American Museum of Natural History

The Library provides access to its online catalog. The Collections Database provides access to over 50,000 images and catalog descriptions from the North American Ethnographic Collection. Collections include: The Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) was sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History to investigate the links between the people and the cultures of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America and the Eastern Coast of Siberia; The Lumholtz Collection, consisting of more than 2500 photographs taken in the course of four expeditions sponsored by the museum to the northwest of Mexico from 1890 to 1898. The photos show the indigenous peoples Lumholtz encountered, including Tarahumara, Pima, Tepehuan, Cora, Huichol, and Tabasco Indians. Other collections and exhibits are available, see website for full holdings and details on access.