American Museum of Natural History & Rose Center for Earth & Space, New York Photos

The American Museum of Natural History with its significant dinosaur & mineral collections might give the impression that the focus is on stuffed animals. However, the cultural anthropology emphasis by the museum has resulted in major collections of arts & crafts from around the world which also make the museum a major art museum. This large building facing Central Park West was enhanced in 2000 when a multistoried glass cube, the Rose Center for Earth & Space, opened. Given that Theodore Roosevelt was instrumental in the founding of the Museum, his statue stands outside the main entrance.

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Central Park West entrance (1936) of American Museum of Natural History (1872). Architect: John Russell Pope.	Details of Central Park West entrance of American Museum of Natural History.	Buffalo reliefs (1936) by James L. Clark on base of American Museum of Natural History.	77th Street wing (1892-98) of American Museum of Natural History. Style: Romanesque Revival. Architect: J.C. Cady & Co.

Tower ringed with carved eagles on American Museum of Natural History.	Theodore Roosevelt equestrian statue (1936) by James Earle Fraser at American Museum of Natural History.	Theodore Roosevelt equestrian statue at American Museum of Natural History.	Rose Center for Earth & Space (2000) at American Museum of Natural History. Architect: James Stewart Polshek.

Rose Center for Earth & Space at American Museum of Natural History.	Rose Center for Earth & Space at American Museum of Natural History.	Space-age design in Rose Center for Earth & Space at at American Museum of Natural History.	Planets circle theater in Rose Center for Earth & Space at at American Museum of Natural History.

Planets circle theater in Rose Center for Earth & Space at at American Museum of Natural History.	Hall of the Universe in Rose Center for Earth & Space at at American Museum of Natural History.	Tyrannosaurus rex of Late Cretaceous (65 million years ago) era found in Montana at American Museum of Natural History.	Hyselosaurus priscus of Late Cretaceous (68 million years ago) era found in France at American Museum of Natural History.

Allosaurus fragilis of Late Jurassic (140 million years ago) era found in Wyoming at American Museum of Natural History.	Plateosaurus trossingensis of Late Triassic (210 million years ago) era found in Germany at American Museum of Natural History.	Stegosaurus stenops of Late Jurassic (140 million years ago) era found in Wyoming at American Museum of Natural History.	Protoceratops andrewsi of Late Cretaceous (72 million years ago) era found in Mongolia at American Museum of Natural History.

Anatotitan copei "giant duck" of Late Cretaceous (65 million years ago) era found in Montana & South Dakota at American Museum of Natural History.	Anatotitan copei "giant duck" of Late Cretaceous (65 million years ago) era at American Museum of Natural History.	Duck billed face of Anatotitan copei of Late Cretaceous (65 million years ago) era at American Museum of Natural History.	Pre-Columbian Panamanian gold figure at Museum of Natural History.

Pre-Columbian Panamanian gold crocodile at Museum of Natural History.	Plumbate ware human figure from Southwester Guatemala at Museum of Natural History.	Nazca ceramic bottle in form of condor from Peru at Museum of Natural History.	Samoyed woman's costume from Central Asia at Museum of Natural History.

Uzbek hat (kolas) collection from Central Asia at Museum of Natural History.	Uzbek hats from Central Asia at Museum of Natural History.	Tibetan metal teapots & boxes at Museum of Natural History.	Tibetan metal wares at Museum of Natural History.

Tibetan festival dance mask at Museum of Natural History.	Tibetan mask used in ritual dances which recount Tibetan & Buddhist history at Museum of Natural History.	Tibetan statue of Yama, lord of death, at Museum of Natural History.	Petrified wood from Arizona in mineral collection at Museum of Natural History.

Opals in mineral collection at Museum of Natural History.	Jade objects d'art in mineral collection at Museum of Natural History.	Ethiopian scroll on canvas with story of Solomon & Sheba at Museum of Natural History.	Battle scene from Ethiopian scroll on canvas at Museum of Natural History.

Gold ornaments made by lost wax process from Ashanti tribe in Niger River area of Ghana at Museum of Natural History.	Zambezi ivory hairpins & combs at Museum of Natural History.	Cowry shell money & adornments from Congo at Museum of Natural History.	African family shrine by Yoruba Tribe, featuring woman with chicken offering bowl of Kola nuts at Museum of Natural History.

Entertainment mask of Pero, a male secret society, features a Liberian Kok-Puh which is respected for wisdom at Museum of Natural History.	Beresford Apartment tower (1929) (211 Central Park West at 81st St.). Architect: Emery Roth.	Baroque-style tower details of Beresford Apartment.	Apartment buildings along 81st St. opposite Museum of Natural History.