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Hawkin's conceptual drawing of the Paleozoic Museum. The Paleozoic Museum was a proposed museum of natural history in Manhattan near Central Park.Planning and initial construction for the museum proceeded in 1868–1870; English sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins planned and began creation of the dioramas, and the foundations for an eventual structure were laid at Central Park West and 63rd ...
The museum was the setting for the 1970 novel The Great Dinosaur Robbery by David Forrest, but was not featured in the film adaptation One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, which was set in the Natural History Museum in London, England. As the "New York Museum of Natural History", the museum is a favorite setting in many Douglas Preston and Lincoln ...
1271 – Amerus, Practica artis musicae. [5]1274 – Elias Salomo, Scientia artis musicae. [6]1279 – Anonymous of St Emmeram, De musica mensurata (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. Lat. Mon. [Cim.] 14523), one of the two main treatises on the theory of Notre Dame polyphony.
National Museum of Catholic Art and History, closed in 2010; New York Jazz Museum, Manhattan; New York Tattoo Museum; Onassis Cultural Center; Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Manhattan, closed in 2021. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex, opened in Soho in 2008, closed in 2010; Sony Wonder Technology Lab, closed in 2016
This list of museums in New York is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
This list of music museums offers a guide to museums worldwide that specialize in the domain of music. These institutions are dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of music-related history, including the lives and works of prominent musicians, the evolution and variety of musical instruments, and other aspects of the world of music.
There, they created the African elephant group in the center of Akeley Hall at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York. [2] Jonas opened Louis Paul Jonas Studios, Inc in Mahopac, NY, [3] and eventually moved to Hudson, NY. The studio was known for its miniature and full size animal sculptures, taxidermy, and natural history exhibits ...
The New-York Historical Society is an American history museum and library in New York City, along Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the history of New York and the ...