Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site
Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site, | |
 Peale's 1806 painting, The Exhumation of the Mastodon | |
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| Location | Rt. 17K, vicinity of Montgomery, New York |
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| Coordinates | 41°31′35″N 74°13′4″W / 41.52639°N 74.21778°W |
| Area | 2.06 acres (0.83 ha)[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000863[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 20, 2009[1] |
The Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site, near Montgomery, New York, is one of three sites of an 1801 exhumation of a mastodon which became "the world's first fully articulated prehistoric skeleton".[3] The exhumation was led by artist/scientist Charles Willson Peale, owner of the Philadelphia Museum.[2]
The site was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on October 20, 2009.[2][1] The listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of November 6, 2009.[4]
The mastodon skeleton is exhibited at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt in Darmstadt, Germany, though it was returned to the US for a temporary exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places". Weekly Listings. National Park Service. November 6, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- ^ a b c William E. Kratinger; Katherine Woltz; Evan Galbraith & Joseph Devine (April 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2009. (26 pages)
- ^ "Weekly Highlight: National Register of Historic Places Official Website--Part of the National Park Service". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Weekly List Actions". National Park Service.
- ^ Hans-Dieter, Sues (May 6, 2020). "THE STORY OF CHARLES WILLSON PEALE'S MASSIVE MASTODON". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
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