Editing Carl Akeley (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:Lion Spearing in Africa.jpg|alt=|thumb|''Lion Spearing in Africa'' (1926) Field Museum, Chicago; Bronze sculpture by Carl Akeley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.galenfrysinger.com/chicago_field_museum_akeley_statues.htm|title=Akeley Statues at the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois – Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin}}</ref>]]
The World Taxidermy & Fish Carving Championships awards gold medallions that bear Carl Akeley's likeness—based on a photograph he had taken at Stein Photography in Milwaukee—to its "Best in World" winners. There is also a Carl Akeley Award for the most artistic mount at the World Show. The medallions were sculpted by Floyd Easterman of the Milwaukee Public Museum. The Akeley Hall of African Mammals of the [[American Museum of Natural History]] and the Akeley Memorial Hall at [[Field Museum of Natural History|The Field Museum]] are named for him.<ref>[http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Akeley_Hall_of_African_Mammals/akeley.html?50 American Museum of Natural History: Akeley Hall of African Mammals] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630022818/http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Akeley_Hall_of_African_Mammals/akeley.html|date=June 30, 2009}}</ref>