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  • 1. How did visitors originally access the AMNH?
A) A grand staircase from Central Park
B) A tunnel from the subway
C) A temporary bridge that crossed a ditch
D) A ferry across a nearby lake
  • 2. In what month did the trustees vote to complete the approaches from Central Park?
A) January 1882
B) November 1881
C) May 1881
D) March 1880
  • 3. When did the bridge over Central Park West open?
A) August 1885
B) December 1883
C) May 1881
D) November 1882
  • 4. What was the seating capacity of the lecture hall in the original facilities?
A) 500 seats
B) 100 seats
C) 250 seats
D) 75 seats
  • 5. Why did the trustees initially oppose opening the museum on Sundays?
A) It would be expensive
B) Construction was ongoing
C) The staff refused to work
D) Religious objections
  • 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) Frederick Law Olmsted
B) Morris K. Jesup
C) Montgomery A. Kellogg
D) Calvert Vaux
  • 8. Where was the entrance pavilion approved in March 1888 located?
A) At the rear of the building
B) At the museum library entrance
C) At the center of the 77th Street elevation
D) At the Central Park West entrance
  • 9. In what year was the museum's library transferred to the west wing?
A) 1888
B) 1890
C) 1895
D) 1892
  • 10. When did the museum stop charging admission?
A) August 1892
B) November 1882
C) July 1892
D) May 1885
  • 11. In what month did the museum begin Sunday operations?
A) February 1892
B) August 1892
C) July 1892
D) November 1892
  • 12. What project was postponed in May 1893 in favor of an east wing extension?
A) A new library wing
B) A mammalogy department
C) A grand entrance hall
D) A new lecture hall
  • 13. How much money did trustees request from legislators in 1895 for a west wing?
A) $100,000
B) $75,000
C) $500,000
D) $200,000
  • 14. When did the hall of mammals open?
A) November 1896
B) June 1897
C) December 1895
D) August 1898
  • 15. Who was the museum director that sponsored worldwide expeditions?
A) The Board of Estimate
B) The state legislature
C) Montgomery A. Kellogg
D) Morris K. Jesup
  • 16. What kind of art hall opened in December 1899?
A) Native American pottery
B) European Renaissance art
C) Asian sculpture
D) Ancient Mexican art
  • 17. On what date was the legislation creating the museum signed?
A) April 6, 1869
B) June 3, 1874
C) May 22, 1871
D) January 1, 1870
  • 18. Who was the first president of the AMNH?
A) John David Wolfe
B) Rutherford B. Hayes
C) Andrew Green
D) Ulysses S. Grant
  • 19. Where was the museum first located?
A) Central Park's Arsenal
B) Columbus Avenue
C) Eighth Avenue
D) Manhattan Square
  • 20. What specimens were placed on the lower level of the Arsenal?
A) Birds
B) Mammals
C) Fossils
D) Insect specimens
  • 21. How many visitors did the Arsenal location receive in the first nine months of 1876?
A) 1,000,000
B) 856,773
C) 500,000
D) 200,000
  • 22. Which site was identified for the permanent museum structure?
A) The British Museum
B) Eighth Street
C) Manhattan Square
D) Central Park Arsenal
  • 23. Which U.S. president attended the groundbreaking ceremony on June 3, 1874?
A) John David Wolfe
B) Rutherford B. Hayes
C) Andrew Hoffman
D) Ulysses S. Grant
  • 24. When did the permanent museum building open?
A) June 3, 1874
B) January 1, 1870
C) December 22, 1877
D) May 22, 1871
  • 25. Which U.S. president attended the opening ceremony of the permanent building?
A) Andrew Hoffman
B) Rutherford B. Hayes
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) John David Wolfe
  • 26. In what year were the old exhibits removed from the Arsenal?
A) 1877
B) 1878
C) 1876
D) 1879
  • 27. When did the AMNH become debt-free?
A) 1877
B) 1876
C) 1879
D) 1878
  • 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) 15
B) 45
C) 21
D) 10
  • 30. How many permanent exhibition halls does the museum house?
A) 21
B) 45
C) 120
D) 32
  • 31. Approximately how many specimens does the museum collection contain?
A) 10 million
B) 32 million
C) 225 thousand
D) 5 million
  • 32. What is the average annual number of visits to the museum?
A) Five million
B) Ten million
C) Fifty thousand
D) One million
  • 33. What event helped increase calls for a natural history museum in 1868?
A) The American Civil War ended
B) The opening of the Rose Center
C) A donation from the British Museum
D) Barnum's American Museum burned down
  • 34. Who introduced Albert S. Bickmore to Theodore Roosevelt Sr.?
A) Boss Tweed
B) William E. Dodge Jr.
C) Joseph Hodges Choate
D) Andrew Haswell Green
  • 35. What year did the Rose Center for Earth and Space open?
A) 1871
B) 1936
C) 1877
D) 2000
  • 36. Which political figure did Bickmore need approval from to establish the museum?
A) John Thompson Hoffman
B) Andrew Haswell Green
C) Boss Tweed
D) Theodore Roosevelt
  • 37. Who drafted the museum's charter along with Albert S. Bickmore?
A) Theodore Roosevelt Sr.
B) William E. Dodge Jr.
C) Calvert Vaux
D) Joseph Hodges Choate
  • 38. In what month and year did the museum's 1,350-seat lecture hall open?
A) February 1905
B) January 1936
C) October 1900
D) December 1929
  • 39. What type of skeleton became the centerpiece of the dinosaur hall in 1905?
A) Stegosaurus
B) Triceratops
C) T-Rex
D) Brontosaurus
  • 40. When did the dinosaur hall open at the AMNH?
A) January 1936
B) October 1900
C) March 1925
D) February 1905
  • 41. Who was the museum president in the early 1920s?
A) John Russell Pope
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Theodore 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) Henry Fairfield Osborn
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) John Russell Pope
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • 43. What architectural style was chosen for the Roosevelt memorial?
A) Victorian
B) Greek
C) Roman
D) Gothic
  • 44. When did construction on the Roosevelt memorial begin?
A) 1925
B) 1936
C) 1905
D) 1929
  • 45. Who served as the general contractor for the memorial construction?
A) John Russell Pope
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) J. Harry McNally
D) Henry Fairfield Osborn
  • 46. Which U.S. president dedicated the memorial on January 19, 1936?
A) Henry Fairfield Osborn
B) John Russell Pope
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • 47. Which of the following locations was NOT a subject of an AMNH expedition in the 1900s?
A) China
B) Mexico
C) Australia
D) Pacific Northwest
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