American Museum of Natural History 



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



BOARD OF TRUSTEES 



President 

 Henry Fairfield Osborn 



First Vice-President 



Cleveland H. Dodge 



Treasurer 



Charles Lanier 



Second Vice-President 



J. P. Morgan 



Secretary 



Adrian Iselin, Jr. 



John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor of the City of New York 



William A. Prendergast, Comptroller of the City of New York 



Cabot Ward, President of the DEPARTME^fT of Parks 



George F. Baker 

 Frederick F. Brewster 

 Joseph H. Choate 

 R. Fulton Cutting 

 Thomas DeWitt Cuyler 

 James Douglas 

 Henry C. Frick 



Madison Grant 

 Anson W. Hard 

 Archer M. Huntington 

 Arthur Curtiss James 

 Walter B. James 

 a. d. juilliard 

 Seth Low 



Ogden Mills 

 Percy R. Pyne 

 John B. Trevor 

 Felix M. Warburg 

 George W. Wickersham 



EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 



Director Assistant Secretary 



Frederic A. Lucas George H. Sherwood 



Assistant Treasurer 

 The United States Trust Company of New York 



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 the people, and it is in 

 cordial cooperation with all similar institutions throughout the world. The Museum 

 authorities are dependent upon private subscriptions and the dues from members for pro- 

 curing needed additions to the collections and for carrying on explorations in America and 

 other parts of the world. The membership fees are, 



Annual Members $ 10 Fellows $ 500 



Sustaining Members (annually) ... 25 Patrons 1000 



Life Members 100 Associate Benefactors 10,000 



Benefactors (gift or bequest) $50,000 



The Museum Library contains more than 60,000 volumes with a good working 

 collection of publications issued by scientific institutions and societies in this country and 

 abroad. The hbrary is open to the public for reference daily — Sundays and holiday a 

 excepted — from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. 



The Museum Publications are issued in six series: Memoirs, Bulletin, Anthropologi- 

 cal Papers, American Mtiseum Journal, Guide Leaflets and Annual Report. Information 

 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 with small groups of children. 



Workrooms and Storage Collections may be visited by persons presenting member- 

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

 for special study. Applications should be made at the information desk. 



