Description

Overview:

This online article explains the meticulous care and tracking that goes into storing the 530,000 items in the museum's anthropology collection. Along with discussing the inherent differences between the items in each of the collection's three subdivisions (archaeology, ethnology, and biological anthropology), the article covers the nature of collections, preserving anthropology collections and computerizing collections management

Subject:

Anthropology

Level:

High School

Grades:

Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12

Material Type:

Data Set

Provider:

American Museum of Natural History

Date Added:

10/15/2014