Transformation of the expeditionary enterprise: Perspectives on the Smithsonian's expeditionary history before 1948

Summary

• This article discusses the Smithsonian's involvement in expeditions throughout the world, including the 1926 expedition to New Guinea. It offers historical context for the Smithsonian's involvement in the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) in 1948.
• Image is of Richard Peck using a movie camera to film villagers, Agintawa district, Nassau Mountains of New Guinea, 1926. Courtesy of the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Subject

• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Anthropology
• Arnhem Land Expedition

Notes

Paul Michael Taylor is the director of the Asian Cultural History Program in the Division of Ethnology at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Contained within

A Journal of Museums and Collections Vol. 9 number 2 Journal

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Smithsonian History Bibliography

Date

2014

Topic

• Scientific expeditions
• Research expeditions
• Ethnology
• Australian Aborigines

Place

• New Guinea
• Australia

Physical description

Number of pages: 14; Page numbers: 1-14

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