Palace of Deception: Museum Men and the Rise of Scientific Racism

An eye-opening look into the founding of the American Museum of Natural History and its original racial underpinnings. From 1908 to 1933, the American Museum of Natural History launched more scientific field expeditions than at any other time in its existence. Sponsoring lavish trips to Africa and Central Asia, the museum filled its halls with artifacts and an aura of adventure, underwritten by some of New York City’s most prominent men, such as Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan. In Palace of