Collection Highlights
Ledger, 1678-1684
Date:
1678-1684
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Clopper.Ledger.1678
Medium:
Pen and ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
2001.218a-c
Date:
2000
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
paperweight: 3 x 3 x 3 in. ( 7.6 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: on label on underside of box: "Made in Israel"
etched: in paperweight: "AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY" and "FREDERICK PHINEAS & SANDRA PRIEST ROSE CENTER FOR EARTH AND SPACE"
Description:
Cube-shaped glass paperweight with etched interior depicting the Frederick Phineas & Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History, showing nine planets and the sun; in original cardboard box with foam padding.
Gallery Label:
This paperweight depicts the Rose Center for Earth and Space, a spherical planetarium enclosed in a mullionless 6-story cube with tension-supported glass curtain walls. Designed by James Stewart Polshek, the high-tech museum and planetarium facility opened in 2000. The paperweight was donated by Ellen V. Futter, president of the American Museum of Natural History since 1993.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ellen V. Futter, President of the American Museum of Natural History
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
