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Digital Special Collections of the American Museum of Natural History’s Research Library provides access to our rich collections of digitized archival photographic images, art and memorabilia images and Rare Book Collection illustrations. Use the tabs above to view Collections and Exhibits, or choose Browse to see all the images digitized to date. Enter terms in the box above to search across all our images or choose the Advanced Search option.

Featured Collection | Lantern Slides

This collection of black and white and hand-colored lantern slides was originally used to illustrate public lectures given at the Museum.

Featured Exhibit | Natural Histories

Glimpse the seldom-seen, fully illustrated scientific tomes from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection.

Featured Images From The Collections

Gemsbok Group, Akeley Hall of African Mammals, 1970

Mon-Chonsia, a Kansas chief, White Plume (Kansa) portrait from McKenney's History of the Indian tribes of North America

Young boy selecting lantern slides, 1920

Charles Curtis at wheel of schooner, the France

Children viewing Sea Rovers, Hall of Fishes, 1948

Artist Belmore Browne paints background for Mountain Goat diorama, Hall of North American Mammals

Common flying squirrels from Audubon's The viviparous quadrupeds of North America

Proposed design, Florida Black Bear Group, painting

Portrait of Hayne Hudjihini, Eagle of Delight, from McKenney's History of the Indian tribes of North America

Report From Space, Planetarium show poster, 1967