. The Australian Museum magazine. Natural history. THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM MAGAZINE Published by the Australian Museum Editor: C. Anderson, , College Street, Sydney. Annual Subscription, Post Free, 4/4. Vol. I., No. 7. DECEMBER, 1922. Editorial MUSEUMS AND ENDOWMENTS. THEY do these things well in America. A recent number of Natural History, a magazine issued by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, informs us that the Endowment Fund has been recently augmented by two gifts totalling $1,250,000, and the trustees hope that during the present year at least $2,000,000 may be ra
. The Australian Museum magazine. Natural history. THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM MAGAZINE Published by the Australian Museum Editor: C. Anderson, , College Street, Sydney. Annual Subscription, Post Free, 4/4. Vol. I., No. 7. DECEMBER, 1922. Editorial MUSEUMS AND ENDOWMENTS. THEY do these things well in America. A recent number of Natural History, a magazine issued by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, informs us that the Endowment Fund has been recently augmented by two gifts totalling $1,250,000, and the trustees hope that during the present year at least $2,000,000 may be raised for this fund. That is the proper spirit, and we hope that this objective will be attained. The great New York museum is the admiration and the envy of similar institutions the world over. It is admired because of its magnificent services to science and education, and its bold adventures in new methods of display, which have become classic models for imitation elsewhere. And it is envied because of its well merited success in arousing the interest of American citizens and gaining their material support for its projects. The greater part of its income is derived not from public funds but from private donations, which enable the trustees to finance vast schemes of exploration and research in all quarters of the globe. We in Australia are more modest. We have our own continent, with a fauna and an aboriginal population more interesting perhaps than any in the world and presenting many prob- lems yet unsolved. Then we have the Pacific at our doors, teeming with pos- sibilities for zoological and ethno- graphical research, and Australian museums would be up and doing. Can we not hope for a measure of public support, not, indeed, as great as American museums obtain, but com- mensurate with the wealth of our own country ? It might be said that the public services of this museum are so slight in comparison that we cannot expect private donors to respond to our needs as in America.
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