American Museum of Natural History 



Seventy-seventh Street and Central Park West, New York City 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES 



President 



Henky Fairfikld Osboun 



First Vice-President Second Vice-President 



.]. PiERPONT Morgan Clevel.^jmd H. Dodge 



Treasurer Secretary 



Charles Lanier .1. Hampden Robb 



The Mayor of the City of Xew York 

 The Comptroller of the City of New York 

 The President of the Department of Parks 



Albert S. Bickmore A. D. Juilliard 



George S. Bowdoin Gustav E. Kissel 



Joseph H. Choate Seth Low 



Thomas DeWitt Cuyler Ogden Mills 



James Douglas J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr. 



Anson W. Hard Percy R. Pyne 



ARfHER M. Huntington William Rockefeller 



Adrian Iselin, Jr. John B. Trevor 



.\rthur Curtiss James Felix ^L \\'ahburg 

 George W. Wickersham 



EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 



Director Assistant-Secretary and Assistant-Treasurer 



Herm(jn Carey Bu.mpus George H. Sherwood 



The Museum is Open Free to the Public on Every Day in the Year. 



The American Museum of Natural History was established in 1869 to promote the 

 Natural Sciences and to diffuse a general knowledge of them among llie people, and it is in cordial 

 cooperation with all similar institutions througliout the world. The Museum authorities are de- 

 pendent upon private subscriptions and the dues from members for procuring needed additions to 

 the collections and for carrying on explorations in America and other parts of the world. The 

 membership fees are, 



Amiual Members $ 10 Fellows .S 500 



Sustaining Members (Annual) 25 Patrons 1000 



Life Members 100 Benefactors (Gift or bequest) 50,000 



The Museum Library contains more than eO.OOO volumes with a good working collection of 

 publications issued by scientific institutions and societies in this country and abroad. The library 

 is open to the public for reference daily - - Sundays and holidays excepted — from 9 a. .m. to 5 p. m. 



The Museum Publications are i.ssued in six series: The .\merican Museum .Toumal, Annual 

 Report, Anthropological Papers, Hulletins, Guide Leaflets and Memoirs. Inforinalioti concerning 

 their sale may be obtained at the Museum Library. 



Guides for Study of Exhibits are provided on request by the Department of Public 

 Education. Teachers wishing to bring classes should write or telephone the Department for an 

 appointment, specifying the collection to be studied. Lectures to classes may also be arranged 

 for. In all cases the best results are obtained witii small groups of children. 



Workrooms and Storage Collections may be visited by persons presenting membership 

 tickets. The storage collections are open to all persons desiring to examine specimens for special 

 study. Applications should be made at the information desk. 



The MlTLA Restaurant in the east basement is reached by the elevator and is open from 

 12 to 5 on all days except Sundays. Afternoon Tea is served from 2 to 5. The Mitia Room is of 

 unusual interest as an exhibition hall being an exact reproduction of temple ruins at Mitla, Mexico. 



