Adaptive Coloration in Animals, Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History

ID: MNH-250 or MNH250

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1959

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 4

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Summary

Exhibit case displays adaptive coloration in animals by the use of countershading and disruptive coloration. The exhibit is in the Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History.

Subject

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 4

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1959

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Animals
  • Countershading
  • Exhibitions
  • Hall of Mammals
  • Color of animals
  • Mammals

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

MNH-250 or MNH250

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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