The Bennet-Bird Bolivia Expedition
(1933–34),
documentation of ten Inca and pre-Inca archaeological sites, with footage of Aymara native life
(2021 Federal Grants).
Bird Islands of Peru
(1930),
documentation of the Brooklyn Museum expedition to study the guano-producing fowl of the Islands of Santa Rosa and Lobos de Afuera, led by Robert Cushman Murphy
(2020 Federal Grants).
Play film
Camping Among the Indians
(1927),
documentary on a variety of dances performed by Native Americans in the southwest, filmed by AMNH curator Clyde Fisher and author Ernest Thompson Seton
(2024 Federal Grants).
Carl and Mary in Africa
(1926),
documentation of prominent taxidermist Carl Ethan Akeley and his wife Mary Jobe participating in the Eastman-Pomeroy-Ackeley expedition of 1926
(2016 Federal Grants).
Play film
Children of Africa
(1937),
expedition footage repurposed for educational use
(2009 Federal Grants).
Children of Asia
(1937),
expedition footage repurposed for educational use
(2009 Federal Grants).
Congo Peacock Expedition
(1937),
expedition film of ornithologist James Paul Chapin’s search for a rare peacock rumored to exist in the Belgian Congo
(2003 Federal Grants).
Delta of the Nile
(1927),
Philip and Gladys Pratt’s travelogue profiling Alexandria, Egypt
(2009 Federal Grants).
Ducks
(early 1960s),
ornithologist Helen Hays’ film about the breeding habits of freshwater birds in New York City’s Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
(2014 Federal Grants).
Glimpses of Hispaniola
(1929–30),
footage of an expedition to the Dominican Republic to collect reptile and amphibian specimens
(2021 Federal Grants).
Great Gull Island
(1949),
ornithologist Helen Hays’ study of the island before it was re-established as a tern nesting habitat
(2014 Federal Grants).
The Lost Art of the Tlingit of Alaska
(1957),
documentation of uncommon basket-weaving techniques, as demonstrated by a female Tlingit elder
(2021 Federal Grants).
Men of Science
(1938),
portrait of the Museum’s scientists, technicians, educators, and artists at work
(2018 Federal Grants).
Meshie: Child of a Chimpanzee
(1930–34),
home movies of the chimpanzee raised by museum curator Harry Raven alongside his children
(2010 Federal Grants).
Modern Taxidermy: Mounting an Indian Elephant
(1926–27),
footage of taxidermist Louis Jonas at work in the Museum studio
(2017 Federal Grants).
Nyimsao & Kheseto: A Tale of the Naga Hills
(1930),
ethnographic narrative about the Naga people, shot along the India-Myanmar border
(2010 Federal Grants).
Preparing a Museum Group
(1950),
step-by-step documentation of a diorama being assembled for the Hall of North American Mammals
(2017 Federal Grants).
The School Service of the American Museum of Natural History
(1927),
time capsule of the museum’s educational activities in the late 1920s, with footage of now long-dismantled exhibits
(2009 Federal Grants).
Play film
The Scientific Expedition to the South Pacific in the Yacht Zaca
(1934–35),
documentation of the AMNH Templeton Crocker Expedition of 1934–35 by California Academy of Sciences artist Toshio Asaeda
(2019 Federal Grants).
Play film
The Seventh Archbold Expedition to New Guinea
(1964),
documentary of the museum’s seventh zoological trip to the island, foregrounding the contribution of native New Guineans on the collecting team
(2009 Federal Grants).
The Shalako Ceremony at Zuni, New Mexico
(1925),
documentation of winter solstice rituals
(2012 Federal Grants).
Southwest Indians
(1932),
Native American dances filmed by AMNH curator Clyde Fisher
(2024 Federal Grants).
Tern Watch
(early 1980s),
documentation of the ornithological field station at Great Gull Island
(2014 Federal Grants).
To Lhasa and Shigatse
(1935),
footage of the Vernay-Cutting expedition to Tibet
(2004 Partnership Grants).
The Vernay Deer Group
(1923–27),
documentation of taxidermy techniques and specimen collecting during the Faunthorpe-Vernay Indian Expedition
(2016 Federal Grants).