For over a century, an evolving microcosm of Anthropology’s turbulent history has hidden behind the staid façade of the American Museum of Natural History. From an insider’s perspective, the well-known ethnologist Stan Freed engagingly introduces us to an amazing cast of explorers, eccentrics, idealists, pranksters and forbidding intellectual - an unlikely mix that played a key role in establishing the science of Anthropology as we know it today. Ian Tattersall
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The MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN NATURAL HISTORY is a New York City museum located at the American Museum of Natural History in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It opened in 1910, with over 11 million artifacts, and houses one of the most comprehensive collections of human natural history artifacts. The collections are not only the largest in the world, but also include a number of large and important research collections. The Museum, which was founded in 1869, currently houses approximately 12 million specimens and objects, including a 30-million-specimen collection from the American Museum of Natural History, as well as smaller collections from other institutions around the world.

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