Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt is a 1939 bronze sculpture by James Earle Fraser. [1] It was located on public park land at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Jun 23, 2020 · “The statue was meant to celebrate Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) as a devoted naturalist and author of works on natural history,” the museum says in its statement.

Find out about the three figures depicted in the monument and the multiple ways in which the statue is interpreted today.

Jan 20, 2022 · The bronze sculpture of Roosevelt on horseback with Native American and African figures depicted subjugation and racial inferiority, the American Museum of Natural History said.

Jan 20, 2022 · It depicts the former New York governor and 26th U.S. president sitting on a horse, flanked by two shirtless, unnamed men. One is Native American and the other is of African …

The national memorial dedicated to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, lies about half way between the Lincoln Memorial and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial …

Read an explainer about why the Natural History Museum is taking away a much-protested monument to Theodore Roosevelt.

Roosevelt is depicted on horseback as both hunter and explorer. He is flanked by the figures of two guides, one Native American and one African, meant to symoblize the continents of …

Jan 24, 2022 · The protesters shrouded the statue with a parachute and posed three demands to the city and museum: Rename Columbus Day, remove the Roosevelt monument, and “respect …

Jul 1, 2020 · On June 21st, the American Museum of Natural History made the clear-eyed decision to remove a racist equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt from its front steps.