Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals
Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals
Permanent exhibition. Opened April 8, 1942. Located on Floor 1, Section 13. The Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History features habitat dioramas of mammal species with each diorama depicting a particular time of year and day in specific North American locations.
Alaska Moose (Diorama)
- Title
- Alaska Moose (Diorama)
- Description
- The Alaska Moose diorama, located on the first floor of the American Museum of Natural History in the Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals, was completed in 1940 and restored during the Hall’s restoration of 2011-2012. The scene depicts two fighting Alaska moose battling one another over a female during the autumn mating season on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The bog scene is typical of vast areas within the boreal forest. Stunted black spruce are depicted in the foreground. In the background, aspen trees are portrayed in fall color and indicate areas where fire has occurred. The background painter was Carl Rungius; The foreground artist was G. Frederick Mason (with James Carmel assisting); the taxidermist was Robert Rockwell.
- Identifier
- amnhc_6000030
- Date
- 1940 (completed)
- 2011-2012 (restored)
- Creator
- Rockwell, Robert H.
- Rungius, Carl, 1869-1959
- Mason, George Frederick, 1904-2000
- Carmel, James H., 1919-2016
- Medium
- dioramas
- Subject
- Moose
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