scholarly journals Monograph of the Sesiidæ of America, North of Mexico.—By William Beutenmüller. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Vol. I., Part vi., pp. 215–352. March, 1901. (Price, $5.) - The Insect Book: A popular account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers, Flies and other North American Insects, exclusive of the Butterflies, Moths and Beetles, with full life-histories, tables and bibliographies.—By Leland O. Howard, Ph. D. New York: Double-day, Page & Co., 34 Unioon Square. One Vol., small 4to., pp. xxvii. + 429. (Price, $3 net.) - Nature Biographies: The lives of some everyday Butterflies, Moths, Grasshoppers and Flies.—By Clarence Moores Weed, D. Sc. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. One Vol., pp. 164. (Price, $1.50 net.)

1901 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 237-240
Author(s):  
C. J. S. B.
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Natural History ◽  
North American ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
American Museum ◽  
Full Life

Bringing the Real World of Science to Children: A Partnership of the American Museum of Natural History and the City University of New York

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony G Picciano ◽  
Robert V. Steiner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Development Program ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Museum ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

Every child has a right to an education. In the United States, the issue is not necessarily about access to a school but access to a quality education. With strict compulsory education laws, more than 50 million students enrolled in primary and secondary schools, and billions of dollars spent annually on public and private education, American children surely have access to buildings and classrooms. However, because of a complex and competitive system of shared policymaking among national, state, and local governments, not all schools are created equal nor are equal education opportunities available for the poor, minorities, and underprivileged. One manifestation of this inequity is the lack of qualified teachers in many urban and rural schools to teach certain subjects such as science, mathematics, and technology. The purpose of this article is to describe a partnership model between two major institutions (The American Museum of Natural History and The City University of New York) and the program designed to improve the way teachers are trained and children are taught and introduced to the world of science. These two institutions have partnered on various projects over the years to expand educational opportunity especially in the teaching of science. One of the more successful projects is Seminars on Science (SoS), an online teacher education and professional development program, that connects teachers across the United States and around the world to cutting-edge research and provides them with powerful classroom resources. This article provides the institutional perspectives, the challenges and the strategies that fostered this partnership.

Curating the uncommons: taking care of difference in museums

Curatopia ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 227-243
Author(s):  
Billie Lythberg ◽  
Wayne Ngata ◽  
Amiria Salmond
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Arts Management ◽  
American Museum ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Management Group ◽  
Democratic Regimes ◽  
Curatorial Practice ◽  
Taking Care

Current ontological critiques point to how discourses of diversity like multiculturalism help domesticate difference by making it fit into pre-determined categories, such as those we are accustomed to thinking of as cultures. These ways of conceiving relations within and between groups of people—common to anthropology and museums, as well as to liberal democratic regimes of governance—assert that differences between peoples are relatively superficial in that our cultures overlay a fundamental and universal sameness. Museums showcasing cultural artefacts have thus helped domesticate difference by promoting world-making visions of (natural) unity in (cultural) diversity. Yet some artefacts exceed the categories designed to contain them; they oblige thought and handling beyond the usual requirements of curatorial practice. This chapter considers the challenges of ‘curating the uncommons’ in relation to work carried out by and with the Māori tribal arts management group Toi Hauiti and their ancestor figure, Paikea, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Clark Wissler, 1870–1947

1948 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. C. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Natural History ◽  
York City ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
American Museum ◽  
Franz Boas ◽  
American Archaeology ◽  
University Training

American Archaeology lost one of its . most enthusiastic promoters and interpreters by the death, in New York City on August 25, of Doctor Clark Wissler. As one of the last of the passing generation of anthropologists with university training to enter the profession from another discipline—in this case Psychology—-he came to the American Museum of Natural History in 1902, at the age of 32. He served at first as Assistant in the Department of Ethnology under Curators F. W. Putnam and Franz Boas; but not long after, probably on Putnam's departure, was advanced to Assistant Curator of Ethnology and by 1905 is recorded as Acting Curator of Ethnology. Succeeding Boas, on the latter's complete transfer to Columbia University in 1906, he was named Curator of the Department of Ethnology and finally, in 1907, Curator of the Department of Anthropology, a rank which he held until retired to emeritus status in 1942, at the ripe age of 72.

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