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Wow. The Teddy Roosevelt statue outside the main entrance to the American Museum of Natural History is coming down—at the AMNH& #39;s request. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/arts/design/roosevelt-statue-to-be-removed-from-museum-of-natural-history.html?smid=tw-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/2...
The Museum of Natural History has been wrestling with what to do about the Roosevelt statue for a while, and mounted a special exhibit on the criticism of it a couple of years ago. https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/addressing-the-theodore-roosevelt-statue">https://www.amnh.org/exhibitio...
You& #39;re gonna hear people wringing their hands saying that the AMNH cancelled Teddy Roosevelt, but if it were just a statue of him, it& #39;d likely be staying up. (It& #39;s not just a statue of him.)
The Roosevelt statue is by far the most important piece of NYC public art to be removed in the current wave of reconsideration, and I expect its removal is going to get a LOT of attention from the chattering classes.
But if you& #39;re ambivalent or confused as to why the statue is coming down, I& #39;d encourage you to (1) look closely at the photo above, and (2) read the AMNH& #39;s discussion of the controversy. https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/addressing-the-theodore-roosevelt-statue">https://www.amnh.org/exhibitio...
