The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way

By Colin Davey, Thomas A. Lesser

Categories: History, Science & Math

The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way (2019) is a history of the New York museum by Colin Davey with Thomas A. Lesser, published by Fordham University Press. A revised 2020 edition added a foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson. It follows the museum's buildings, halls, exhibits, expeditions and personalities from its founding in 1869, explaining how the institution came to look the way it does.

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• Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Such was the influence of AMNH my ambitions and my outlook on the world. And such was the influence of AMNH on generations past and present, as will continue to be its influence on countless generations to come. (Foreword written for this book, per his official site.)”