Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site

Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site,
Peale's 1806 painting, The Exhumation of the Mastodon
Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site is located in New York
Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site
LocationRt. 17K, vicinity of Montgomery, New York
Coordinates41°31′35″N 74°13′4″W / 41.52639°N 74.21778°W / 41.52639; -74.21778
Area2.06 acres (0.83 ha)[2]
NRHP reference No.09000863[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 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]

The mastodon exhibited at Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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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