| Museum Details |
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| Name: | American Museum of Natural History |
| Street Address: | Central Park W at 79th St |
| City: | New York |
| State: | New York |
| Country: | United States |
| Zipcode: | 10024-5192 |
| Telephone: | 212-769-5100 |
| Fax: | 212-496-5018 |
| Email: | visitorinfo@amnh.org |
| Website: | http://www.amnh.org |
| Staff Contacts: | Pres: Ellen V. Futter;
Cur (Mexican and Cent America): Dr. Charles Spencer 212-769-5898, cspenser@amnh.org;
Dir/Collect Mgmt (Anth Dept): Paul Beelitz 212-769-5880, beelitz@amnh.org; 212-769-5375
Textile Collection: vbr@amnh.org;
Anth Dept: http://anthro.amnh.org |
| Quality of Online Info: | Homepage: Bold font, color, and design, but the Site Map link provides the most helpful starting point; Comprehensive museum divisions: Division of Anthropology includes Mexican and Central American Archaeology and Collections Database |
| Size: | Large Mexican and Central American Collection: about half million objects |
| Focus: | Permanent Exhibition Halls:
HALL OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA: Maya stone carvings;
DIVISION OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Ethnographic Textiles Online includes Maya textiles from Guatemala |
| Source: | Grube, Nikolai, ed. Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest. Cologne: Konemann, 2000. 455.
Schulze, Marco and Boris Eggers, eds. Museums of the World. 11th Rev. and Enl. ed. Volume 2.
Handbook of International Documentation and Information Series. Volume 16.
Muchen: K.G. Saur, 2004. 774. U of Utah Libraries.
http://www.amnh.org
http://anthro.amnh.org/ |