Division of Ethnology (AMNH)

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The Division of Ethnology (AMNH) is a curatorial and research unit at the American Museum of Natural History dedicated to the study and preservation of world cultures and their material traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf curatorial department
museum division
research unit
country United States of America
dedicatedTo preservation of material traditions
preservation of world cultures
study of material traditions
study of world cultures
employs collection managers
collections staff
conservators
curators
research scientists
fieldOfWork cultural anthropology
ethnology
material culture studies
focusesOn everyday material culture
indigenous cultures
ritual and ceremonial objects
traditional technologies
hasAbbreviation AMNH Division of Ethnology NERFINISHED
hasCollectionType artifacts of world cultures
ethnographic collections
material culture objects
hasMainBuilding Central Park West museum complex NERFINISHED
hasWebsite https://www.amnh.org/research/anthropology
headquartersLocation American Museum of Natural History NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Manhattan NERFINISHED
New York State NERFINISHED
United States of America NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
location New York City
operatedBy American Museum of Natural History NERFINISHED
parentOrganization American Museum of Natural History NERFINISHED
partOf American Museum of Natural History NERFINISHED
Anthropology departments at American Museum of Natural History NERFINISHED
performsFunction collaboration with source communities
curation of ethnographic collections
documentation of material traditions
research on world cultures
support for exhibitions
support for public education
usesMethod archival research
comparative ethnology
fieldwork
object-based research

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Department of Anthropology hasDivision Division of Ethnology (AMNH)
subject surface form: Department of Anthropology (American Museum of Natural History)