The American Museum of Natural History Purges Its Most Famous Patron Daniel Greenfield 29 President Theodore Roosevelt was a great naturalist and he came by it naturally. His father was one of the founders of the American Museum of Natural History, and while no great monument was ever erected to him in New York City, the museum's Roosevelt rotunda and the giant statue of Roosevelt outside were the next best things to it. But, of course, the cultural revolution came calling. And the American Museum of Natural History quickly surrendered, asking that one of the most distinctive statues in the city...