -- Greater Koodoo 40 -- Cheetah 44 -- Leopard 46 -- Mountain Nyala 48 -- Libyan Desert 50 -- Gemsbok 52 -- Black Rhinoceros 54 -- Serengeti Plain 56 -- Upper Nile 58 -- Bongo 62 -- African Lion 64 -- Okapi 66 -- Water Hole 68 -- Chimpanzee 70 -- Black-and-White Colobus Monkey 71 -- Mandrill 72 -- Hunting Dog 74 -- White Rhinoceros 76 -- Leonard C. Sanford Hall of North American Birds 79 -- Cuthbert Rookery 82 -- Whitney Memorial Hall of Pacific Bird Life 86 -- Alaska Brown Bear 90 -- Dall's Sheep 94 -- American Bison and Pronghorn Antelope 96 -- Alaska Moose 100 -- Mountain Goat 104 -- Grizzly Bear 107 -- Mountain Lion 110 -- Wolf 112 -- Mule Deer 114 -- North American Beaver 118 -- Muskox 120 -- Coyote 122 -- Jaguar 124 -- Ermine and Red-Backed Vole 127 -- Mountain Beaver 128 -- Cacomistle and Spotted Skunk 130 -- Pine Marten 131 -- Antelope Jackrabbit and Black-Tailed Jackrabbit 132 -- Canadian Lynx and Snowshoe Hare 134 -- Wapiti 136 -- Olympic Forest 138 -- Milstein Hall of Ocean Life 140 --

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Published in association with the American Museum of Natural History.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 174) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain