The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way /

Tells the story of the building of the American Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium, a story of history, politics, science, and exploration, including the roles of American presidents, New York power brokers, museum presidents, planetarium directors, polar and African explorers, and Ger...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Davey, Colin, 1959- (Auteur), Lesser, Thomas A. (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Roosevelt, Kermit, 1971- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2019.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
American Museum of Natural History.
Hayden Planetarium.
Hayden Planetarium > History.
American Museum of Natural History > History.
Museums.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
REFERENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Museum Administration & Museology.
Musees > États-Unis > Histoire.
Museums > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Tells the story of the building of the American Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium, a story of history, politics, science, and exploration, including the roles of American presidents, New York power brokers, museum presidents, planetarium directors, polar and African explorers, and German rocket scientists.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (278 pages).
ISBN:9780823287079

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