The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's largest natural history museums, located on the west side of Central Park in Manhattan. It was founded in the spring of 1869, with the support of wealthy New Yorkers and the naturalist Albert Bickmore, who proposed the idea, and it moved to its present site in the 1870s. Its collections run to tens of millions of specimens and artefacts and include dinosaur skeletons, meteorites, minerals and cultural objects from around the world. The Hayden Planetarium and the famous halls of dioramas are among its best-known features. The museum also conducts scientific research and sends expeditions to study life on Earth and the universe.
Before and after
- 6 March 1869Periodic table
- 8 March 1869Death of Hector Berlioz
- 18 March 1869Birth of Neville Chamberlain
- 20 March 1869Publication of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- 6 April 1869Founding of American Museum of Natural History
- 10 May 1869The first US transcontinental railroad is completed
- 25 May 1869Construction of Vienna State Opera house
- 27 June 1869Birth of Emma Goldman
- 24 September 1869Black Friday
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The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions. You can also browse everything in the 19th century.