General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . BIRDS 96 LIVING MAMMALS 97 HALL OF NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS 97 AKELEY MEMORIAL HALL OF AFRICAN MAMMALS 102 VERNAY-FAUNTHORPE HALL OF SOUTH ASIATIC MAMMALS 107 HALL OF NORTH ASIATIC MAMMALS I I 3 ALLEN HALL OF NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS I I 3 OCEANIC MAMMALS I 16 SYNOPTIC HALL OF MAMMALS I 19 MAMMALS OF NEW YORK STATE 120 ORIGINS OF MAN 121 HALL OF PRIMATES I 2 I HALL OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN 12 1 THE SKELETON FROM FISH TO MAN 12 1 FAMILY TREE AND EARLY RACES OF MAN 125 LIVING RACES OF MAN I 27 THE WOODLAND INDIANS
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . BIRDS 96 LIVING MAMMALS 97 HALL OF NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS 97 AKELEY MEMORIAL HALL OF AFRICAN MAMMALS 102 VERNAY-FAUNTHORPE HALL OF SOUTH ASIATIC MAMMALS 107 HALL OF NORTH ASIATIC MAMMALS I I 3 ALLEN HALL OF NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS I I 3 OCEANIC MAMMALS I 16 SYNOPTIC HALL OF MAMMALS I 19 MAMMALS OF NEW YORK STATE 120 ORIGINS OF MAN 121 HALL OF PRIMATES I 2 I HALL OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN 12 1 THE SKELETON FROM FISH TO MAN 12 1 FAMILY TREE AND EARLY RACES OF MAN 125 LIVING RACES OF MAN I 27 THE WOODLAND INDIANS I 27 THE PLAINS INDIANS I 3 I INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST I 35 INDIANS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST I 38 ESKIMO CORRIDOR 140 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 140 INDIANS OF SOUTH AMERICA 150 THE PACIFIC 155 COLLECTIONS FROM PHILIPPINES AND MALAYSIA l6l ASIATIC COLLECTIONS 162 DRUMMOND COLLECTION OF JADE 16z ASIATIC ETHNOLOGY 163 HALL OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY 17 I POPULAR PUBLICATIONS 174THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: BOARD OF TRUSTEES 175 ADMINISTRATIVE AND SCIENTIFIC STAFFS 175 m. ENTRANCE HALL ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial THE Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, erectedby the people of the State of New Yorkin memory of the man whose name it bears,forms the main entrance to the Museum onCentral Park West. Its graceful architecturefollows a stately Romanesque design. Passing through the central archway thevisitor steps into the great Memorial the marble mosaic floor, rise walls ofcream colored marble and limestone extend- ing to an elaborate Corinthian cornice over-arched by an octagonal coffered barrcl-\ aultioo feet above the floor. The central part ofeach wall is recessed and divided into threeparts by two Roman Corinthian columns 4Sfeet hitdi supporting the entablature. Threeof these recesses are adorned with great mu-ral paintings symbolic of the varied career ofTheodore Roosevelt. On the walls, quotationsfrom his writings are given in bronze letters. O
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