This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Margaret Mead still holds court at 75 at the museum
A day before her 75th birthday, Margaret Mead presides in the Hall of the Peoples of the Pacific at the American Museum of Natural History. She discusses her career, upcoming books, plans to return to Bali and New Guinea, and a Margaret Mead fund to advance anthropology.
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New York
Margaret Mead
American Museum of Natural History
Hall of the Peoples of the Pacific
Museum
Dr. Mead
Easter Island
New Guinea
Iran
New York City
Bali
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Luther S. Cressman
Samoa
Gregory Bateson
Mead
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