Museu Americano de História Natural de Nova Iorque
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Pôster de artista desconhecido sobre o Museu Americano de História Natural - Girafa (Giraffa camelopardalis). Tamanho: 20x20 polegadas. Tipo: Fine-Art Print.
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Série de três selos de 1970 (Yvert: 890/893, Scott: 1387/1389) emitidos em celebração ao centenário do Museu Americano de História Natural da cidade de Nova Iorque. O selo sobre dinossauro é um detalhe do mural de Rudolph Zallinger in Yale’s Peabody Museum. Abaixo, o FDC com um dos selos aposto...
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Searching Photographs, Field Notes, and Anthropological objects, and Scientific Publications relating to the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915
Herbert Lang took nearly 10.000 fotografias do Congo entre 1909 e 1915. More than 2.000 of those have already been digitized and are accessible on this site. More will be added over time. The photographs may be searched by Lang's description of the image, the date and the locality.
Only photographs that can be matched to a particular specimen in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, or were identified by Lang as being "like" a particular specimen, are searchable by either scientific or a common name.
Abaixo (lado esquerdo e centro): Foto: 221268 / Catálogo: 53545. Localidade: Garamba, Congo Belge. Data: 14/03/1912. Discrição: Girafa, macho jovem.
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Acima (lado direito): Foto: 221266 / Catálogo: 53546. Localidade: Garamba, Congo Belge. Data: 16/03/1912. Discrição: Girafa, fêmea; wounded. Largest view of specimen.
Aberto desde 1936, o Akeley Hall dos Mamíferos Africanos tem sido considerado um dos melhores do mundo. The hall is named after Carl Akeley (1864-1926), explorador, conservacionista, taxidermista, escultor e fotógrafo who conceived of, designed, and collected for the hall.
All the mammal dioramas in the Museum were created using his highly refined taxidermy and mounting techniques. The animals have been reconstructed with such scientific accuracy and detail that they appear astoundingly lifelike.
Akeley's meticulous attention to veracity, which was applied to the plants, the painted backgrounds, and even the lighting in the dioramas, resulted in faithful and vivid reproductions of the worlds that he wanted to preserve.
The 28 dioramas in this hall, true works of art, depict some of the many animals and habitats of Africa, from the bongo and mandrill of the dense rain forests to the impala and elephant of the savannah.
Carl Akeley had a lifelong devotion to the continent of Africa and the conservation of its beautiful wilderness areas. He traveled there many times, embarking on three expeditions for the Museum.
During his final expedition, he fell ill and died. He was buried in Albert National Park, hoje Virunga National Park, o primeiro santuário de vida selvagem do centro da África, which he had helped to establish.
The mountain location of his grave is near the scene depicted in the gorilla diorama in this hall.
Veja a página em inglês sobre a publicação desta expedição:
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