American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History - Quiz

1. How did visitors originally access the AMNH?

A) A temporary bridge that crossed a ditch
B) A tunnel from the subway
C) A ferry across a nearby lake
D) A grand staircase from Central Park

2. In what month did the trustees vote to complete the approaches from Central Park?

A) January 1882
B) March 1880
C) November 1881
D) May 1881

3. When did the bridge over Central Park West open?

A) November 1882
B) December 1883
C) May 1881
D) August 1885

4. What was the seating capacity of the lecture hall in the original facilities?

A) 250 seats
B) 500 seats
C) 75 seats
D) 100 seats

5. Why did the trustees initially oppose opening the museum on Sundays?

A) Construction was ongoing
B) The staff refused to work
C) Religious objections
D) It would be expensive

6. Which days was the museum open exclusively to members during the 1880s?

A) Fridays and Saturdays
B) Wednesdays and Thursdays
C) Mondays and Tuesdays
D) Saturdays and Sundays

7. Who was the city parks engineer directed to prepare landscaping plans in 1887?

A) Calvert Vaux
B) Morris K. Jesup
C) Frederick Law Olmsted
D) Montgomery A. Kellogg

8. Where was the entrance pavilion approved in March 1888 located?

A) At the center of the 77th Street elevation
B) At the Central Park West entrance
C) At the rear of the building
D) At the museum library entrance

9. In what year was the museum's library transferred to the west wing?

A) 1895
B) 1892
C) 1890
D) 1888

10. When did the museum stop charging admission?

A) August 1892
B) May 1885
C) November 1882
D) July 1892

11. In what month did the museum begin Sunday operations?

A) July 1892
B) November 1892
C) February 1892
D) August 1892

12. What project was postponed in May 1893 in favor of an east wing extension?

A) A mammalogy department
B) A grand entrance hall
C) A new lecture hall
D) A new library wing

13. How much money did trustees request from legislators in 1895 for a west wing?

A) $100,000
B) $200,000
C) $75,000
D) $500,000

14. When did the hall of mammals open?

A) November 1896
B) June 1897
C) August 1898
D) December 1895

15. Who was the museum director that sponsored worldwide expeditions?

A) Montgomery A. Kellogg
B) The Board of Estimate
C) The state legislature
D) Morris K. Jesup

16. What kind of art hall opened in December 1899?

A) European Renaissance art
B) Asian sculpture
C) Ancient Mexican art
D) Native American pottery

17. On what date was the legislation creating the museum signed?

A) May 22, 1871
B) January 1, 1870
C) April 6, 1869
D) June 3, 1874

18. Who was the first president of the AMNH?

A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) John David Wolfe
C) Rutherford B. Hayes
D) Andrew Green

19. Where was the museum first located?

A) Columbus Avenue
B) Eighth Avenue
C) Manhattan Square
D) Central Park's Arsenal

20. What specimens were placed on the lower level of the Arsenal?

A) Fossils
B) Birds
C) Mammals
D) Insect specimens

21. How many visitors did the Arsenal location receive in the first nine months of 1876?

A) 200,000
B) 1,000,000
C) 856,773
D) 500,000

22. Which site was identified for the permanent museum structure?

A) Manhattan Square
B) Central Park Arsenal
C) Eighth Street
D) The British Museum

23. Which U.S. president attended the groundbreaking ceremony on June 3, 1874?

A) Andrew Hoffman
B) Rutherford B. Hayes
C) John David Wolfe
D) Ulysses S. Grant

24. When did the permanent museum building open?

A) December 22, 1877
B) May 22, 1871
C) January 1, 1870
D) June 3, 1874

25. Which U.S. president attended the opening ceremony of the permanent building?

A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Andrew Hoffman
C) Rutherford B. Hayes
D) John David Wolfe

26. In what year were the old exhibits removed from the Arsenal?

A) 1879
B) 1877
C) 1876
D) 1878

27. When did the AMNH become debt-free?

A) 1879
B) 1878
C) 1876
D) 1877

28. Which of these was NOT kept on the upper level of the Arsenal?

A) Mammals
B) Fossils
C) Insects
D) Fish

29. How many buildings comprise the museum complex?

A) 10
B) 45
C) 21
D) 15

30. How many permanent exhibition halls does the museum house?

A) 120
B) 21
C) 45
D) 32

31. Approximately how many specimens does the museum collection contain?

A) 32 million
B) 225 thousand
C) 10 million
D) 5 million

32. What is the average annual number of visits to the museum?

A) Fifty thousand
B) One million
C) Ten million
D) Five million

33. What event helped increase calls for a natural history museum in 1868?

A) Barnum's American Museum burned down
B) The American Civil War ended
C) A donation from the British Museum
D) The opening of the Rose Center

34. Who introduced Albert S. Bickmore to Theodore Roosevelt Sr.?

A) Joseph Hodges Choate
B) Andrew Haswell Green
C) William E. Dodge Jr.
D) Boss Tweed

35. What year did the Rose Center for Earth and Space open?

A) 2000
B) 1871
C) 1877
D) 1936

36. Which political figure did Bickmore need approval from to establish the museum?

A) Andrew Haswell Green
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) John Thompson Hoffman
D) Boss Tweed

37. Who drafted the museum's charter along with Albert S. Bickmore?

A) Calvert Vaux
B) William E. Dodge Jr.
C) Joseph Hodges Choate
D) Theodore Roosevelt Sr.

38. In what month and year did the museum's 1,350-seat lecture hall open?

A) January 1936
B) December 1929
C) February 1905
D) October 1900

39. What type of skeleton became the centerpiece of the dinosaur hall in 1905?

A) Triceratops
B) Stegosaurus
C) T-Rex
D) Brontosaurus

40. When did the dinosaur hall open at the AMNH?

A) October 1900
B) January 1936
C) February 1905
D) March 1925

41. Who was the museum president in the early 1920s?

A) John Russell Pope
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Henry Fairfield Osborn

42. What kind of memorial was planned to be included in the museum's new entrance in the 1920s?

A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) John Russell Pope
C) Henry Fairfield Osborn
D) Theodore Roosevelt

43. What architectural style was chosen for the Roosevelt memorial?

A) Roman
B) Gothic
C) Victorian
D) Greek

44. When did construction on the Roosevelt memorial begin?

A) 1929
B) 1936
C) 1905
D) 1925

45. Who served as the general contractor for the memorial construction?

A) J. Harry McNally
B) Henry Fairfield Osborn
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) John Russell Pope

46. Which U.S. president dedicated the memorial on January 19, 1936?

A) Henry Fairfield Osborn
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) John Russell Pope
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt

47. Which of the following locations was NOT a subject of an AMNH expedition in the 1900s?

A) China
B) Pacific Northwest
C) Mexico
D) Australia

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