. Guide leaflet. ront only and were arranged in eases of standard sizes, assembledalong the side of a large hall. The collection, which was begun not farfrom 1858, was bequeathed to the town of Brighton in 1890, and isknown as the Booth Museum, and we earnestly hope that it may endurefor many years to come. Montagu Brown of Leicester adopted the methods of Mi-. Boothand a little later, in 1S77 or 1878, through the instrumentality of Sharpe, the first small habitat group of the coot was installed 10 THE STORY OF MUSEUM CROUPS in the British Museum, then at Bloomsbury Square. Now it is
. Guide leaflet. ront only and were arranged in eases of standard sizes, assembledalong the side of a large hall. The collection, which was begun not farfrom 1858, was bequeathed to the town of Brighton in 1890, and isknown as the Booth Museum, and we earnestly hope that it may endurefor many years to come. Montagu Brown of Leicester adopted the methods of Mi-. Boothand a little later, in 1S77 or 1878, through the instrumentality of Sharpe, the first small habitat group of the coot was installed 10 THE STORY OF MUSEUM CROUPS in the British Museum, then at Bloomsbury Square. Now it is ratherinteresting to note that some naturalists who are best known by theirscientific work, and are usually regarded by the public as being of thedry-as-dust type, were among the earliest advocates of naturalisticmethods in museum exhibits. Thus, to Dr. Sharpe, whose enduringmonument is the British Museum Catcdogiu of Birds, and to Dr. Gunther,best known for his systematic work on fishes, we are indebted for the. BLACK-THROATED LOON One of the nesting groups of British Birds in the British .Museum introduction of groups into a great public museum and for obtaining forthem the recognition of a scientific institution of long standing. The installation of bird groups in the British Museum made goodprogress under the administration of Sir William Flower, who tookespecial interest in the educational side of museums and in the introduc-tion of exhibits t hat were attractive, as well as instructive, In the generalvisitor. The first group in the American Museum, an Aral) courier attackedby lions, was purchased in 1869and shown in the old Arsenal building inCentral Park, then the home of this institution. This group may have THE STORY OF MUSEUM CROUPS 11 been theatrical and bloody, but, as a piece of taxidermy, it was themost ambitious attempt of its day. Moreover it was an attempt toshow life and action and an effort to arrest the attention and arouse theinterest of the spectator, a m
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