. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 840 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, i!»03. inaintaiiis also a biological laboratory on the seashore, with 12 employ- ees, as well as a larger museum for children in Bedford Park, the latter with 8 employees, one of whom is a ; The art build- ing on Montague street, worth about $125,000, stands financially and otherwise in close relation to the institute. The library includes 27,000 volumes. From June 1, 1898, to May 31, 1899, 3,8
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 840 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, i!»03. inaintaiiis also a biological laboratory on the seashore, with 12 employ- ees, as well as a larger museum for children in Bedford Park, the latter with 8 employees, one of whom is a ; The art build- ing on Montague street, worth about $125,000, stands financially and otherwise in close relation to the institute. The library includes 27,000 volumes. From June 1, 1898, to May 31, 1899, 3,80H meetings were held, including lectures, demonstrations, and class reunions, which were attended by over 360,000 persons. The Institute has an invested fund of over $,000, and an annual income of $175,000. The city gives $50,000, by authority of the government of the State. Fig. (i.—Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. A corner in the room devoted to Botany. of New York, primarily for the running of the museum, and $75,000 are received from private donations. « The museum for children is designed for young people from 6 to 20 years of age, and includes all human endeavors and interests, so far as they are comprehensive for youth or can serve for their education. The objects cho.«en all bear a detinite rela- tion to home life and school life. In 6 rooms on the basement floor are collections of models, animals, plants, anatomical preparations and meteorological instruments, as well as a lecture loom wliich will accommodate 40. On the first floor are the library and administration rooms. The rooms are prettily decorated, and the cases are low enough to enaV)le children to see everything .\ell. Many things are here brought together which are of interest also to grown persons. I may mention a so-called type collection, such as is used in elementary schools in France. It con-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digit
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