Pumas at entrance to University Museums Building

Notes:

Albert Kahn Associates, architecture firm. Pumas by Carleton Watson Angell, 1940; black terrazzo. Building opened in 1928 and originally called the University Museums Building, which housed four museums: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, Museum of Paleontology, Museum of Zoology, and University Herbarium. Later housed the Museum of Natural History, which was officially created in 1956. Renamed the Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Building in 1968.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Bentley Historical Library

Collection:

Bentley Image Bank, Bentley Historical Library

Subject Topic:

University Museums Building (University of Michigan); University of Michigan--Buildings--1941-1950; Galleries & museums--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Pumas; Sculpture--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor

Language:

UND

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