Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around .. . eum Library, in the building of theBoston Natural History Society, Boylston Street, corner ofBerkeley, contains about 25,000 volumes. The State Library of Massachusetts occupies quarters in theState House, THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, AND OTHERCOLLECTIONS. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts is centrally located in Cop-ley Square, jnst scnitheast of Trinity Church. It is open every week-day, except Mon-day, from 9 A. M. to sun-set; on Monday, from 12JM. to sunset; on Sunday,from I P. M. to is free on Sat-urdays and Sundays. Onother
Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around .. . eum Library, in the building of theBoston Natural History Society, Boylston Street, corner ofBerkeley, contains about 25,000 volumes. The State Library of Massachusetts occupies quarters in theState House, THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, AND OTHERCOLLECTIONS. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts is centrally located in Cop-ley Square, jnst scnitheast of Trinity Church. It is open every week-day, except Mon-day, from 9 A. M. to sun-set; on Monday, from 12JM. to sunset; on Sunday,from I P. M. to is free on Sat-urdays and Sundays. Onother days an admissionfee of 25 cents is pay days the smallernumber of visitors is anadvantage not to be over-looked. The Museum is aprivate corporation, whichhas been supported entire-ly by the generosity of itsfriends. The only help ithas received from State orcity is the land on whichthe building stands. Nextto the Metropolitan Muse-um in New York it is thebest equipped art museumin America. Tt is possible in thisguide to indicate only in a. Myron. 34 THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS AND OTHER COLLECTIONS. 35 very general way the scope of the collections. The pictures andother objects are numbered, and many of them are inscribed, butto enjoy the collection thoroughly visitors should purchase thecatalogues which are sold in the entrance hall. The first floor is devoted to the collection of casts, and theseare arranged in very nearly chronological order. There areabout eight hundred of these casts, illustrating the history ofart from 4,000 years B. C, through Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian,Greek, Roman, Mediaeval and Renaissance periods. The floorplans accompanying this article will enable the visitor to locatedifferent groups and collections, and in passing from room toroom he may choose the route which will unfold to him the vari-ous phases of the development and decline of classical sculpture. The tour of the first floor should begin at the right side of theentra
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